that's one of my biggest fears. not being listened to or treated like a human. like we are already struggling. these places are supposed to make you feel comfortable and safe instead of making you feel even worse. that's why i have been avoiding checking myself in for so long and almost being involuntarily admitted scared the shit out of me.
i’m only 13 & have been admitted to two psych wards. i can definitely say that your experience was very similar to mine, even the reasoning for being admitted. i hope you’re doing well now :)
It's completely normal to be scared, but taking that step (for me) was my first real step towards recovery. It definitely didn't fix everything, but it kept me alive and safe and I will forever be grateful for that. if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me personally. You're stronger than you think. You can get through this
@@leahthesoulflwr2990 My health insurance covered both the ER and the mental facility stay. But without it, yeah, it would've been very expensive. I think the total cost for the mental health facility was about $13,000.
I’m sorry you had to go through that, I’ve been hospitalized once for mental health issues and it wasn’t as severe, however it was still very hard, I can definitely relate to some of this and I’ve actually struggled somewhat recently but haven’t gotten much professional help, I’m glad you seem to be doing a lot better now. 💞
I'm doing better now, but I do still struggle. We all do. I hope you find something that can help you with your struggles, and if I can be of any help, please let me know!
@@JustaMentalNote Turn to bible and allow CHRIST to be your therapist, psychologist and psychiatrist. No man nor women fits to be one. All are sinners and without glory, all are tempted and suffer the same. All are expected to REPENT AND BORN AGAIN, to LIVE HOLY AND GO AND SIN NO MORE. All are weak in the daily fight between their spirit and flesh. All these therapist, psychologist and psychiatrist, this world provides, can do is: to deceive and steal. They deceived you through all these “diagnoses” and they steal your money, through all the pills which you “need”. In short: they poison your mind and your overall health, leaving you with neither one. Therapist, Psychologist and Psychiatrist = Field where no human soul, never ever going to fit of being an help, no matter the among of years spend in “medical schools” or the decree gotten from there. ALL of us are daily deceived, no matter the walks of life. Do not trust one nor to try to be one. 1 John 4:1 KJV Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Turn to the BIBLE yourself and advice it to others also.
Wow the way you express yourself and share your experience is amazing! I watched the whole thing. I’m a new psych nurse learning the process of how pts get admitted so this was very helpful. I’m going to try and treat my pts the best that I can in a way they feel safe and cared for . Thank you for your videos!
That loss of control is the most horrifying thing I could ever possibly imagine. The trauma it would cause, would likely outweigh any benefits of me being there. Also, I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I know it must have been incredibly scary.
I give you props only because people who can handle working with mental illness deal with it in their daily life. I feel like that is what that community needs.
Very educational thank you as a 21 yr old male with high functioning autism from long island and had been traumatized by the group home and pilgrim state threats in the latter stages of my life as well as an anger prone male this scared me in the head a lot and thanks to you it helped me change my ways and to let my anger out thanks again and i am proud to be your new subber Love Drew
You are so loved! Having been though a pysch admission back in January of 2019 your video brought me to tears. I made 2 of the best friends while I was admitted. I hope you are doing better now!
Im glad your okay sweetheart and to everyone else never be embarrassed of needing help ever and i have personal have been on the other end of needed help and i want and got it
Ketamine works very quickly for suicidal ideations. I know through my own experience. Thank you for opening up and being honest. It brings more awareness to the social stigma that is mental illness.
The ambulances are soo uncomfortable. I had to be in one for 4 hours being transferred to a hospital that was close to a state border, my ass hurt so bad
I just got out of my first psych hold…. No windows, no privacy nothing to do, unappetizing food, 20 hours before social could speak with me, definitely dehumanizing, felt like it was making my thoughts worse, just awful. On the upside, I’ve been given a plan of action and therapy to treat and better cope with my thoughts
They tried to section 12 me 3 cops and a ambulance I jumped out a 3rd floor window and out ran 3 of them got away in my car. I’m glad I did after listening to this
i’ve been contemplating checking myself in soon. my last 2 visits weren’t the best, with the first visit having the sheriff come and handcuff and ankle cuff me with a chain connecting the two and rolling me out on a wheelchair in front of all the other er patients like i was some kinda criminal even tho i had been 100% compliant the whole time and only told the psychiatrist that i wanted to go home which apparently warranted my status to change from voluntary to involuntary just like that. my second trip i was able to finesse my way out of it and was only there for about 4 hours i think. honestly im really hoping that this time if i do get transferred to a psychiatric hospital again they’ll put me in an ambulance, because i don’t think i can handle the treatment the sheriff gives again. that was completely ridiculous and he was totally unsympathetic about it. i genuinely felt like i was a dangerous criminal in his eyes, not worth being nice to.
