+David Turner My last stay was ran by Heinrich Himmler, it was atrocious the way they treated me. I would say at least 75% the staff needed to be in another career. I have had a few positive experiences though.
The hospital is always a last resort. The community is where the healing takes place as well as learning about your personal condition. When all community resources have been tried and none of them work, then medicine adjustment. Severe life changes will bring on imbalance. It's truly not a matter of being discouraged from going back, it's if all else fails. :)
I have seen it from both sides. As a patient I was scared, paranoid, angry and in pain. You have no privacy and dignity and you're surrounded by scary people. As a health care worked I have been hit, cut, threatened and spit on. I have had a 70 year old lady tell me I detail about how she was going to kill her family. When you are going to hurt yourself you are going to have to be watched but it's horrible for both parties and if you might hurt so else we have to take that seriously. We have had patients who have threatened the ex's and when the person tried to get a restraining order the patient gets a lawyer, a advocate and usually sent home on probation, while the victim is on their own. The system has may flaws and definitely needs an overhaul but don't assume all heath care workers are monsters who don't care we are trying.
it was her role in one episode of Check it out with Dr. Steve Brule. Her actual name was Cinthia Driscoll though. If you dont know Steve Brule, I highly recomend to give it a try.
@@comedycentraloriginals Dynamite does not capture or represent artistically things in anyway, it destroys everything with its explosive power. So I don't think anyone calls Maria Lady Dynamite because of her great humorous analytic eye... She's called dynamite cause she's the G.O.A.T.!!!!
one time they lost my whole shoes and i had to try to win slippers to wear home playing bingo... still not as bad as the place in which i had to win bingo just to get a real toothbrush
The cop that came to haul me away to the loony bin nearly broke my wrist as I was trying to “flee the premises” after I realized I’d just been duped my family into believing they “just wanted to have a loving chat” with me regarding an old suicide not my mom had found in my private journal. I’m a professional musician, so a f’d-up wrist (which has actually been broken before) was kind of a problem, lol. Ergo, I can completely relate to Maria when she talks about being put on meds that took away not only the very thing that enables her to work but that provides SOME sense of refuge from a torturous mind and a monstrous world.
Maria Bamford...I don't know if you will ever read this comment, but I hope that you do because I want you to know just how much I appreciate you!! I'm sorry to say that I've only recently "discovered" you and your material, but this discovery has taken me on a glorious journey down a Maria Bamford rabbit hole. I live in Florida, and when someone is committed to a psych ward here for a 72-hour hold we refer to it as a Baker Act. I am a 53 year old woman, and I have voluntarily Baker Act-ed myself 4 times now for suicidal thoughts, so everything that you say hits VERY close to home. And unfortunately your video here is all too accurate. It's been 15 years since the last time I checked myself into the hospital, so things have gotten better. But I still have lengthy bouts of severe depression from time to time. One thing that I've turned to and that helps me out a LOT is stand-up comedy. When I'm feeling depressed, I find that my attention span shortens...I can't focus long enough to read a book or watch a movie or binge-watch a TV series...so I watch RUclips videos of stand-up comics. And these videos have been a tremendous help!! And now yours in particular. Thank you SO MUCH for being so open and honest about your feelings and experiences and for making me feel less alone and less weird about everything. I am VERY grateful for the many laughs that you have brought into my life! And I hope that there will be more to come! I wish you nothing but happiness 🙂💙
Hmm. I'm very shocked to see both ppl being polite in these comments & ppl semi sharing they're own experiences. This comment section is a winner! Like, seriously.
I think I've watched this at least a dozen times over the years, and it's still hilarious. My story isn't as interesting - the most awkard thing about my time in a psych ward was that one of the staff was a woman that had graduated the year before me in high school.
