Have any of you been in a psychiatric hospital? Never been in

I've been in a psychiatric hospital four times and the last time a big black lady made me bend over so she could look up my ass for cigarettes or drugs

>>38996454
Its not worth it. I got in with x screws in my head loose, left with the x fixed, but got y instead. They fuck you up in other ways.

Youll come out crazier than you did coming in thats for sure.
>>38996610
First reply best reply.

i've been on psychiatric watch in a normal hospital - basically being an inpatient in the mental health ward and not being allowed to leave/have certain stuff. it's incredibly boring, above all else desu

i'm not sure if it's different in other places though (i'm in the UK)

>>38997912
>not a designated psych ward
lucky dog

I think it depends a lot on the place. If you go to private clinic they can be really helpful (spent 8 months in one in 2016 lol)

But if it's just a psych ward of your local public hospital... idk... it will be good for suicide watch but I don't think much goes on therapy wise

>>38996454
It's boring. Any 'horror stories' are bullshit. It's just boring, that's it. You take meds and sit in a room with a TV and do nothing all day. The girls aren't too bad either in my experiences I met my first and only gf there

>>38996454
I'm a clinical psychologist and have worked in a few closed wards. Currently work in one that specialists in autism. What do you want to know?

>>38998100
This. All I did was smoke. There are activities you can do and are encouraged to do so but it is mostly bullshit.

>>38998100
u got VERY lucky if she wasn't covered in cuts head to toe

>>38998215
Oh, she had scars all over her. She cut so much it was basically a hobby to her, but at the time I didn't see any of that because she hid it.

>>38998133
Have you seen any cute asian girls in closed wards?

>>38998532
I honestly have rarely had young Asian patients. I've treated older Asians (women), but never inpatient, always ambulant. They're the worst; stubborn, don't want to be in care to begin with, usually sent by someone.

>>38998503
sounds horrible t b h

Yep, it's pretty much adult daycare with nothing much to do.

>>38998578
She was the bestest girl I've ever met and probably ever will meet. I don't think I'll ever meet a person as sweet and kind as her in my entire life. Being mentally unstable doesn't mean you're a bad person. Unfortunately she committed suicide 2 years 2 years into our relationship and I miss her every day

>>38998133
I have schizophrenia, unmedicated and am thinking of voluntarily checking myself in for a few days. I haven't been able to find a doctor that'll accept new patients or has good reviews so this seems like the only route left to take.

Am I making the right decision in doing this?

>>38998628
are you in a psychotic episode now? I think starting on some medication might be a good idea, regardless.
I have to disclaim, I work in Europe, I don't really understand the American healthcare system.

>>38998618
you know that sounds like a horror story right?

>>38996454
it is okay.
there is a lot of crazy people in there and you interact with them like if they were normal
sometimes you end up doing weird things and you can meet qt grills to fuck behind bushes.
5/10 would go again

>>38998656
Well, to me it is. But for most people, they don't hook up with any of the patients and then fall madly in love with them only for them to commit suicide and leave you hollow inside. So, OP should be fine

>>38998698
yeah if op is schizophrenic go for it. If it's public however expect janky shit

>>38996454

i was in one a few years ago. first i was in the nuttier, male only ward and that was a worry. im glad i got out of there without being beaten up. there was a few incidents. after a few weeks i was moved into the mixed sex, calmer ward and that was pretty comfy except for a few times some one schitzed it. one time a giant black guy was schitzing it and all the nurses were panicking but eventually security came and took him away. in a thread like this a few weeks ago an anon was saying he was in a room next to a guy who shit everywhere and wiped it on all the walls and it stunk for a week. try to keep interaction with the crazier nutjobs to a minimum and you should be fine.

>>38998768
I think you mean panic attack instead of "schitz" and that is a disturbing thing to see

>>38996454
Hell. That's pretty much it.

Seriously though it depends on how old you are, why you're there and how good the hospital is.
It ranges from gross violation of your most basic human rights to patronizing medical care.

What are you checking yourself in for?

i was in one for 2 months it was very boring.

>>38998649
I am. Thank you for your answer, I'll try to get something sorted out.

>>38998797
Schizophrenia, I'm unmedicated and things aren't going that well right now.

>>38998628
From my experience as a patient, hospitals are for when you're losing control. If you still have semi-reliable awareness of who you are / what reality is, and if you're not a danger to yourself or others, hospitals aren't the good place for you. (A psychiatrist is what you need.)

>>38998100
> Any 'horror stories' are bullshit
What do you mean by this?
I went in very depressed but the meds they gave me plunged me into a catatonic state that they then spent 2+ weeks ECTing me out of.
That was pretty horrible.