Thank you for sharing my mother law just admitted herself into the hospital at the age of 77 she sufferers from depression from very abuse people around her mainly from her religions organization unfortunately we couldn't help her fast enough because we live 2500 miles away I hope so truly gets the help she needs I'm so scared for her.
I am going crazy from the excessive stress and i wish I could rest in a hospital for a while, but im too terrified of other patients and the staff themselves
I was once admitted but I think I need help again because my depression is getting really bad I don't know what to do sometimes I don't want to get up I I feel like I'm nobody sometimes I just want to not be here in the world anymore
i'm 13 and i'm only having thoughts abt harming myself and others that come and go so idk if i should go to a mental hospital but if i end up having to i'm scared because apparently the state that i live in is one of the worst states for mental help in the united states
Ibe just wached this as ive been needing to do it myself but im 24 and im really worried about doing it as i dont know what to expect but this helped a lot to see what actuallt happens in these places your so strong that you got through this xx
I went to the emergency room at my hospital to try and get admitted to the psych ward because I was depressed having suicidal thoughts but because I didn't have a plan they didn't want to admit me so ya im still struggling and don't know what do to
Thank you for watching and I’m so sorry that you are struggling. When it comes to mental hospitals, you will only be admitted if certain criteria are met and the person is in crisis in that exact moment. If you are able to wait to get outpatient care, that’s what they will do. What I would suggest is that you find a mental health professional in your area and seek out therapy services that way. Much more helpful in the long run than the hospital! If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out. Sending you lots of positive energy 💙
Its so important to check the bodies of patients. It can be uncomfortable but the benefits outweigh the risks. I know from multiple first hand accounts from patients that in mental health facilities and as a health care professional that you can be attacked by other patients or assaulted by staff, more commonly people do still hurt themselves while hospitalized and we need to keep track of this as well as gain an understanding of how far the self harm has gone with a patient prior to afmission. This is why body checks are vital.
I was hospitalized years ago for severe anorexia nervosa at 75 pounds at 5’7 inches. My blood pressure was extremely low as well as my heart rate. I had trouble walking and had trouble eating much at all for months. It became life threatening when I could barely drink any fluids. When I was admitted they strip searched me , cavity searched as well, searched all my belongings most of which I could not keep during my time in hospital, I had forced mds, I was force fed in the sense that if I did not eat voluntarily they would restrain me and feed me thur nasal gastric tube to stomach which was traumatic and painful. I was watched 24/7 cause they said I was a danger to myself. No phone calls for 2 months of a 5 month hospitalization. They put 20 pounds on me which I promptly lost within a few months of discharge because of trauma I experienced. Forget to mention I use attacked twice by other patients on ward having phycotic episodes before they were restrained unprovoked as I stayed to myself most of the time. There was only one other patient I liked and we would play board games and watch the tv in dayroom area. All and all a horrible experience and caused PTSD in me and I lost complete trust in mental health care in the us
I thank heaven and earth I do not have ideation of that type. I was abducted and bound gagged etc and I dont think I would recover from that being done again in a vehicle no less. Jesus. Also in my county you are just as likely to go to jail as a medical unit. And in that jail there is no real care to be spoken of. It really is no wonder people do not seek help as the help is iffy and the process is dehumanizing and adds trauma. I get they must keep you safe from yourself but I do feel there has to be a better way especially since so many people taking that ride have major sexual trauma. Scars marks and tattoos is what they do to process criminals. We treat health conditions as criminality. Its just gross. I dont think that a criminal would be allowed to have been tied to a stretched for hours though
I am suffering from overthinking the night I sexually experimented with my best friend and it’s giving me panic attacks depression and hopelessness so I’m probably gonna check myself into a hospital
I want to pretty much end it all soon so I really need to do this, I feel doomed everyday and have severe breathing problems with 1-2 hours of sleep a night. I will go to the ER soon and beg for them to keep me.