In the 90's they were far less terrible. It was standard to admit before you became profoundly sick. Insurance (if you are fortunate enough to have any) now will not pay for an admission until the person is in terrible, terrible shape and they discharge far to soon. As a result they are a hell staffed by exhausted, burned-out people. In '91 when I was admitted at 11pm; the nurse ordered me a huge turkey sandwich that I did not request. I started to suspect these people might care.
ever since the Reagan era, when he did away with all the Mental Health hospitals, quality mental health or any type of long-term care is almost impossible to get. I wish the powers-that-be would invest more in mental health- especially for the homeless and veterans and, well everyone that needs it. That turkey sammie nurse sounds like she did care
I asked for a cough drop and she said she'd get it for me in bit and an hour went by and no cough drop. So I went and asked again and she said "I requested it I just have to wait for the doctor to bring it down" . I ended up not getting the cough drop.
So funny and so sadly true, damn Maria is so effing amazing in her characterizations......My own proud story is that I smuggled some of those little teeny tiny pencils out of the psych ward in my underwear. See, I did learn something in there.
Way to objectify her. 🙄 She is in distress and all you can think to do is compare her to a dog...it's not all about you...where is your empathy? Sociopaths are the truly crazy ones....just because they are calmer people think they are less crazy than the schizophrenics.
Same here, but they turned a 72 hour evaluation into 7 days. Then I realized that this is why there were also attorneys that visited psych wards every Wednesday. I only self-admitted twice to an inpatient facility. It's the worst feeling in the world to give your rights away.
oh yeah. i have been admitted to a psych ward, and it's this AT BEST. at worst, it's my experience. and oh boy. but you meet some chill people there. who knew psych wards are where you find the most relatable people
1:23 - 1:37 is how I feel. I want to check myself into the hospital. I have before but I don't have insurance right now. My brain is crazy and I need help. I won't do anything stupid and I know this is temporary. I'm sure RUclips is the last place I should be talking about this. I Love Maria Bamford! I was diagnosed with bipolar II some years back and I had everything under control as much as I could but, life -sigh- I have a lot of support for which I am very grateful. Thanks for listening!😆💊
I was suicidal in 2006, but after 40 years in talk therapy, I knew no matter how horrible I felt that I needed to NOT be locked up at a psych. ward. The in-take nurses made it clear, if I checked myself in,...that it would be difficult to get back out. In the 1970s and 80s,..one could get checked in overnight or for 24 hours,...but because of over-crowding, they didn't hold you long. I eventually saw a psychiatrist in addition to my social worker,....and was prescribed some horrible drugs that wiped all my memories out, good, bad and recent ones. My brain was wiped clean of all thoughts. It was horrible because I lost "myself",.....it was like I had amnesia, or a brain injury. It took a few months to find a slightly better medication,......I tried them for 5 years, and knew I had to get off of them if I ever wanted to regain my memory. I did, and now another 20 years later, and I am almost back to normal.
'ya i was trying to kill myself... but i'm not insssaaanne.' 'if you thought you felt bad before the psych ward, come on in, it's even worse!' my life and times ten years ago. i was in that bitch for months.
Why am I not surprised the doctor googled her while she's in the room omg. I'm glad she can laugh at it but this is the truth for many people and our mental health system sucks
Johnathon Winters is also a great 'crazy' comedian and genius. RIP. There's a great Mad TV sketch with Bob Newhart playing a therapist and Mo...Collins maybe? Anyway, she's very good. I think it's called 'Stop It!' It's hilarious. Then there's the 80's movie 'What About Bob' which isn't that good, but I think anything with Bill Murray is watchable.I don't throw the word 'genius' around lightly. People are saying everything is 'iconic' lately. Have you noticed that?
i was lucky that i went to a psychatric ward that REQUIRES you to sign a voluntary stay form (if you don't, they send you to involuntary with even more insane people), and it wasn't that bad But i hated how clinical and robotic and sterile it felt. They do a full body check and luckily I wasn't triggered, but i can see how it can be for so many other people. food was great tho.
Yeah, I went to a mental hospital to get evaluated because I went through something similar. I was unaware of the mandatory 3 day stay and that if they "recommended" I stay there as an inpatient I essentially had no choice. The line I most related to in this was- "If you thought you felt bad BEFORE going into the psych ward, COME ON IN! IT'S EVEN WORSE!"
subtitles should be "grandiose psychosis" not "grand neuropsychosis", can we fix that? also "wait until i leave the room to cuckold me" is GOOGLE not c*ck you freakin' kdsghblskjdgblkjsgbsgkjb gosh this is why things are like this, please just double check shit or open up captions for addition
In her stand up, I've heard her refer to it as being "Lost at Sea" hospital ("because sometimes you're lost at sea"), which I think she's referring to Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena. It's near where she lives (Eagle Rock) and a pretty terrible for-profit psych hospital.
