My Traumatizing Mental Hospital Experience
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Daughter: * Depressed and/or suicidal *
Parents: *Yep half-assed mental hospital time*
Tf tho.. That's not how you help your child-
I ruined the 69 likes
*Son sorry but the video creator is trans
When I went to a mental hospital:
"Hi, I can't sleep, can I get some comfort?"
Nurse: *Hands me a pill- go back to bed lmao
Ends up throwing up then going into a coma like state and had to be shaken awake:
Nurse: U missed breakfast sucks for you here's more meds lmao
what's her name :D
@@lanarules5900 i think it was mary? there was another nurse that was a guy who I cussed out cause he said that just because we were anxious because there was a homocidal kid doesn't mean we can't go to gym :-)
Damn the foo made you go near a murderous bastard
I had a bad experience too. Unfortunately they did divide the sexes at mine, and being a trans woman meant i was with men the whole time. I was assaulted both physically and sexually. I was deadnamed, misgendered by staff. And other patients threatened my life multiple times. So much more happened and I developed PTSD from what should have been a healing experience. Unfortunately in my state, if you're 10/13d you have zero choice in the hospital.
I'm so sorry you had to go through that ;___; I hope you're doing better now, as a fellow trans person I can only say: I believe in you
Yes. Our country is terrible when it comes to healthcare, even worse when it comes to mental health.
kill (the people who did that) /hj
Wow...wish you the best!!
What does 10/13d mean?
(self harm warning)
The leaving part where they left you really hit home. A while ago (not stating when for privacy but it's in the past), I was self harming and I had gotten to the point where u didn't even care if someone saw so I left my arms open. And my "friends" told me to hide it and my p.e. teacher at the time ratted me out. I got dragged out of something and got instantly asked about it. I felt so alone and abandoned. I didn't get a warning I just got straight up asked. This resulted in me having to go to group therapy and I smiled all through it just hoping that if I fake it they will let me stop going there. It worked and now I have major trust issues.
hey friend hope you're doing better now, please remember that i love you and care about you a lot !!
Heading Pax's voice getting lower and knowing he is getting T. Come a long way my dude. Sorry you had to go through this bs
I havent even started T. My voice just got messed up from the acid in my throat this year aaaaah. how will i sound once i start T?
@@RadPaxOfficial who knows. Should be fun to find out though huh?
Yasss
I think it's pleasant to listen to now.😴
@@RadPaxOfficial Be READY for the sorest throat for awhile, and the voice cracking is both horrible and hilarious, but good luck! I really hope it brings you as much happiness as T has brought me🥰
It sounds straight up like a time out for people who need help. Like "oh you struggle with X so go sit in this hospital with nothing to do and think about how horrible you are". That's not how it should be, and I hope for anyone who does need to go to a hospital to have a better experience. I also hope you're healing and wish you luck on your journey
That's exactly how it feels.
For anyone worrying about going to a mental hospital after hearing this, I went to one about a year ago and it was honestly the best part of my life since I had started middle school. All of the doctors were really nice and tried really hard to help me, I was allowed to write and read and draw and take breaks whenever I needed, and I made really good friends with the other patients. I distinctly remember one time when the doctor looking after us for the day brought a boombox and after we picked up meds and stuff from the other doctors, we were walking down the hallway and the doctor started blasting Toto Africa. Remember, not everything in life is a negative experience, and of course there were some days I was there and I was depressed, or homesick, or just generally not feeling great and if you feel like inpatient will help you, it still won’t be all sunshine and rainbows. But it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Hang in there.
Thx that's really nice to hear. Even if I'm not going to a hospital its comforting =)
@@allisonthefox9900 Happy to help.
I know I'll be in one at some point so this helped me
The experience in a mental hospital always depends on if the doctors see you as a human who needs compassion, or just another patient.
If a doctor sees you as nothing but a check, don't be afraid to attempt to go to a different mental hospital, or transfer into a different area of yours.
YoURe RoMAnTiCIzINg MenTAl hOSpiTALs but for real your comment is very comforting
I've been to a mental hospital before and honestly I'm still kind of working through some of the trauma brought on by it. And your story just makes me feel like I'm not alone. Thank you.
remember the first and second time I went to a mental hospital. Both times were horrible, the first was from a suicide attempt and the second was simply because I felt I needed it again.
I felt like a guinea pig, I was guilt tripped into apologizing because I was “just like my abuser”, because I brought my phone in for comfort?
I was fat shamed, left with a scar for a needle for up to two months, never comforted and was basically just on watch.
If you live in Manitoba, Canada, and you end up going to CATC, stand up for yourself. Do not let them bring you to “the time out room”, unless you are causing physical violence. It’s an empty white room that they lock you in during panic attacks. They do not care to help you, atleast they didn’t care for me.
And please. Stay safe.
You are ALLOWED TO REPORT THE PEOPLE WHO HURT YOU AT YOUR MENTAL HOSPITALS.
Also, make friends but be safe. Lots of gangs.
That being said, if you are considering suicide, or other things, I love you, please get help, and do go to a mental hospital if you need to be under surveillance.
You are worth healing. You are worth it. If you can’t say it to yourself, I’ll say it for you. I love you
Don’t live in Cali but heard of people in psych ward being locked in padded cells till they have panic attacks severe enough to land them in hospital - I’m very glad you’re out of that situation now and hope you’re doing better now and right back at you with the you are loved and a worthy and wonderful person and no one can take away your worth regardless of what people may say have a great day/night and take care of yourself bc you are a blessing to this earth Xx 🥺💕
That sounds familiar. I think Buzzfeed actually did an article about that hospital and how bad it is.
@@fanime1 for real??? Would u be able to link me to that if you still know where it is? Manitoba is incredibly boring so any newsfeed or stories abt here are rare. I’d be surprised :0
When I was at the Health Sciences Centre I felt like the nurses and staff there were absolutely horrible. Once I was bleeding and there was blood literally dripping down my leg and the nurses refused to give me a bandaid. Also once I told them I was feeling suicidal and I needed someone to talk to and the nurses just told me to go to bed and that “only you can help you”
@@900flyingmuffins6 that’s a disgusting way to run a hospital - I’m terribly sorry you had to endure that, you’re worth so much more than they treated you
i can relate to this in a way, concerning doctors/nurses not being compasionate to patients. so when i was around 12, i was due for a blood test and note i have anixety, i'm on the autistic spectrum and i have a HIGH level phobia of needles. instead of trying to figure out a way that works with me to get my blood taken, they suggested to my mom that they could just immbolize me to an ER table to get it done... which would have traumatized me even more. thankfully my mom at that point said no, we're just going home. but that was teh doctors responce to a 12 year old child with a needle phobia. a phobia, an irrational fear of something. i honestly have not trusted the doctors nor the hospital this occured in since and im 25 and havn't had a blood test since before i was 12, and i don't trust my local doctors to not be cruel.
Dear lord! As someone else on the autism spectrum and with mild/high anxiety if I had to be restraint like that I think i would still have nightmares of being tied to a bed - I can’t even believe they’d consider something like that! I hope if the time comes where you have to get a blood test you find a really nice doctor who’ll be understanding and accomodate for your phobia
A similar situation happened to me sadly. When I was around 4 (I think, I don't have the best memory) I had to get blood drawn for some reason I don't remember and instead of trying to be calm about it their first thought was "Let's get a group of 5 people to hold this child down and then proceed to get mad at them when they try to hide". My high anxiety, SPD, and fear of needles didn't make it any better either. I mean, at least I got a Hershey Kiss afterwards-
Yeah, i can relate to this regarding autism and severe phobia of needles, the rest, i dunno yet
The only thing I got from a mental hospital was trauma
Felt that
@@RadPaxOfficial love your art btw
Welcome back Pax and you don’t have to go through this alone!