It's a horrible experience depending on where you go but I go to one specific one in Manhattan and they are really good. It's due to benzodiazepine issues for panic attacks. My panic meds aren't working like they use plus I have an unsupportive family. I think about dying all the time
I have suicidal thoughts all the time, I have recently have gotten addicted to self-harm, I used to only do it like one cut a week but now it's around 6 cuts a day. Some of the cuts are really low on my legs, I'm scared my family will see them, And how they will react and I'm really scared because summer is coming up and my family forces me to swim. Any advice on hiding them? (I've tried makeup and it didn't work)
First of all, I just wanted to say that I am so sorry that you are going through that. Dealing with those thoughts and urges can be absolute hell and you are so strong for making it this far! I don't have advice on how to hide them, but taking care of any wounds you have (keeping it clean, using Neosporin, those types of things) will help to make them heal faster and not as pronounced. There are also creams and other products you can use to help with the fading once the wounds have scarred over. My biggest suggestion would be to reach out for professional help in your area. I know it's scary, but getting professional help is the only way I was able to control those thoughts and urges in myself. If you need help finding a professional in your area, feel free to reach out to me privately! I know you're struggling, but there are people out there who are more than willing to help. I'm also attaching a PDF with 99 coping skills that you can use when you feel those thoughts and urges coming on. Sometimes distraction is the best way to get through those moments. If there is anything else I can do to help, don't be afraid to reach out. I'm sending you all the positive, healing energy that I can. You're so strong, you can make it through this
Hi Devin, I’m currently inpatient and I really enjoyed watching your video. I’m making some videos about my journey in hospital if you’re interested in watching! Or if not, thanks for putting your story out there. Hope you’re doing well ♥️
This is terrifying and not how its done in my country. We are not stripped down to a hospital gown and can always wear our own clothes, unless you have like overdosed and are on cardiac monitoring in the ED or something like that. They dont just take your clothes off you as standard practice. They dont make us strip down, and document all the marks on our bodies or anything. This is so so horrific. As far as transferring between hospitals they do often transport via ambulance, but you wouldnt be strapped down in the back of the ambulance in a gown on your own, or to the stretcher with your arms and legs restrained. That is so barbaric. Here in my experience many times you normally would be given the choice between laying on the stretcher, or sitting in the chair in the back of the ambulance. There would also always be someone in the back with you. I have also been able to go with my own support workers to transfer between hospitals - this saves the hospital system resources, so they will usually agree to this if you are not really unstable. Depending on what hospitals I've gone to and how busy things are, and what the bed situation is, sometimes when I've been suicidal I've been taken through straight away, or pretty quickly, other times I've been left waiting alone, or waiting with a support person in the waiting room sometimes for up to 8 hours. When your waiting alone for long stetches in the waiting room by yourself its so hard, and you really question whether getting help was the right decision. Here we dont have mental health assessments centres, we just get put in a normal ED bed with a security guard watching you, or if they are really worried about you, they put you in basically a padded room with a guard watching you until there is a bed free in the mental health ward. It's a terrible experience having guards everywhere in ED watching people and trying to fall asleep with guards watching your every move. It is not uncommon for mental health patients to wait for up to 72 hours in ED for a bed in the Mental Health ward. The environmentis reallynot suitablein so many ways. It also causes so many issues, and theres always so much discussionin the media, and on the internet, and in the health sector about mental health patientsbeing the cause of bed blockages in ED because they are taking up so many ED beds waiting for a bed to come up in a MH ward. Its not great always hearing how MH patients are the cause of the problem, but them not doing much to add more supportor resources to reduce the need for MH patients to end up in ED in crisis. We also do not have all of our property taken off us to get admitted to the mental health wards, and we are not metal detected. The security in ED have metal detectors, but they use them in response to specific concerns or worries, not with every single person as a standard practice. When we get admitted to the ward our bags are checked by staff. Things like phone cords, sharps (like in your toiletry bag manicure set or shaver), aerosole deodorants, perfume, hand sanitiser etc are locked away in your drawer or in a tub with staff depending on the ward. I