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This should be required viewing for anyone working in psychiatry or psychology.
As funny as she makes it seem, she is also being very truthful about how fucked up these places can be. There is often nothing therapeutic about them.
A MEN.
+David Turner My last stay was ran by Heinrich Himmler, it was atrocious the way they treated me. I would say at least 75% the staff needed to be in another career. I have had a few positive experiences though.
Maybe it's a good way to discourage you from going back?
The hospital is always a last resort. The community is where the healing takes place as well as learning about your personal condition. When all community resources have been tried and none of them work, then medicine adjustment. Severe life changes will bring on imbalance. It's truly not a matter of being discouraged from going back, it's if all else fails. :)
I have seen it from both sides. As a patient I was scared, paranoid, angry and in pain. You have no privacy and dignity and you're surrounded by scary people. As a health care worked I have been hit, cut, threatened and spit on. I have had a 70 year old lady tell me I detail about how she was going to kill her family. When you are going to hurt yourself you are going to have to be watched but it's horrible for both parties and if you might hurt so else we have to take that seriously. We have had patients who have threatened the ex's and when the person tried to get a restraining order the patient gets a lawyer, a advocate and usually sent home on probation, while the victim is on their own. The system has may flaws and definitely needs an overhaul but don't assume all heath care workers are monsters who don't care we are trying.
I wish she had her own movie where she was most of the characters.
and all the other characters would be played by Sathia Drangus
Moukson Mouk I have no clue who that is.
it was her role in one episode of Check it out with Dr. Steve Brule. Her actual name was Cinthia Driscoll though. If you dont know Steve Brule, I highly recomend to give it a try.
Moukson Mouk Hm.. I shall.
Have you seen her special Plan B here on RUclips? She plays over 5 characters!
She captures the experience perfectly
+Meg Hodge they don't call her Lady Dynamite for nothin'!
@@comedycentraloriginals Dynamite does not capture or represent artistically things in anyway, it destroys everything with its explosive power. So I don't think anyone calls Maria Lady Dynamite because of her great humorous analytic eye... She's called dynamite cause she's the G.O.A.T.!!!!
"I didn't wanna go in but the cops 5150'd me and took away my shoelaces" we've all been there
one time they lost my whole shoes and i had to try to win slippers to wear home playing bingo... still not as bad as the place in which i had to win bingo just to get a real toothbrush
The cop that came to haul me away to the loony bin nearly broke my wrist as I was trying to “flee the premises” after I realized I’d just been duped my family into believing they “just wanted to have a loving chat” with me regarding an old suicide not my mom had found in my private journal. I’m a professional musician, so a f’d-up wrist (which has actually been broken before) was kind of a problem, lol. Ergo, I can completely relate to Maria when she talks about being put on meds that took away not only the very thing that enables her to work but that provides SOME sense of refuge from a torturous mind and a monstrous world.
Maria Bamford...I don't know if you will ever read this comment, but I hope that you do because I want you to know just how much I appreciate you!! I'm sorry to say that I've only recently "discovered" you and your material, but this discovery has taken me on a glorious journey down a Maria Bamford rabbit hole. I live in Florida, and when someone is committed to a psych ward here for a 72-hour hold we refer to it as a Baker Act. I am a 53 year old woman, and I have voluntarily Baker Act-ed myself 4 times now for suicidal thoughts, so everything that you say hits VERY close to home. And unfortunately your video here is all too accurate. It's been 15 years since the last time I checked myself into the hospital, so things have gotten better. But I still have lengthy bouts of severe depression from time to time. One thing that I've turned to and that helps me out a LOT is stand-up comedy. When I'm feeling depressed, I find that my attention span shortens...I can't focus long enough to read a book or watch a movie or binge-watch a TV series...so I watch RUclips videos of stand-up comics. And these videos have been a tremendous help!! And now yours in particular. Thank you SO MUCH for being so open and honest about your feelings and experiences and for making me feel less alone and less weird about everything. I am VERY grateful for the many laughs that you have brought into my life! And I hope that there will be more to come! I wish you nothing but happiness 🙂💙
I love finding new Maria Bamford material!