I can’t believe some people actually enjoy their mental hospital experiences. My last one was mega traumatic
It's because those where different mental hospitals and probably good ones
my friend said she just wants to go back to her mental hospital for the omelets LOL
@@kitkattuu XD
I’m sure that there are some places better than most, I wouldn’t know having never been to a mental hospital personally. It’s easy to mishandle mental health, but people who work in a facility made *specifically to help people with mental health issues* don’t get that excuse. I’m sorry for your awful experience...
It depends where you go, some doctors have a good heart and just want patients to get better, but others abuse their position because they can.
I was severely traumatized by a mental hospital myself, these sorts of videos and stories makes me feel less alone. Some of the stuff some hospitals do is absolutely sick. I remember my therapist from the one I went to even told us "they don't run things right here". I'm proud of you for making it through that. It's hard shit man
I watched this because even though I didn't go to a mental hospital, I did have a traumatic experience because of one. My now fiance and I were having a long distance relationship at the time and he was having a hard year. We promised to talk the next night, a Friday. However, the Friday morning, he sent me this long text saying that he was suicidal. This scared me but he said he was going to talk to his boss, so I decided to wait till night. Needless to say, he didn't call. I was hoping he fell asleep early, which he did often. I was covered with anxiety all that Saturday. I called and texted him numerous times. By nighttime, I had no choice but to call my parents since they live not far from him. Keep in mind, our parents never met before and my parents are TERRIBLE and IGNORANT about mental health. So calling them was literally a last resort for me. Even then, my parents did not take my anxiety seriously, and seriously took their sweetass time to contact his parents. I literally had to wait ANOTHER full day to find out that he was institutionalized! I mention this because this is another reason why patients should be allowed their phones. I literally spent 3 DAYS of my life thinking the love of my life took his life and it's all because they took his phone away from him! He had no way of contacting me! It took me YEARS to recover from this trauma and almost ruined our relationship and lives! I'll NEVER forgive that hospital! NEVER!
jesus. they should at least let patients have it on the first day to say that they're in a mental hospital.
I went through something very similar 2 years ago with my long distance boyfriend.
I'm in that same situation though without the risk of being institutionalised. My mum blames my issues on my phone. As soon as I lose it all my friends will have to go through the same as you.
nobody readin allat
god i relate way too much to this.
i went to a hospital 3 times in my life, my first visit was to "S" and it was fine. Although some creepy dudes i met great people there. The second time i went to "S" was a disaster. They KNEW i was sharing clothes with someone there and literally had an intimate relationship with (I regret it so much) but they didnt do shit. Its against the rules and they obviously knew because they would be like "ooh whered you gt that sweatshirt?" when i wore the other persons shirt and it was just so fucking grrr. one of the staff members literally saw fresh c/ts on my legs and just shrugged it off even when i admitted i did it. no extra security or anything. and then the worst part is when they tried to discharge me, i was like "hey um i really do not feel ready to be discharged. i am still way suicidal and actively self harming" and i showed them the place i s/hed INSIDE of the hosptial. They were jsut like "no you are being manipulative because of that one kid you have a relationship with!! you just want to stay here for them!!" and i was just so fucking angry. So i sat right infront of their desks with a rock in my hands and just selfharmed my arms and legs. A janitor stared DIRECTLY at me and didnt say anything. So i went up to them and showed them clear in their faces and said "im not fucking ready to leave yet!!" but they still didnt believe me. So when i was getting discharged they asked me "are you still suicidal or want to self harm .. etc etc" i said yes. (my mother was in the room at this point) and my mom got shocked. so when i left i just bursted out yelling about how fucking bullshit this was and told my mom everything. We drove to an aftercare center (partial impatient) and i told them everything too. They were horrified and basically said that i either go to another mental hospital or the cops will escort me to one. So i had to go to another hospital about 2 hours after discharging : ) 2 weeks of my fucking life wasted on that shitty place.
Holy shit that’s god awful! No words could express how sorry I am that you were treated like that and as someone who may potentially join the psychiatric industry I will do my best to make sure nothing like that will ever happen in my workplace (god some people shouldn’t be in the mental health industry 🤦♀️) regardless sending lots of love and hoping you’re doing better now and have found better resources who are actually reliable
wtf that place needs to be shut down omfg those are crimes, how inhuman of them to just fuqqing stare at u while s/h-ing, they should never been allowed to be in medical care, that's awful, I'm so glad that you're out of that horrible place tho and hope u got actual help and better place with ppl that care
Mine was like a prison. There was a big metal fence around the whole thing, and the staff were very cold. I was trapped for 5 months.
This was almost exactly 6 years ago. I was 13 years old. My mom asked on Facebook for reassurance for me when I got out. Her post quickly went viral. We got so many cards from all over the US. I got to talk to friends I hadn't seen in ages.
That place had so many problems. I can't name them all here. However, I'm so thankful for all the help when I got out.
I’ve been hospitalized more times than I can count but I was first hospitalized at 4 because I have bipolar and it was so traumatizing. Because most pediatric psychiatric hospitals usually only treat children as young as 6 I was isolated because they didn’t have enough resources to tend to my needs. I remember being forced into an ambulance because I had a mental breakdown at my therapy appointment they didn’t even tell my mom then all the sudden We had to go. I was crying I knew I wasn’t going home for at least awhile. I cried and cried when we arrived after I was evaluated I was forced away from my mom with little explanation except for maybe forced “I’m sorry sweetheart but you need to calm down” which is really fucking invalidating considering I was a little kid being taken away from my mom and the only explanation I got was “we are here to help you get better” even at age four I hated when people lied to me just because I was a kid I remember getting mad that they were lying to me that they “weren’t going to take blood every day despite that being required in order to assign meds and evaluate other things ”. And as a little kid needles are a big deal especially for me. The majority of the more recent times I was hospitalized I was told if I didn’t stop crying they would drug me(probably because it annoyed them but also because of my instability) still invalidating none the less. I have abandonment issues because of this I thought I was sent there because my mom didn’t love me
Damn, that’s messed up.
womp womp
@@deactivatedmesilence Sindrum
It can be really frustrating when people find out you have issues and it becomes an excuse to treat you like an animal and not a person; that stuff messes you up. Thank goodness my family never did that, but I was forced to medicate and have a therapist who didn't help me. The moment I turned 18 I stopped doing all of it, and nothing changed; no one should be able to cart me off and treat me like I committed a crime to isolate me like that. I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Completely unrelated to the video: you kinda sound like Skye from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. when you talk a little bit.
I'm probably going to end up in a mental hospital. I'm super scared
If you need someone to talk to I'm here☺️ I've been to a mental hospital. The care was good, definitely better than Pax's experience though the was room for improvement it was actually not that bad.
No! Not the dysphoria hoodie!!
But honestly I hope you're doing a lot better now and have a happy new year!