always have my teddy, my own blanket, some of my sensory modulation stuff, my phone and noise cancelling headphones 🎧 etc with me when I go into hospital. We have a few differences types of units, and they can vary slightly in name depending on which state your in, but have pretty similar functions. We have Acute inpatient wards, and PICU - Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, basically an Inpatient ward for people who need higher acuity care. We have Rehabilitation services. We have MH Short stay wards where the admissions are likely to typically be around 72hours or less and people are linked into community supports. We have SRF - Secure Rehabilitation Facility and CRC Community Rehabilitation Centres which are located in different regions so people can continue their rehabilitation in their community. We also have the Step up Step down facilities called ICC where people may step down from hospital into to ICC Intermediate Care Centre, or step up into the ICC, when they don't quite need to be in an acute ward anymore, or are struggling at home and need additional support so their care is stepped up into the ICC. We also have the Childrens/Youth Inpatient ward, the Older Persons MH wards, Eating Disorders ward, theres also the forensic services. Then there is obviously all the Teams that fall under Community Services. There are so many different things under this umbrella and I definitely can't name them all off the top of my head but would include things like Police and Ambulance Co-respondener Models where a MH Clincian responds to MH related calls with a Police officer and Ambulance officer to be able to provide a MH assessment and assistance to people experiencing MH related distress and try to avoid them being transported to ED for assessment where possible. It would also include Triage team, the Centre for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression, Hospital in the Home service where consumers are visited and assessed each day, sometimes more than once a day instead of being in hospital. It would also include the team in the community that are supporting people who are not in hospital/some places call this outpatient treatment but here we mostly refer to it as community teams or similar except in the private system. I have met some of my closest lifelong friends through the mental health system - others who understand pain and struggling and the fight every day to keep going. I hope you have found your tribe since filming this video. Thanks for sharing. I will watch more of your videos.
You are so strong for admitting that you need help. I would recommend you find a local facility you feel comfortable going to so that you can start to heal. If you need any help with that, please let me know. I’m sending all the positive energy your way that I can 💙
i have a adult daughter right now is in mental hosptial and i have problems myself i am scared and worried to death about her .. i was told by the hosptial that someone will call me this coming up week i just want be with my daughter i know she scared she never been without her mom thats me i just need advice how to deal with this
So if at any time you decided I’m okay now, and you were technically voluntarily there, and decided I want to leave what would the process have been like and what would have had to done to be able to leave? Also if you are under 18 and are put in a mental hospital because of your parent(s) are you able to leave at 18 or is there certain things you must do before you are able to leave?
First of all, I'm sending you all the positive energy that I can. These situations are not easy to deal with and you are brave for reaching out for help. If you are admitted voluntarily, you can ask to start the process to leave at any time. I do not know how it is handled at other facilities, but for the one I was at I would have needed my emergency contact to okay the decision for me to be discharged as well as wait 72 hours. I thought about checking myself out, but with the mental state I was in at the time, it wasn't worth going through the hassle to only get discharged a few days sooner. During my stay there were multiple patients who expressed interest in checking themselves out. I can only remember one who went through the process. If you are admitted involuntarily, it is up to the doctor when you are discharged.
I know that I really need to go but the only thing stopping me is the body checks. I just want to know can you refuse it or can still wear certain clothing or something like that. And how is it done/what to expect? (I'm a minor - 13)
I’m not sure how it works for minors, but in my experience, refusing was not an option. It may be TMI, but I did not have any undergarments on when I went to to the hospital, so they may have allowed me to keep those on if I had them at the time. It was uncomfortable, but it was also super quick and no one actually touched me at all. If you’re concerned about any of the policies, I would reach out to your local facility and see what their rules are!
@@JustaMentalNote oh okay, thank you. That was super helpful 😊 I asked a friend of mine who had went earlier this year (same facility I plan on going to) she said that they'll let you keep the undergarments on, and will just ask you to move your arms and legs.