YES!
If you haven't already, look up The Maria Bamford Show on youtube. It's great.
Maria Bamford fans: *Heavy breathing*
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MARIA BAMFORD!! MARIA BAMFORD!! (Yes, she deserves all caps.)
you get mad respect here, maria! we all love you
maria bamford is my spirit animal
SO glad to see more material from Lady bamford who has meant the world, stars and planets to me since the early days of her show.
Hmm. I'm very shocked to see both ppl being polite in these comments & ppl semi sharing they're own experiences. This comment section is a winner! Like, seriously.
well, it was a good streak. hello
She captures the experience so accurately.
I think I've watched this at least a dozen times over the years, and it's still hilarious. My story isn't as interesting - the most awkard thing about my time in a psych ward was that one of the staff was a woman that had graduated the year before me in high school.
Worked as a therapist for three years in a psych ward and genius Maria as always is right on.
Love me some Maria Bamford. Still remember her first CC Presents. Stay strong you brilliant lunatic you
Maria Bamford is awesome in Lady Dynamite on Netflix. It's what you would imagine a sitcom would look like starring the Bamfoo. Comedy gold.
Omg, Maria!! I almost feel bad for laughing, but it's so deliciously dark and funny!
In the 90's they were far less terrible. It was standard to admit before you became profoundly sick. Insurance (if you are fortunate enough to have any) now will not pay for an admission until the person is in terrible, terrible shape and they discharge far to soon. As a result they are a hell staffed by exhausted, burned-out people. In '91 when I was admitted at 11pm; the nurse ordered me a huge turkey sandwich that I did not request. I started to suspect these people might care.
I want to send love to that nurse.
ever since the Reagan era, when he did away with all the Mental Health hospitals, quality mental health or any type of long-term care is almost impossible to get. I wish the powers-that-be would invest more in mental health- especially for the homeless and veterans and, well everyone that needs it.
That turkey sammie nurse sounds like she did care
Every mental health tech ever (desk lady). 🙄
Burn out.
I asked for a cough drop and she said she'd get it for me in bit and an hour went by and no cough drop. So I went and asked again and she said "I requested it I just have to wait for the doctor to bring it down" . I ended up not getting the cough drop.
Thanks Maria. When people ask me what it was like I'll just link them to this.
people who work at psych wards are also crazy, just able to get a paycheck regularly.
I've been hospitalized 26 times. I wish I found a hospital as funny as this
Lacey Morgan Hope you’re feeling okay now
This might be the best video on youtube
This is the best....with her playing all of the characters. 😂😂😂😂 like the Shrink!! The drag is killing me!!
OK FINE I'll watch it a fifth time but THAT'S IT
With Maria Bamford and Chris Gethard, this has quickly become my favorite series!
Maria Bamford is a Comic GENIUS ! I'm bowing and chanting...I'm not worthy...I'm not worthy...She's so Innovative (Y)
haha, turn on the closed captions. It said "...at least wait until I'm out of the room to cuckold me."
I just took a screen shot 😂😂😂😂😆😍
So funny and so sadly true, damn Maria is so effing amazing in her characterizations......My own proud story is that I smuggled some of those little teeny tiny pencils out of the psych ward in my underwear. See, I did learn something in there.
i go home with all their towels, plastic coffee cups and disposable underwear you can actually get multiple uses out of
btw, you probably didn't have to hide them in your underwear. they don't usually search you when you're leaving
#TEAMBAMFORD I'm so so so excited about her new show. THE WORLD NEEDS TO LOVE HER LIKE I DO.
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You were correct! Found her thru the show, she's amazing
That doctor and receptionist impression were seriously spot on! Isn't that sad?