I would be so upset if someone took my comfort hoodie 😭
When I was in the psych ward, I got put in isolation for something I didn’t do, the nurses made bets on us for “who’s actually going to be successful in life”, they made fun of our illnesses and basically just treated us like we were criminals or just stupid children. When you’re a minor in a psych ward, you’re barely even seen as human by the staff because they’re completely convinced you’re crazy. I also got bullied by the other patients for my culture and the staff didn’t do anything, instead they punished me for defending myself and my culture. The only good thing about this place was the food, the variety in different movies we were able to watch, and that one nurse that actually empathized with me and gave me real world advice. We need more people like that.
I was at a mental hospital for the first time this year and it was not a great experience (I'm gonna rant about it so uh sorry about that) everyone there was really weird but that was kinda expected but the no one there respected anyones triggers like i have a really bad fear of yell and loud noise and there were people who i had told about it who would still come up to me and scream in my ear over the course of 22 (more like 21 and a half) i had 9 panic attacks and no ever did anything to prevent it from happening oh and there was also this boy who asked me what I cut with unproved and would follow me around and tried to guilt trip me into dating him also i got constantly deadnamed and called a girl oh and the weird guy once asked for me to show him my boobs so uh yeah
Man that sucks.
I hope your doing better now though. I'm lucky enough to have never needed that kind of treatment as my parents were always there to help with my mental health.
I hope you find someone or something that can help you the way they help me =)
I have the similar problems to you and i found that going to a residential is much better than a hospital. I went to New Port academy. Depending on the patients there it's usually okay, there are group leaders who set group rules, have meetings to discuss triggers, things that just annoy you, and things people can do to help. Staff is much more trained and respect pronouns and your preferred name.
i have the same fear. i’m scared that if i tell my family what goes on in my head they’ll send me to a mental hospital. they’ll probably send me to a terrible one 🥲.
@@NotSewNoah yuh, I can't stand hospital environments in general, traumatizing period. So I'm def checking out residential bc i need intensive care but I aint gonna go to no hospital, fuq that. Especially as a ND queer person, naw
Last year, I went to a mental hospital as well. While I was there, fights would start out of nowhere, and the nurses and doctors where mean, my doctor was lying about what I was saying to him, and I had to stay longer then I should have.
womp womp cry about it you suicixxdal ahh
I've been to a mental institution, I had been suicidal due to trauma. They wouldn't let me bring a unicorn plush because it had a fabric horn, like "???" It wasn't that they were mistreating us, but I was terrified, I had never been away from my parents that long (I was 10). I feel like it was a distraction from the feelings we were having, rather than helping us through the thoughts we were having. Also, I was prescribed meds there, I was planning to refuse to take them, but the boy infront of me did, so when it was my turn the lady said "You're just refusing because he did, and you like him" because I was presenting as female (I'm ftm) like, no I just don't wanna take them.
Also, I genuinely thought you'd started T because your voice was so low in the video.
bruhhhhh stop their fricken dumass hetnormativity bs, dam, lmao be like . _ . "Im gey" *mic drop* well u trans tho so that wouldnt work either but i mean idk, they wouldnt see it that way anyways, if they hetnormative, they def dont see trans ppl, gods those ppl are the most obnoxious. lmao, could also say okay, then why don't u take it for me xP
This would have been my nightmare the first sec if I was there I would have had a panic attack but I am glad your doing better
Oh God Pax I'm sorry you went through this. There isn't much I can say besides I'm really happy you're out of this place, and hope you're in a safer environment. You deserve lots of love!
my experience at the ward was the worst momment of my life.. I got there after an attempt I did and it did *not* help. I was lucky a really nice therapist helped me get back on track and I was able to start group therapy when I got out
//tw food? (I’m not sure if it’s enough to need the warning but rather be safe then sorry)
Jesus, why were they givin you like 5 Ensures a day? Like isn’t an Ensure equal to a full meal, for an adult no less? (May be confusing Ensure with Sustigen and/or Recover imsorry ;-;) Had a family member who needed to be on them during a hospital stay recently, that’s what we were told by the doctors and dietitian. So for the nurses to give an underage person, whom already was dealing with food/digestion issues, *5* of these a day on top of what sounds like more food then your body could physically handle AND stuff that literally made you sick - that was at the very least a poor decision on their part. Not to mention everything else going on at the same time (beds causing *bruising*, what the actual fuck), damn all of this sounds like flat out negligence and I’m kinda surprised they haven’t been sued. Genuinely can’t fathom how awful being there must have been dude, you deserved better. Thanks for sharing your story man, you’re strong as fuck
Yeah they’re made to be a meal replacement for people who are too sick to eat. Usually you have one and maybe soft fruit or something on the side or just an ensure so that was ridiculous on their part! I’m still mad about it!
Luckily the hospital has been shut down and it has a ton of reviews talking about the negligence and abuse other patients went through. That place sucked and should burn
@@RadPaxOfficial i agree. no-one should be harmed in the process of trying to get help.
@@RadPaxOfficialwompnwomp
I've been to a mental hospital when I was like 12 or 13. It wasn't a good time and even my Mother don't like that hospital. I can't really remember the time when I was there and I think that kinda explains itself and I'm still very suspicous when it get's to menatl hospitals. Sience I'm still working through my depression right now I'm going to another mh for a few weeks and this time my Mom and I chose one what is in a nearby city. It's really frustrating to see that some mh are tbh just shit and don't help you with the things you got there in the first place and they even get you sometimes more problems than you had before.
That sucks to hear but I really hope your doing much better now =)
@@allisonthefox9900 well, I guess it's good that I can't remember the time I was there and the other mh I'm going to is definetly a good one. I am going there so they can help me and not to make it worse, of course :3. And I'm ok at the time, it's just that I didn't procest a lot of stress I had and that didn't turned out good ^^'. But all in all I'm a little better now, getting a break from school and getting the profetional help I need :3
I have been to 5 different mental hospitals, i will say that most of your experiences are with every mental hospital. I have been "shipped" with another patient because we both were severe self harmers. I had a girl self harm infront of me on purpose. I have been criticized by staff for using drawing on myself to avoid self harm, and criticized for not going to staff to get a PRN when i was having a panic attack. I can tell you that phones aren't allowed because of HIPAA aka the law that protects people's confidentiality so you cannot post that a specific person is there, and to avoid bullying that some people may be experiencing. Mental hospitals are under funded, terrible, non understanding, the staff is way too under paid and it seems like they aren't even trained for this job where you could say something to a kid and they could be on the break of selfharming/suicide and you just push them over the edge. My goal for 2021 is to avoid another hospitalization because it doesn't help, yes it keeps you safe temporarily but it just sucks, not gonna lie.
honestly I wouldn't call that "safe" at all, idc if they do bare minimum just to keep one physically "safe" like restraining them from harming or whatever, if they traumatizing ppl that's still unsafe.
I wanna explain some of the things in the video! This isn't to downplay your experience, this is to help explain some of the things that happened. You definitely were in a bad hospital, there were just some things that are commonplace that I wanted to explain!
Part of the reason they don't let people wear hoodies/loose clothes is that those items can be used for SH or s/cide, and they don't want people passing the hospital. Same thing for the uncomfortable beds, that's another precaution. They don't want people to be able to easily rip the beds open to hide things inside. The phone thing is because social media is kind of awful for recovery stuff, I think in the places where they let you have your phone, it's if you're there for not as severe of a reason. Some mental places do watch for you to finish showering, to make sure that you don't have any more signs of SH, or other stuff and to make sure you don't like, drown yourself while you're in there, etc, but some places don't, I think that's a place to place thing.