I went to the ER in November I was having a mental breakdown & self h a r Ming thoughts due to stress & depression! I was literally overwhelmed I didn’t feel heard by my family so I committed myself , I was agreeing to everything just to get mental relief . They gave me meds to make me sleep which I haven’t been able to get since I was under a schizophrenic episode . I talked to a psychologist thinking being honest would help me go home faster ! …. Even on the stretcher I felt like a Hannibal lector character….. I was placed under a 51/50 not knowing what it really was ! When I woke up I was calm & ready to go home , they wouldn’t let me go anywhere ! Since I tried to run out I was shipped off to a mental institution all I wanted to do was sleep the pain away ! During the ride. They took everything from me & wouldn’t let me keep my Bible , waist beads or anything….. I was scared of everything & everyone around me I was there for 4 or 5 days , I was missing my kids & freedom !!!! The different medicines they gave me had me emotional, scared , & feeling so worse & eager to get out . The other patients had to tell me what to say to get out of there ! I pray to GOD to never go back 😢😢😢😢😢 I didn’t feel human at all …..
We are a system (think DID) with quite a few undiagnosed problems. We are a teen and want to check into a mental hospital, but the one we want to go to has repeatedly transferred patients to one where they dont care about you or if you have trauma triggers (someone close to us was sent there). We have triggers regarding touch, sound, and action. The process you described would trigger multiple system wide triggers (everyone freaks out/has panic attack). Do you think that a hospital would care about said triggers?
First, you are so incredibly brave for reaching out. I do have some experience with and knowledge on DID, but I am no expert at all. I will be doing my best to use the correct terminology here, but if I do get anything incorrect I am very sorry. Please feel free to correct me! I do use the singular "you" throughout this comment. To be honest, I'm not sure what other pronoun I should use so if you do have a preference, don't be afraid to let me know! Honestly, it would depend on the hospital. In an ideal world, yes. They would work with the whole system and each alter's triggers to ensure that it was a safe, therapeutic experience. However, there are a lot of people in the mental health world who are jaded and really should not work there anymore. It can make hospital stays much more difficult. My best advice would be to reach out to your local hospitals to ask about their policies so you know what you're going into beforehand. Also, if you are voluntarily checking yourself in, they should not be able to transfer you to another facility without your (or your parent's since you said you were a teen. Again, each hospital and facility is different) permission. At least that was the case for me. I will say, I would look into a local hospital that specializes in working with DID systems. There is so much bias against the disorder in the field that finding someone who knows what they are talking about is important. If checking yourself into a hospital seems like it may be too triggering for you, and in that case wouldn't be able to give you the help that you need, you might look into other options. You could try a outpatient therapist. Or if you want something more intensive, you could try a partial hospitalization program (PHP) where you go to the hospital from 9-5 everyday and do group therapy work. There are other options besides going fully inpatient that you may want to look into. For a personal story, I did have a person who grew close to during my time in the hospital who had DID. There was one incident where she switched alters and had no idea where she was, and I was honestly impressed by how the staff handled it. I do no think anyone in my unit had a specialty in DID, but they were still very understanding and helpful, from what I could see. I don't feel comfortable putting too much of her personal information out there, but they were able to work with her and keep her safe. Now, that was a different facility so I can't guarantee the same thing. But I thought sharing that might help ease your mind a little bit. I'm sending you all the positive, healing energy that I can. Feel free to reach out to me personally if you need help finding somewhere to go in your area. You deserve happiness. You deserve to be at peace
@@JustaMentalNote We are a system because of our parents (specifically our mother) and will be filing charges of child abuse this summer. A part of being admitted here is most likely being stripped down to our under clothing which is a negative trigger for our trauma holder and protector with anger issues. We also value privacy, so we are looking into other options. The host has manic depression, so we would only want to stay to wait out the depressive episodes. I'm the newest to the system (got here a few weeks to a month ago). I'm here because people kept denying that we are a system... I think. We also live in the USA, so we are scared of going in since it would be hard to get out. We mainly need to just be away from the people who trigger this depression until it gets better (2-3 weeks). Oh, and we would have run away, but it is pretty much illegal no matter what is going on. If we were to make them (medical professionals) aware of our living situation, it would ruin our plan to get our of this house since we would be thrown into foster care.