It’s 2020 and I love Maria Bamford more than ever
Maria makes a pretty smoking brunette. It's her piercing blue eyes..like a Siberian husky.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 bruh
Right, I was like dang! The only travesty here is the expense wasted on dying her hair the wrong color. The dark color is much prettier👀
Way to objectify her. 🙄
She is in distress and all you can think to do is compare her to a dog...it's not all about you...where is your empathy?
Sociopaths are the truly crazy ones....just because they are calmer people think they are less crazy than the schizophrenics.
Maria (fucking) bamford!
I was in the psych ward for a week, i had the *BEST* experience i expected it being worse, it was great.
i think this couldve been me if i wasn't so insanely delusional and could think and speak straight while i was there
same lmaooooo.
I got lucky. I went to one of the best hospital ,but even then, it was terrifying at time with all the screaming and shit.
She’s so wonderful.
Same here, but they turned a 72 hour evaluation into 7 days. Then I realized that this is why there were also attorneys that visited psych wards every Wednesday. I only self-admitted twice to an inpatient facility. It's the worst feeling in the world to give your rights away.
Proud to have Maria as my spirit animal 💕😊💜
yes. yes. yes. truth. all of it. i love maria bamford. this is genius art!... and TRUTH!
oh yeah. i have been admitted to a psych ward, and it's this AT BEST.
at worst, it's my experience. and oh boy.
but you meet some chill people there. who knew psych wards are where you find the most relatable people
1:23 - 1:37 is how I feel. I want to check myself into the hospital. I have before but I don't have insurance right now. My brain is crazy and I need help. I won't do anything stupid and I know this is temporary. I'm sure RUclips is the last place I should be talking about this. I Love Maria Bamford! I was diagnosed with bipolar II some years back and I had everything under control as much as I could but, life -sigh- I have a lot of support for which I am very grateful. Thanks for listening!😆💊
@fillibustercat Thanks! 😁
She captures the tone of the doctor perfectly.
At 2:55, the subtitles use the word "cuckold" instead of "google".
i love you Maria for ever
She's a legend! 🙌😃
Thanks Maria is a saint.
I LOVE YOU MARIA!!!!
I love this series, and I love the Julie Miller cameo.
I need to be admitted to the psych ward. I'm scared shitless. But if I don't, I'm going to die. Which, ironically, is what I want.
This is too accurate XD
Thank you. That was amazing.
This is awesome and thank you I love Maria
It must be a curse to be so much smarter than everyone around you like Maria obviously is. It could drive you crazy.
Love Maria Bamford
lucid and brilliant
I was suicidal in 2006, but after 40 years in talk therapy, I knew no matter how horrible I felt that I needed to NOT be locked up at a psych. ward. The in-take nurses made it clear, if I checked myself in,...that it would be difficult to get back out. In the 1970s and 80s,..one could get checked in overnight or for 24 hours,...but because of over-crowding, they didn't hold you long. I eventually saw a psychiatrist in addition to my social worker,....and was prescribed some horrible drugs that wiped all my memories out, good, bad and recent ones. My brain was wiped clean of all thoughts. It was horrible because I lost "myself",.....it was like I had amnesia, or a brain injury. It took a few months to find a slightly better medication,......I tried them for 5 years, and knew I had to get off of them if I ever wanted to regain my memory. I did, and now another 20 years later, and I am almost back to normal.
A brilliant expose of the wretched mental health system in this country.
So I was in the psych ward(as you do) LOL. This is exactly how mental wards are. It was less then helpful for me.
The Bammer!
Dude they let her out early I was in there for 9 days
Everybody loves Bamford !
YES YES YES!
now i'm all dicked up in the head
LOL. this is genius.
2:55 The captions replaced "google me" with "cuckold me" :D
I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself. Wow!
What is YT trying to tell us, when they mishear their own company's name, for a sexual fetish?
She forgot about how horrible havign a crazier than thou roomate is..... and the disgusting food...
...and lack of privacy, and lack of having ANYTHING TO DO FOR 24 HOURS!!!! ...and the fact that you need a doctors order to fucking do anything!
oboob The system in this country is fucked, you have a vague recollection of what jail is like in a mental facility, except they let you have things!