I'm sorry that your experience with everything wasn't good though, that really sucks.The doctor definitely shouldn't have brushed you off and neither should the nurses. I can definitely say you weren't at one of the good mental health hospitals, but I hope I could help explain to you why some places do the things they do?
I mean I get it but at the same time that is definitely not going to help mentally ill people? It'll just make them feel uncomfortable and unhappy or like a prisoner
@@aces.spacee Yeah but their top most priority is to make sure people make it out of the hospital alive
@@staggbones And then when they leave the hospital yes they're alive but they're even worse off than before, with unnecessary trauma and even worse mental health. It seems really counterproductive to me tbh
@@aces.spacee Not if they go to a good mental hospital. Most mental hosptials don't try to isolate you, they supply help when needed. If it's a hospital like what pax went through, yes it will cause issues but most mental hospitals don't cause that impression.
@@staggbones Unfortunately, you can't tell which are the good one or bad ones.
Glad I’m not the only one who had a traumatic experience in the hospital! (But that doesn’t mean everyone will! If you feel like you need help there’s absolutely nothing wrong about reaching out)
One of the biggest problems with mental hospitals in general is that they try to fit every single person who comes to them that cannot be trusted not to kill them-self or others in the same room. That includes a lot of people, from the worst abusers and bullies you could imagine to the most sensitive people. All of them need help and hopefully one day there will be a good way to help all different kinds of people efficiently, but right now, there just isn't. I'm grateful that in my own experience at mental hospitals, despite the fact that there were still some issues, they always did their best to separate the ones who would try to hurt others without outright isolating and brutally traumatizing them. Also, phones are a tricky thing. I've never been allowed to have mine in a hospital before, but with what I'd usually do on them at the time, that was for the best in my case. I really needed to expand my coping mechanisms. Still had a TV to watch disney and pixar movies though
I am glad to say that I had a positive mental hospital experience. I know other people had a bad time. I was scared at first but I learned to like it. I had friends and we played cards and ate snacks. And at the second mental hospital I was at we had a wii. I actually prefer the mental hospital then at home because I just feel alone at home but not at the mental hospital. I met a trans man in there and I loved him so much (platonically) I thought he was so cool and I made him a letter just saying to be yourself.
Still in the program, albiet not in the hospital. I walked in with mommy issues and daddy issues, plus ADHD wired autistism. They thought i had similar diagnosises as my bio mom did, so they heavy dosed the medicine based off that diagnosis. Ive proven time and time again, heavy doses arent needed. I walked out with PSTD, and a more introverted personality. When they thought i was getting better, i was actually shuting up? Down? Again i just stopped opening up in the ways they wanted me too and became introverted. One of the rules we had was no relationships and no staying in contact with people we met their (their excuse was how weird it would be to have to explain to others that we met at a mental hospital) i broke the first rule. I guinely cares for this person. She was so sweet, i wasnt the best to her, but i did love her and tried to comfort her when i could- even if the program wouldnt let me. No i wasnt abusive or anything just.. Im mentally hung up on the point of this one time i was selfish and wouldnt let her play my games i had on the community XBOX in the rec room. (Games i actually left behind because i dont actually own an xbox, i had minecraft and minecraft story mode as well as portal 2) In the end however i had to say goodbye and wasnt permitted to stay in contact.
They let me stay in contact with this other chick though because she was a 'good influnence'. Aka she looked down on my interests that were deemed bas influences and general problamatic, while my GF woulsnt mind talking that stuff, but would advise caution since the staff didnt approve of it. Interests were pretty much certian fandoms and topics relating to creepypasta and what they thought was a creepypasta or too spooky and dangerous....like the Enderman. (The fandom is reeeaaally weird nowadays and worse than the old days, my favorite creators stopped uploading creepypasta stuff long ago, but what do you expect from a fandom where all the characters are pretty edgy, have tons of mental illness, and have tragic backstories? You gonna get weirdos such as myself 'relating' to them, or next big shot jeff wannabes lurking around) long story short, i ghosted the other chick, and moves on with my problems old..and new.
Oh my gosh, my hospital visits were bad but I didn't think it could get worse. I think the biggest problem was the nurses they would say something a couple times you'd respond then lose your temper for a second and they'd write that down. They did think it was just an attention issue and by the third time I was there they realized something was really wrong. The place I went to was NOT equiped to deal with eating disorders so that was... Fun. And I'd agree and say it is a traumatic experience and everything does get really hazy and blurred. And just like you I would never wish that on anyone. I'm so sorry you had to go through that, being trans must have made it even worse I (being a lesbian) didn't want to accept the fact that I was different. Turns out that was the main issue.
I guess I'm trying to say your not alone and you have made a community to talk to be just be okay with sharing these things with us. Thank you for taking the time and making this video.
My mother would vilify my emotions. She'd coax me into telling her how I felt and if it was negative, there'd be an instant screaming rant about how I had no right to feel that way.
Your family was horrible to take your DA journal entries and use them as ammo. That says that they mustered the effort to find them and print them, but not the energy to actually talk to you or try and be understanding.
I'm so angry for you. You didn't deserve to be treated so basely.
my mom villifies me too and guilt-trippy stuff, and she makes herself a martyr and act like she's never hurt me but she traumatizes me all the time n basically what ur mom does ugh, the hypocrisy blows my mind, I can't stand it, I'm going insane being stuck here
I had a pretty good experience with my mental hospital. I was a kid, like 13-14 and in a section for teenagers aged like 11-17 I think. I was a vegetarian, and they made nice accomodations. They had really good meals. We were on a tight schedule, getting up at 6 in the morning, going to bed at like 9-10, we were always doing things all day. We had gym time were we played games like volleyball, we had an art room where we finger painted and made stress balls with rice, etc. We had a music room, and a library where we could take books to our room during downtime. Being at the hospital was some of the best times in my life, so not all are awful. We were allowed to bring our own clothes, just nothing with strings, wires, anything potentially dangerous.
The only thing I was botheres by is that, while we did get a bow for out showers, they never included any feminine hygiene products in the shower boxes so you would have to ask.
Ummm.... We had school work to do, and then we would have therapy and a snack time (optional) while watching tv and playing board games.
They had a hockey table too! I almost forgot.
They even let me and a girl i liked sit in the hallway and eat if we were nervous.
dam, thats sounds pretty cool, so that's an actual hospital wow, sounds more like RTC tho, where is that around?
I'm really glad you made this video, I personally had a similar experience with a mental hospital and I feel like it's not a problem that's talked about almost at all
I’m excited to watch this because I may be getting sent away to a hospital so it’s nice to here other peoples experiences so I know what to expect (even though not all of them are the same it’s good to have an idea if things that could happen)
I hope your alright and get actual help. All I can say is I hope that your possible hospital is a nice place full if good people =)
If you are gonna get sent away, keep an open mind about treatment. It's honestly the best thing for you to do in that situation. Be optimistic about almost everything there because everyone else will probably get you down talking about how all the want to do is go home, how the food sucks, how the staff sucks, how the doctors are trash, etc. It ruined my mood everyday to have people talk down about everything. Being there usually isn't a choice but it is your choice to get better
@@NotSewNoah You don't have to go. It is choice at least in my state. Yeah, I aware there is 72 hour hold. If they want to keep you longer. They have to take you to court & you automatically get an attorney. Then the judge decides. The reason the state had so many problems with bad things. They had to change the way they do things.