@@raseri8497 I don't know what to say other than I admire you, your strength, your determination. You seem to have a good plan and are more knowledgeable than I ever was as a teenager. I can't begin to imagine what you are experiencing. I know it must really freaking suck, and that's putting it lightly. But please know that you are an incredible force and I can't wait to see what you can do once you are out of your parent's control. I don't want you to do anything that would further risk your safety, both mentally and physically. In my experience, if you voluntarily check yourself in to an inpatient mental facility for a depressive episode you should not be there longer than a few weeks maximum. The people who are in the hospital for longer tend to be dealing with psychotic episodes and symptoms or they were checked in involuntarily. But during my stay, I did not see anyone who came in with either a manic or depressive episode staying longer than a few weeks. Most stayed about one week. My biggest piece of advice for you is to check in voluntarily ALWAYS. Even if there is a time where you are being pressured to go by a loved one or by a professional, if you are mentally able to, write on the paperwork that it is a voluntary admission. You retain more of your autonomy that way. And, if you check yourself in, there is a process for you to check yourself out if necessary. It can take a few days, but that process is still there.
@@JustaMentalNote Minors cant check themselves out here, only in. A parent or guardian would have to get us out unless we were stable. We are asking our aunt if we could stay with her for a bit after reporting our mother. She is our mother's sister, but knows that family doesnt really matter in abuse. I know we mentioned this, but the place we want to go to sometimes transfers patients to a place that had no regard for triggers and is overly strict to the point where some patient come back with more issues than going in (our boyfriend went there for a good month). We have questions for them to see what we should do next, but it will be a 3.5 hour round trip on foot since we need to keep our parents (for the most part) in the dark.
@@raseri8497 Unfortunately, there is no real safe way for a minor to get treatment without their parents approval or consent. You can try to get help and confess what you have been going through, but then you may be placed into the foster system and that is not great option either, even in the best of foster homes. I think your plan of trying to talk to your Aunt is a great plan. She's a family member who can advocate for you, and that resource can be invaluable. But again, I just want to commend you on your strength and determination to get through all of this. You have hit many roads blocks, but you keep going. That's what you gotta do now. Just keep going. Take it day by day. You'll get to where you need to be.
This sounds like a nightmare. Be better off to end life then have to deal with this jail like psych ward. Constantly hearing these stories makes me not want to go seek help.
hi devin. i am 13. i’ve been struggling with my mental health and suicidal thoughts ever since i was 9. i want to check myself into a psych ward, a mental hospital, anything related, anything like that. but my parents refuse to believe that theres something wrong with me. i self harm almost everyday and am at the lowest point of my life, so i’m really thinking about just going to a hospital myself and doing all the checking in without the help from my parents. am i really allowed to do that? i need advice
Hi there. I am so sorry that you are suffering right now. Honestly, your message reminds me a lot of how I was feeling at your age and I know how impossible it can feel at times. But your strength to even want to reach out for help is so admirable, especially for someone of your age. My parents were not very supportive of my mental health issues (they just yelled at me a lot), but what I did find was helpful was finding another trusted adult I could go to. This can be a family member, family friend, teacher, coach, religious leader, school counselor, anyone you feel comfortable going to. Sometimes our parents don't want to face that there are mental health problems going on, but it can be easier to talk to your parents if you have another adult to back you up. I don't know if you would be able to check yourself in. It differs based on where you are on if a minor can check themselves in to inpatient programs. However, if you really do feel like you're reaching a crisis moment please reach out to either a local crisis unit or your local emergency room. They will have professionals who can help you figure out what your next steps should be. I'm sending you all of the light and positive energy that I can. Being an adolescent is HARD. I hope you get all of the support and help that you deserve. You deserve peace and happiness.
This is a random question. Have you watched the therapist Kati Morton on RU-vid? I love her too. This is my first video I came across of yours. What a story!
You’re incredibly brave for posting this video. I’m currently going through something similar but it was me that called for my girlfriend. She’s currently in the hospital undergoing supervision but I’m not sure what happens next. Other than I’m sure she hates me for calling, I just want her to be ok. I was curious as to your boyfriend’s coping methods while you were gone. I’m sure he was worried. We’re you able to have your phone or call him or family and friends during those 2 weeks?