Re: graham crackers...geez. What do you do if you're celiac? Starve? o.O
The mental health system in the U.S. fucking sucks.
It's not much better in the UK, but at least you don't have to pay for it. Yet.
In Canada it's not that great either..
KALEIDO jess I'd still rather live in Canada than the USA.
Vermillion 303 Oh, don't get me wrong I love Canada. (Not the best place on the planet but still a good country)
KALEIDO jess I would love to visit Canada one day. All countries have their pros and cons.
Love Maria!
Great story!
The Bammers! Come to sweden pretty please. I can host!
'ya i was trying to kill myself... but i'm not insssaaanne.' 'if you thought you felt bad before the psych ward, come on in, it's even worse!' my life and times ten years ago. i was in that bitch for months.
Why am I not surprised the doctor googled her while she's in the room omg. I'm glad she can laugh at it but this is the truth for many people and our mental health system sucks
My queen
Interesting she mentions Richard Pryor, she really does remind me of him in a strange way...
Closed captioning; "...wait 'til I leave the room to cuckold me".
Uh... doesn't work that way.
Johnathon Winters is also a great 'crazy' comedian and genius. RIP. There's a great Mad TV sketch with Bob Newhart playing a therapist and Mo...Collins maybe? Anyway, she's very good. I think it's called 'Stop It!' It's hilarious. Then there's the 80's movie 'What About Bob' which isn't that good, but I think anything with Bill Murray is watchable.I don't throw the word 'genius' around lightly. People are saying everything is 'iconic' lately. Have you noticed that?
True
Harley Quinn? Anyone? Ah? AAhhhhh?
That's EXACTLY how the people in charge are in a psych ward! Sad...
LOL
i was lucky that i went to a psychatric ward that REQUIRES you to sign a voluntary stay form (if you don't, they send you to involuntary with even more insane people), and it wasn't that bad
But i hated how clinical and robotic and sterile it felt. They do a full body check and luckily I wasn't triggered, but i can see how it can be for so many other people.
food was great tho.
amazing! its funny because its true.
Haha that is what it's like. Except she forgot to mention the mandatory 3 day minimum stay for observation.
Nope. Any lps certified psychiatrist can lift the hold anytime. For instance lots of meth heads go coocoo then they wash out and are let go.
Yeah, I went to a mental hospital to get evaluated because I went through something similar. I was unaware of the mandatory 3 day stay and that if they "recommended" I stay there as an inpatient I essentially had no choice. The line I most related to in this was- "If you thought you felt bad BEFORE going into the psych ward, COME ON IN! IT'S EVEN WORSE!"
I've done a few stents in a couple mental facilities
I feel seen.. ❤
LIKE ALL THE BAMS!
subtitles should be "grandiose psychosis" not "grand neuropsychosis", can we fix that?
also "wait until i leave the room to cuckold me" is GOOGLE not c*ck you freakin'
kdsghblskjdgblkjsgbsgkjb gosh this is why things are like this, please just double check shit or open up captions for addition
It makes you so much more depressed. Ilost part of myself when i went their.they fucking hate all their patients, and are super condecending
mental healthcare without insurance? a tragic comedy
at least you get to be happy about it?
Were you at harbor ucla? Sounds like you were at harbor.
In her stand up, I've heard her refer to it as being "Lost at Sea" hospital ("because sometimes you're lost at sea"), which I think she's referring to Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena. It's near where she lives (Eagle Rock) and a pretty terrible for-profit psych hospital.
@@pricetk "For-profit psych hospital" is a phrase I've never heard before but it strikes me as horrifying.
i thought this would be nice representation but some of the subtitles are just so misheard it's offensive
Meanwhile, Amy Schumer hosts the Oscars.
It seems every psych ward in America looks exactly the same. That doesn't even look slightly different from the other one(s)
Rode in the back of a cop car once because of emotional breakdown. I'm six six tall and I don't fit in the back of a police car.
Can you be as funny as Maria Bamford without being as different as she is? I’m thinking no.
wow
I miss above average