@@jday-ex2ie it depends how old you are. If you are a minor your parents can say that they want you to stay
@@NotSewNoah I am not so sure about that. It could depend on the state. According to the ACLU kids do have rights as well. You may live in a different country though which that wouldn't apply then.
I've NEVER been to a mental hospital that let us use our phones. Being locked in those hellholes and being treated like a prisoner only made me more suicidal, so I don't like mental hospitals.
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Unfortunately I had to go to one in December and I had a very bad experience as well. I got sexually assaulted twice, roommates didn’t respect personal space, and there was people trying to get into my room to beat up my roommates every night
sounds like nothing much has changed with mental hospitals, It still seems that some are just an excuses to abuse the mentally/chronically ill Iam suffering from schizophrenia and I have heard tons of stories on how people witch schizo are treated by mental hospitals iam scared to go one but I know Id need eventually but I dont want to be traumatized more then iam
yuh, well is there any residential treatment centers/clinics for that, I think there's rtc for anything somewhere around so hopefully u can find a good one and not have to go to hospital necessarily
I hate to hear a story like this , Im so sorry it traumatized you :(
I wish your parents had at least confronted you in the correct way about this , and obviously researched this place . I used to have this problem when I was much younger , around 12-14 range , and I can relate a lot to things like hiding my feelings and not wanting to cry in front of others . I hope things have gotten better as you have gotten older stranger on the internet , and lovely art ! I hear way too many stories of bad mental hospitals , its devastating to me so many people come out worse than going in because a place that was supposed to help them made it 100x worse .
We love you I hope you’re doing well and have a great 2021 since 2020 didn’t seem so well
I've been hospitalized 3 times. All at three different hospitals. I can only say one of those hospitals didn't leave me with trauma. I have been attacked, pulled, shamed, and screamed at at two of the hospitals I was at by both staff AND other patients. I was in I feel like it definitely depends on the general age of the hospital itself. In general, I think that these institutions are incredibly outdated, and that they literally hire anyone who's an RN to work there.
Thank you for making this video. I had to go to a mental hospital a while ago and experienced a lot of trauma while there. Whenever I try to talk to anyone about it, they tell me, "well, it's a mental hospital, it's supposed to help you," and don't take me seriously. I've told my family multiple times how bad it was and all it's done is have them threaten to send me back whenever they're angry at me. Thank you so much for bringing more visibility to this issue
Thank you for the video, I'm sure a lot of people watching it are watching it because either because you're an amazing person and we love your videos, they feel like they should go to a mental hospital and are looking for what the experience is going to be if they do go, or they have been to one before and are seeing that they are not alone in what their experiences might have been. I'm always here for you if you ever want to talk or vent.
Have a fantastic day, and stay handsome.
To this day I have a genuine fear of mental hospitals because of the horror stories I head from my dad when he was there. He was sent to a mental hospital by his mom when nothing was really wrong he was just a angry boy, she sent him there for money, I dont know how that works but I believe him 100%. the way they treated him and the things he told me about what he saw while there... I dont know. But I do know that I was afraid to come forward about certain things I experienced, because of what I had heard and at the time he was my only source of information to such things. Don't get me wrong i don't think he did anything wrong, it has just stuck with me and I think that it is one of the reasons I am so unwilling to share how I feel. Expressing myself is very hard because when I'm sad I cry, when I'm angry I cry, when I try to talk in general about anything really I cry, even thinking about talking has me crying. and between all that and other things that I don't even know if they are trauma like being homeless several times and...I guess exposure to things I shouldn't of while being at the age I was, I am currently 15. Sorry, I got off topic.
I hope you feel better and your friend is doing better.
I had such an excruciatingly horrible experience when I was 14. I get severe anxiety attacks thinking about going to a psychiatrist now, they found loop holes to abuse us-physically abuse us- gave horribly wrong diagnosis to people to keep them there longer (diagnosed a girl who liked to act like a dog- she was a furry with schizophrenia. I am not shitting you we became close and having schizophrenics in my family the symptoms were far from the same). There was a girl in there who wasn't even mentally ill- her parents sent her there for trying to date out of her race and for some reason the hospital kept her there. A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD was there who they frequently locked in the "quiet room" (a room with no windows only a bed with straps, the door didn't have a handle on the inside only a window doctors could see in but you couldn't see out). Mental hospitals are EVIL and anyone who recommends people go to them are horrible people. It sounds like made up bullshit from a movie but It was one of the most traumatizing experiences of my life that haunts me every fucking day. Remember you are not alone, there are others who hear your pain and believe you.
tw: self harm
i had a similar experience with my stay at the mental hospital. it all started when my math tutor noticed the cuts from under my sleeve. my math tutor called my mom, and stayed with me until my mom was home. i had a therapy session that day. when my mom got home, she drove me there. my therapist told my parents that i should be staying overnight at a mental facility. next morning, my mom drove me to the hospital. the mental facility near was packed. i stayed overnight at a general hospital to wait. my stay at the general hospital was really great. the nurses comforted me when i was crying, food was decent, and they gave me stuffed animals to sleep with. i got to watch tv, see my parents, and the beds were really comfortable. 3 days later, a slot was open at the mental hospital. i thought it would be similar to my experience at the general hospital. i was wrong. my stay there was terrible. the hospital looked very run down from the start. the beds were hard as rock. i couldn't sleep at night. the nurses were very loud during night, constantly woke me up. the food was extremely processed. i got constipated, everything felt horrible. there were a lot of people there that made me feel uncomfortable. this one guy was being extremely violent and screamed at random times. this other girl threatened to fight me when i was just trying to call my mom. there was nothing to do, except for playing uno and drawing. i don't know what happened, but i ended up getting sick. my throat was extremely sore and the nurses didn't help me. i felt so anxious and unsafe. i met some friends there. i still keep in touch with some of them till this day. my family had to beg the doctors to let me out early. staying in this hospital felt like i was being trapped in a jail cell. being let out was one of the most eye opening experiences i ever had. i got to see my family again. though, heavy medical bills were placed on my family. we had to go on a budget because they were too expensive.
listening to your story made me feel like im not alone. im so sorry for anyone who had to be sent there as well. i wish for the best to anyone thats reading this. thank you. please be safe and kind.
This isn't related to the video but, your voice sounds so much deeper, I'm happy for you! You sound amazing.