I had a crappy psychiatrist video call in at the holding center. After I told him I was relaxed and do not have suicidal thoughts he sent me to the psych hospital he works at. He definitely didn't care and just wanted patients. He gave me Haldol which gave me crazy hallucinations and it also gave me insane paralysis that still hurts till this day
Eh, I can definitely see how that could come across. The intake process can be a little brutal. However, the whole inpatient program felt WAYY more like adult day care than prison. More group therapy and arts and crafts as opposed to all of the horrific things that happen in our prison system. It was a hard few weeks, don't get me wrong. But I would never actually compare it to prison. It's much much easer and more helpful than that.
I’m not having suicidal thoughts at the moment but I’m really struggling. I don’t know how to cope with what I’m dealing with right now and I feel in a very dark place and out of control and unsafe with myself
And in the UK you can attempt and as long as you’re medically safe, they have you talk to a psychiatrist and then 12 hours later I was home and worse off, at least my experience
Being admitted to a mental hospital is very helpful for crisis episodes and for starting/figuring out which medications work for you. I can say that, in my experience, I was not gaslighted. I was actually truly listened to for the first time it felt like. But know that even as a minor you have patient rights. You can and should always advocate for yourself. I hope you find something that leads you on a path of healing. Feel free to reach out to me personally if you need help finding resources in your area or if you have any other questions. 💙
@@JustaMentalNote since you might know about this stuff more than me, if I told my therapist I had frequent suicidal thoughts and cut myself would they make me go to a hospital or would they just tell my parents?
@@crypticshadows Honestly, it depends on the therapist. Should they send you to the hospital? No, not unless you're in immediate danger. But many therapists unfortunately don't understand that a person can self harm and have suicidal ideation and still be able to keep themselves safe. Either way, (it sounds like you are a minor and if so), they would most likely tell your parents if you are in immediate danger. Confidentiality can get a little tricky when it comes to minors and guardians. If this is a therapist you've been seeing and they know you, I would definitely consider telling them about it. They can't help you if you're not upfront about what's actually going on. And talking to an established therapist about these things usually has better/more reasonable outcome than telling a new therapist the same thing. They're a little less likely to act on impulse and send you to a hospital. The first psychologist I told about my thoughts told my parents and said I needed to be immediately hospitalized. Almost every therapist I've seen since then has stated that that should NOT have happened, but it still did. So I can't tell you that it won't happen, but it shouldn't and if a therapist tries to hospitalize you the first time you mention these things, I'd suggest finding a new, more understanding one. I will say, I'm so freaking proud of you for even considering asking for that help. I know how scary it can be and you're so brave for putting yourself out there. I'm sending you all the positive and healing energy that I can. If there's anything else I can help with, don't be afraid to reach out
Thank you. I now work at a crisis unit and it's new to me. Still struggling with my role. Especially the questions at triage. What happened? The probing questions get me. But this helped alot as what the crisis unit is- an observation place
so after being removed of all your personnal comforts (jumpers, socks and pants too??? for your safety?? really?), after being put on a stretcher (even though you could walk perfectly), being tied down like a dangerous animal, locked in a car for 45 min alone, being humiliated, treated like a non human, ignored and not directly addressed you still think that was a good idea??? oohhh boy...... sounds like you do have some mental distortions there. I had a room mate who was bipolar, she got put in one of these places.... i went to visit and felt claustrophobic...so many corridors, like a maze, people screaming, the whole thing was traumatic.... i dont think that is a way of curing..... seems like torture.... pharmaFia doesnt want you healthy.... if you start taking those pills you will be a sick junky for probably the rest of your days as pharmafia is in the bzness of sickness and not health.... they need chronic disease so they have RETURNING CUSTOMERS. wake up. improve your health, eat healthy, many of the symptoms of depression ( i too suffer from it) are a lack of vitamins ( like magnesium, copper, iodine, vitamin D, C, zinc, etc.). Mental illness is NOT a chemical imbalance. talk therapy and getting away from the environmemt that got you sick is the best you can do. Exercise, eat well, friends, family but most specially YOU, YOU must start loving and taking care of YOU. Dont fall in the trap.
People go into mental hospitals for a large variety of mental illnesses, but it's also very common for people to never have to go to one. It sounds like you have the support you need around you, which is very helpful in staying out of crisis situations that could lead to hospitalization.
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