I was apart of an mental hospital after being convinced by my science teacher after she saw my wrists that I had cut. Took me down to the nurse and a police officer took me to the most available mental hospital which was completely awful. When I went in I was basically all giddy and stuff, hoping that if I looked happy enough they’d let me leave earlier. It was separated by girls and boys and most of the girls there were probably the only reason I didn’t go completely crazy. The staff would always warn us away from each other, telling us we were too “dangerous” and should not interact with each other. Of course we completely ignored them and the girls there really helped me to survive. First day in they gave me warnings of what to watch out for and what not to do. Unfortunately in this place, you weren’t allowed to cry or smile too much since they claimed it showed you were too “unstable” with your emotions and that they’d give you a shot if you didn’t stop. We called this “booty juice” which while a funny name was a large needle they stuck in your arse with a major sedative. They’d then take you to a back room and strap you down. If you didn’t “calm down” by the time you woke up they’d just keep giving you shots. The people there also constantly told us that if we did anything they didn’t like they’d talk to our therapist and convince them to make us stay 3 more days. We barley even saw our therapist and when we did, we only saw them for at most 15 minutes. We’re we’re only given disgusting foil packets that had body wash in them in to use for our hair and body, and even the few staff that cared thought it was disgusting, we were out on a strict schedule and if we were feeling down or sad or just needed a moment to ourselves we were forced to follow the schedule or they threatened to make us stay 3 more days. At least two times a day we were locked in our rooms for two hours and were told that we couldn’t talk or do anything really. And the nurses had no idea what they were doing(even if they were the only people who actually gave a damn about us) and unfortunately since the nurse was missing for the whole day and no one could find her, the receptionist took over and couldn’t find my birth control pills so he just gave me a cocktail of pills and after taking them all I could remember is slowly getting dizzy and nauseous and then waking up the next day in my bed with no idea what happened. I obviously didn’t blame the receptionist cause he was actually a really nice guy who actually cared about us and wanted to do the best he could to help us out, but it obviously made me uncomfortable with the idea of taking my medication again and worsened my trust issues. I was constantly afraid that if this kept happening then I’d have to stay extra days even if I honestly couldn’t remember what happened, which was frankly terrifying. They actually for a while kept a girl who kept trying to escape, and threw chairs at windows and everything, sedated her took her to that back room and all day you could here her screaming and sobbing and then go quiet then after a while it all start up again. The people at the center even lied to parents saying she had left, after parents were told by their kids what was going on, when in reality they still kept her in that room. When I finally was told by my social worker that I was going home, I couldn’t even trust her since one of the staff told me to watch out and make sure not to be too excited or show too much emotion cause they might just be testing me, and if I react too strongly they’ll keep me there. Even my therapist, after seeing how happy I was, threatened to keep me there longer if I didn’t stop being so happy to leave. It was an awful place that I firmly believe made me worse than when I had gone in. I still have nightmares and panic attacks over things that happened in there and my trust issues became worse than ever. This doesn’t mean all mental hospital’s are bad and by no means does this mean you shouldn’t seek out help. Just be cautious and aware of where your going.
Holy shit.
womp womp i ain’t readin allat
💕 :0
I hope you’re doing well right now. Your voice was very soft and calming in this video, despite the subject matter it was relaxing to listen to
You’re not alone when it comes to bad hospital experiences. I was in the middle of a riot on a ward when I was hospitalized as an adolescent.
I hope you’re doing alright and continue to grow❤️
Everyone always says good things about the mental hospitals but honestly my time there traumatized me. I'm glad that you shared your story.
Sorry your experience was so awful! With mental hospitals, it's a game of luck. I was in several and had good as well as bad experiences. Hope you're doing better now. Everyone deserves to keep their dignity and respect. And I never got the 'hitting on people in a mental hospital' thing like dude, I have to deal with my own problems here, I ain't got no time for you as an additional one.
I'm so sorry you had to go through this :( Thank you for sharing your story
I feel like mental hospitals tend to fuck people over more than they help. There will always be good ones, but there is always an insurmountable surplus of horror stories from these places.
I can relate to wanting to make other people laugh even when I'm in pain, I do that with my therapist all the time and it makes me feel good in a way but I don't think it helps in the long run
Your voice got deeper, niiice!
Commenting for the algorithm. I shouldn't watch this becuse of where my mental health is. But I hope your well. Thanks for everything, I really hope your okay.
Aw thank you! Your support means everything ❤️
@@RadPaxOfficial of course! Your an amazing person, and you deserve the support you get. I'm glad I could contribute to everyone who supports you. :)
I totally understand you. I went through a similar thing. Tramatized me because they are holding me in the hospital agaisnt my will. And it was really hard to go through. And I am still not done with this process and I'm still traumatize in my dreams, in the form of nightmares. I'm really glad you shared this because it really made me feel better for someone to actually understand me that it didn't help me at all and made me worse. I didn't even want to harm myself or anyone at all. And it was really hard for me to be in there and for them to say it was my fault.
I was sent to something like a mental hospital but the rest of the people were just in so much trouble that I was like the black sheep there. Weird how everyone there was really depressed.. and I was there just because I had to make a proper eating schedule, but I was extremely terrified when I was told I'll be going 300km away from home just to frickin eat.
Personality I have never been to a mental hospital, but I might soon if my parents find out, I had been doing SH for 6 months every day, and my parents said to me (without knowing I did it) quote on quote "if we find out that you had thoughts of suicide or had been doing SH, then there's a big chance of you going to a mental hospital" so yeah, I'm sure nobody will care about this message but I just wanted to say it.
I was once in a mental hospital and I was abused there, I am scared of hospitals now....
Yikes, that really does sound like it was awful. I’m glad you were able to get out of that situation, though. Amazing advice about how you should always research the mental hospital you’re going to, and wonderful art as well. Hope you’ve been doing well during the quarantine.
20:17 "Due to Covid, there's been a lot of people who need to get into therapy"
you didn't have to call me out like that TwT
My friend went to the mental hospital in our town and told me that it was horrible. Reason was she was 14 with let's say a mentality of an adult and she was put with the younger children. She couldn't connect with them at all and said the food there was tasting bad. I felt bad for her but now she is way better and the mental hospital didn't really helped
I was hospitalized when I was 13.. I was there for like, I think a week longer than regular admin is supposed to be. I was there for behavioral issues, suicidal and homicidal ideation and actions, and anorexia that led to bulimia. I was heavily abused as a kid by my dad, emotionally and verbally though so there was no proof. I remember feeling alone and forgotten about because my mom only came to visit me once over the 15 day period, and when we had therapy my dad would bring out his master manipulator kit and start the fake waterworks, which completely worked on the therapist and she told me to “understand my dad’s point of view” and to forgive him, when he had yelled at, screamed at, and slapped me when I would cry. He would tell me things about myself that no one ever should hear. I felt like there was no way for me to ever get any help with that hospital.
Another thing that made it worse was the fact that I was put on Insight. At the time I was a very big extrovert(now I’ve realized I’m an extroverted introvert, I like being social and around people but I recharge by having alone time.) and got my healing from being around people. At home what led to me developing behavioral issues was not getting enough attention at home, and being put on Insight meant that I was in my room all day(only coming out for meals and main group) with no contact with anyone. A few times, people even forgot to come get me for group or meals. That made my anxiety and sense of loneliness skyrocket.
Anyways, I don’t know where I was going with this. When I was discharged I was put into day treatment for six weeks, and that helped tremendously. Day treatment worked for me, and I hope anyone out there finds the thing that works the best for you to get help and heal properly.
BRUH HE RAISED HIS HAND TO YOU- that therapist enabling abuse bruh im done
my past therapist didnt listen either n i re-explained to her my mom is impossible to talk too, more than a brick wall n I'm so traumatized i wanna hurt myself but i dont think I told her that last part idk, but she's like "well, maybe u could try again" I LITERALLY EXPLAINED I TRIED FOR YEARS AND BEEN ATTACKED AND INSULTED CONSTANTLY, these ppl should not be therapists lol.
ugh that's awful they made ur anxiety n loneliness skyrocket, I'm rlly glad day treatment helped u tho
I’m from the Midwest too and from everything you’ve described it sounds exactly like the one I went to.
did yours also get shut down?
@@RadPaxOfficial no but it probably should’ve.
My mental health has been a wild rollercoaster, but shockingly, the mental hospital has been a safe area for me. Being able to talk to others in similar situations to me has helped me a lot. Luckily my family is in a better situation and it made my life much easier, so I got a really good mental hospital. I feel awful that this happened to you! I’m sorry that this occurred! Have a good day!
I’m glad that your back and at least getting through all of this bull, I’m really relieved that your still going strong into this new year.
Given how dumb 2020 was I’m hoping that everyone of us enjoying a glass of water and and each other’s company.
I was in 3 mental hospitals now and the first 2 were just like this. Maybe because they were mental hospitals for children and teenagers. My third one was for addults and it was sooo much better! They nearly treated me like a human person.
I thankfully have had really good experiences with mental hospitals. All staff respected my name and did not deadname or misgender me ever I think. unfortunately some staff did deadname my friend since he didnt have any masculine clothes but I stood up for him and always corrected them if they used to wrong pronouns. I actually got in a big arguement with a staff member named "Gretchen" over her misgendering him. which I feel really bad about because it could've been triggering to others but tbh she started it. Other than a few rude staff members most of them were really nice and let you talk to them whenever. I kinda wish the had one on one therapy but it was all group therapy. On a positive not I really liked being there. The people there are super cool and nice and the staff made me feel really cared for since I'm not when im at home. There was always something to do like draw or talk to your friends. My hospital let you exchange phone numbers with your friends so I'm still in contact with all of the people from my last visit to this day since we made a groupchat :). ALSO this was very cool but every weekend we were able to play on a Nintendo switch and we played mario kart and smash bros together! when I went in the summer (I've been twice to the Same one) we always went outside and we were able to reccomend music to play and we listened while playing football. Mostly a super good experience :))
I relate to this a lot. I actually had to go to a mental hospital against my own will when I was like 18 and still in high school. I also have chronic illnesses that were just getting worse and worse at the time.
I’ve been to a mental hospital two times and was about to be sent to on once. My first time sucked. Like now that I looked back on it and it sucked. I had to sit in one room for almost the entire day. My school didn’t sent me work. Food was terrible. I didn’t fit in since I was the youngest, I was 12 at the time, and no one really talked to each other. This made me more depressed because I felt trapped and I couldn’t sleep properly because the handle of the bed was rock solid so I slept on the floor with my mattress, however the nurses always leave the door open to see the patients so the light shine directly at my face and I like to sleep in the dark so I didn’t like it there. The second hospital was more bigger and I could go outside, but I still didn’t like it. I didn’t like some of the people their. The bed were better. The food was still bad but had good snacks. The only things that i didn’t like was the staff. This one staff told us a story in the Bible which I didn’t like because I wasn’t religious . I went to two group therapies and a regular therapist, and it was awful. They did more damage to my mental health.
I went to regular therapy at first after my first mental hospital. I broke down in front of her and she nearly sent me to the mental hospital. She made me have trust issues to talk to people about my feelings because I don’t want to be sent to a mental hospital.
The second was group therapy. i felt alone, I felt self conscious that I wasn’t cool or that I didn’t have serious mental issues. I also wasn’t a good person.
I went to another group therapy after this andK stayed there for a year and I was a bad person. I also felt more left out because I didn’t have any true friends which made me feel sad.
Thankfully I’ve changed and that’s all in the past now.
I really hope your alright.
i cant believe there's dislikes on this...
anyways I hope your doing well and I hope 2021 treats you well!
probably people who don't like me
or don't like that i'm talking openly about how bad the mental health system is in America
I'm so sorry you went through this. I know when I was 18, I was admitted to a mental hospital because an ex friend posed as my boyfriend called 911 on me because I had been dealing with suicidal thoughts when I was briefly attending college. i got sent off in an ambulance. My parents weren't even home. They forced me to give blood samples against my will, I have a terrible fear of needles to the point where three people had to hold me down while the fourth person stuck me.
Once in, I wasn't allowed out for an entire week. I remember just sitting in a corner in a small "lobby" that was more just an open room with maybe 15 chairs in a circle. A guy laying on the floor noticed me and asked what I was even doing there. not because of my mental health but because he thought I was like 15 so being in the adult mental hospital didn't make sense. Not a lot of people thought I was even 18 because I looked so young to them.
Sleeping was awful. The beds did feel uncomfortable and my roommate snored so loud I couldn't get any rest. At that time, I always played Pokemon Diamond or Platinum on my DS before going to bed because I couldn't turn my brain off right away so not having that was awful.
I also was dating a man at the time (who if I knew who he actually was back then, I wouldn't have bothered), but I missed him too and the thought of the possibility of him leaving me because of this was terrifying. I ended up staring out of the window when snow was falling and had to spend my Valentine's day in there..
There was nothing fun to do in this place outside of watching old VHS tapes from 6pm-9pm. That was it. They also expected everyone to go to this meeting for dealing with anger and addiction. When it came to me talking, I just said I talk to my friends online and don't like being outside. The person talking to us tried to say I was addicted to the internet and that I should go outside more. Apparently he's never met an introvert before..
The food was awful as well. Mushy and any form of bread was ruined my the humidity trapped in heat with the little tray covers they had.
They tried giving me pills that I had no interest in taking. I didn't want pills. I wanted guidance. I tried taking about why I was feeling the way I was feeling but no one seemed to care at all. They just treated me like I was just their next assignment they had to fix quickly so they could go home. To them I wasn't a person. I was like a Mc Donald's transaction. I hated that.. But it doesn't end there.
During a second time, rather recently that happened last year in August, I had another suicide plan, failed of course. My boyfriend now told me he wasn't going to send me to a mental hospital because he knew my feelings against it, however, he wanted me to go in of my own free will. I was hesitant, but agreed. My sister drove me to a place almost an hour away from home to get evaluated. The place I went to in the past had closed down. When we got there, we spent 4 hours waiting for a group of nurses and the doctor to tell me when I would be admitted, which was never. The doctor came in telling me, he didn't see a reason for me to be admitted despite the fact that I told him that about a week prior, I almost downed a bottle of pills and chased it with rum. He basically told me in so many words to "git gud" at life. I was angry and so was my sister. They wasted our time and didn't take my problems seriously..
To me, mental health hospitals are a joke. At least in the US, I don't know about other countries. But they were like a prison to me. I would NEVER send anyone to one of those places because I feel they would make someone more suicidal because you're removing everything that makes the person happy and sticking them into solitary confinement while birating them and blaming them for the trauma they're dealing with.
this honestly sounds like every mental hospital ive been to. after a couple stays, you get used to it really. the only thing that really helped was a residential facility. even then the only way it helped was helping me realize how great regular life is compared to that shit hole. but if you are a danger to yourself or others GO. the best help is obtained through the treatment after your stay and once you're safe enough to go home.
It’s both comforting and heart breaking to know other people went thru this as well.
I went twice, once because my therapist felt it was the best option for me and then again because of a suicide attempt. While I wasn’t hurt physically, thank god, it was emotionally harrowing. It felt like prison. We weren’t allowed to talk to each other, none of the nurses took me seriously (in fact when I had one on one time after a week of trying to schedule with the therapist, they told me I was being troublesome for nothing and even sighed and told me I was being ridiculous when I said I felt like no one liked me bc I was 12 and insecure), I was made fun of for being “heavy” and given “healthier” options than the kids, they made us perform in a talent show and when I sang for them they didn’t clap and even let some of the kids make fun of me for being bad, they told me I was depressed bc I read Harry Potter (????) and that i only liked girls bc I hadn’t met any nice boys. We were allowed one phone call a day but only between 5-6 and the call had to be made from the person calling and I could have one visitor a week for 30 min. They took my shoes, my jeans, and my hair brush. And we also had to shower in front of the nurses. We were also coed so it was a lovely time being both hit on and bullied by the boys. The girls were usually kind though.
The only saving grace was that I never quailed for long term so I was only there for about 3 weeks each time.
Thank you for speaking about your time. I’m so sorry but I’m so grateful for you. I love you all. ❤️
I actually worked intake for a mental hospital for about a year. It was a very difficult experience at times. If someone came in for an assessment I was usually reluctant to let them come in unless I truly felt that they were going to harm themselves or others, and THIS was the reason. Going inpatient can certainly be traumatic for a lot of people, and for others, especially children and teens, going inpatient can become a cycle very quickly, and having inpatient AS a coping skill is not healthy. Also, younger children often learn negative behaviors (especially self harm) from the older kids. Sometimes people would get furious with me that I would refuse to let them in, but I really felt like not letting them come in was what was best for them. Especially the teens because they are still coming to terms with a truer understand of death now that their abstract thinking is developing, and yeah, that can look a little morbid sometimes. If someone had read the poems I had written at age 12, I would be placed inpatient in a heartbeat even though I was never actively suicidal. Sometimes going inpatient can be beneficial, at least so that you can live long enough to get through a phase of being suicidal. I would rather you hate inpatient but live to tell me about it.
I really adore your art and you seem like a fantastic artist. And im sorry about your past but im happy to see that you seem like a very nice person and where proud that you came this far. Also very nice comic!! I really like it and it has a really cool plot!! Keep up the good work!
Hey pax welcome back!
While I’ve never been to a Mental Hospital, I have been to therapy. Without my consent.
When I went to go get my 7th grade shots with my mum, the clinic gives the patients little things to fill out. They were tests for depression. And mine came out severe, this was no surprise to me as I’ve felt this way since 3rd grade. But for my mum this was a surprise.
They offered my mum to take me into therapy and didn’t tell me till the day of.
I have the tendency to cry when I talk about my feelings, but I hate crying in front of people. So when I had to talk to the therapist (with my mum in the room with us) I lied about everything. I said I was fine and it was just stress. This went on for months till the therapist decided I was good and let me go.
The real reason of depression is because I hate the way I look, I think I’m fat, i hate myself in general and have severe anxiety, I think to much, I’m forced into a Christian school, I’ve been questioning my sexuality (which isn’t great going to a Mormon school) and last of all. I think that cuz I’m blessed, fairly wealthy, have good friends and family that I can’t be sad. That I don’t “deserve” to be sad cuz I’m not abused, hated, abandoned, poor, etc.
Sorry for rambling, I just want people who read this to know that your not alone, and you can get help and you are important. ❤️
I went to a psych ward and it was a mixed experience. I first went to the hospital and they took me in until a bed was made available at a more long-term facility. The hospital was just a normal hospital so I was in there with other mentally ill people, people with infections and even COVID. The hospitals are so overflooded in my country that they'd only let you stay in a room if you needed to be sectioned off from others (i.e. violent patients, infants, infected people). I was none of those things so I had to be moved into the hallway, where I just stared at walls for three days. Aside from the overcrowding and lack of privacy, I was also on s@icide watch and the hospital outsourced "sitters" that watch s@icidal people to a security company. I mention this because _my_ sitter left at the end of his shift without waiting for his replacement so I was alone for 30 minutes. One of the nurses noticed and had to do her work in the hallway until the other sitter arrived. She was NOT happy.
Then I was moved to a "step-down" psych ward for stabilizing mental illnesses. We could walk around, use our phones, talk to each other, but we weren't allowed to use doors. Every room had a fake door that used velcro to open and shut, so the staff just popped in to check on you whenever. Not a lot of privacy, but the staff and other patients were very nice.
I then went to another "step-down" facility with even more freedoms. It had rooms separated by sex so my roommate was (unfortunately for him) a trans man. Staff was super nice and helpful, but patients were mixed. I'm just glad I was able to stabilize more and work on myself there.
i never wanted to die, i went to seek help. No stimulation, rotten smell of cigs, no activities... When i broke and needed comfort i was tied down next to a screaming patient.... im autisitc... sensitive person.
Just thinking about that day makes my stomach want to kick out... Im never coming back.
For slovenian comrades, it's in Ljubljana, Poliklinika for like idk stuff, their logo looks like riped out eye
if u live in arkansas, the best mental hospital to go to is either conway behavioral health or bridgeway!
I lived in the Midwest originally and heard a few good things about bridgeway if I remember correctly! Not from Arkansas but I heard from a few kids in my unit that that place was really good
thank you so much for being open and talking about this, opening up to mental health is such an important thing. glad you’re back and hope you’re well right now :))
Thank you for sharing your experience I can’t imagine how hard it might have been to go over this and talk about your trauma. Also your art is amazing!!
I’m so sorry you’ve gone through that . I hope that you can heal , and it gets easier to deal with with time .
Ya know it's funny the way you were describing your experience was exactly how most of the hospitals I went to were like except they were accepting to gay and trans people and separated people from gender and made co-ed wards for trans and non-binary people cause we are the gayest place in the US. But they certainly were exactly how you were describing. None of the nurses really cared and basically only dealt with you if you were fighting or screaming in pain. We didn't have exercising or a gym at most of the ones I've been to. But we did have a lot of kids in groups and talking shit about one another. You can make good friends but it's still not a good place to go to if you don't need to be there. Teenagers can make shit hell for you.
reminds me of kaiser lowkey tbh, but like i just have therapist n er experiences but it still sucks, altho they do have it in their system now like for trans ppl with their names and pronouns, but mh is absolutely non-existent in er, so stigmatizing, and even with therapy they're so outdated n dunno much or negligent/dont care ._. it's wild, i mean, those are pharmas for ya ig
don't even understand anxiety and underestimate depression n ed "specialist" literally couldn't even define eds n just said "don't worry, u have nothing to worry about since u don't want to lose weight" like bruh i'm starving myself... it's not from desire to lose weight it's arfid related, also STARVATION IS A CONCERN WTF but i've always been underweight since middle school too lol so wtf, she rlly be like naw cant help you.
Very brave to be talking about this! I hope you are healing and know that things can get better for sure. Take care and much love sent your way!
I’m so sorry you’ve gone through this, I’m proud of you for expressing this for the soul purpose of helping people to make sure they don’t go through what you have💛💛💛
I'm so sorry you went through that dear... It is just awful. Wishing you all the best💜💜💜
This was like therapy for me
You are incredibly brave for sharing your story; thank you. Also just,,beautiful art.
I know Exactly how you feel in having family members and even your own parents who will never open up nor be understanding what you're going through. It's Hell being in that place because you are in A Mental Prison in your own home. Parents and family members should be there to help and support you but I know that's not always the case for everybody. My parents are the exact same too. It's crappy keeping all those heartache feelings to yourself. Not only that but I too have experienced careless nurses who do not do their jobs for nothing. My father went to rehab during the final months of his life in 2021 before passing away of liver cancer. The doctors & nurses at the center he went to were Lousy and Crappy. They did not do their jobs for nothing and even stole some of his medication that he was supposed to take. My parents and I filed a complaint and took him to hospice where he took his final beath there. He passed away on December 6 which was the same date that my grandma passed away in 2012. Christmas at that time wasn't all that great either. Again, I know how you feel. The 2013 Year when you were going through all this was the worst year of my life and I almost committed suicide at the time. But I failed and sought a therapist in 2014. My life since then has been better but also going through its ups and downs. Again, I say I know how you feel.