>>38998628
>I haven't been able to find a doctor that'll accept new patients or has good reviews so this seems like the only route left to take.
a bad doctor is less likely to fuck you over than a bad psych ward, mate

>>38998888
did they force you?

>nice meals 3 times a day
>pretty cool people (despite them being crazy)
>if you cooperate with your wardens, nothing bad happens
>occasionally get to watch t.v and go outside if you are well behaved
My experience was pretty good desu

>>38998915
To take meds? Yes they force you. If you refuse they restrain you and give it to you in needle form.

>>38998789

>I think you mean panic attack instead of "schitz" and that is a disturbing thing to see

i have schizophrenia and suffer from anxiety attacks so i dont really mean either of the two. when i say someone "schitzed it" i mean "went crazy" or "lost control".

>>38998835

cant you just see a doctor to get some antipsychotics prescribed?

>>38998953
they're not supposed to be able to force you if you go voluntarly

>>38998100
It varies widely depending on what you're in there for, and how good the hospital is.
You're depressed, suicidal, anorexic in a modern hospital? Boring, but you don't get the hard end of the stick.
Psychopathic, psychotic, mythomaniac, or a tranny in a backwater, barely funded place? Not gonna be pleasant.

I wasn't even in a shit tier hospital and yet we'd still have to walk across the entire place naked in order to access the showers. Patients with violent disorders shared rooms with depressed / easily abused patients and staff turned a blind eye to "incidents" because they were too busy.

My first memory of that place is being stripped down naked and held down cause I was fighting it back. They took all I had (clothes, phone, etc) and never gave back all of it when I got out. The overall experience is: you're batshit crazy and most of the reasonable things you say or ask for are just you being batshit crazy. Silly patient.
Again, not nearly as much a problem if you're not dangerous, not psychotic, etc etc.

And being in a hospital as a minor was a lot worse, cause as a minor you can't make (legal) choices about the kind of treatment you get. That's up to your legal guardians, who often go with what the doctors say anyway.

>>38998947
>>occasionally get to watch t.v and go outside if you are well behaved

the hospital i was in was on a big park grounds next to a river and after a few weeks they would let me out in the grounds for a while. it was nice being amongst the trees by the river. it was really calming or at least better than the activities they had in the ward.

>>38999010
I can't provide meaningful data on that. The first visit I didn't try to refuse. The second time where they did threaten to do that, they thought I was there involuntarily at first even though I checked myself in, so who knows.

>>38999054
nigga was that a public facility?

>>38999070
did they force you for the ect too?

>>38999149
I was catatonic.
That's basically a coma except that you sometimes move around aimlessly.

>>38999171
Though my mom had to get power of attorney over me before it could be authorized. So legally speaking, it wasn't forced because she consented on my behalf. Of course I didn't know/care as I was a vegetable at the time.

>>38999204
mental heatlh"care" is a joke

>nothing wrong with me
>locked up for 6 months

>>38999249
>still living in self-imposed isolation

>>38999071

yes. in australia so i didnt have to pay anything

>>38999204
>as I was a vegetable at the time.

do you have much memory of it or were you mostly told what happened later?

>>38999295
yep but I would rather be at home

anyone get forced injections? my friend said he got forced injections, wondering drug they inject you with

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I am in a mental hospital right now. I have a room for me alone and a TV on my room. and free internet. shitposting from my laptop right now. (I am in germany)

>>38998835
Why would you want to be medicated? I'm schizoaffective and refuse to take my meds because I know they aren't doing anything but hurt me. They just want to keep you sedated 24/7. Numb, no emotion. Why would you want to give yourself up to the people who want to hurt you?
>>38999421
This has happened to me before. I was calmly sitting in the corner of the floor of my room and they had multiple big strong guys come in and give me an injection because I needed to "calm down." Who knows what kind of poison they injected me with. I slept for 2 days

>>38999421
Whatever it is you are meant to be taking.

>>38999421
the booty juice

My family had me committed a few years ago. My brother eventually found out (he lives across the country) and ripped them a new asshole until they brought me home. The best way I can describe it is depressing. The staff were nice and it wasn't a bad place but it's hard not to be depressed when you're broken and surrounded by other broken people.

>>38999759
and on the 3rd day, god said take prozac

>>38999421

i think sedatives and antipsychotics.

>>38999421
I got one once. It was just a sedative to put me to sleep. It was probably the right move.

>>38998100
>getting a gf

how do I check in desu?

>>38999807
>The best way I can describe it is depressing.

yeah i was diagnosed with major depression and put on zoloft after being in hospital for a couple of months.

>>38999899
I was diagnosed with everything under the sun. It's just not a happy environment and I think it probably makes things worse for a lot of people. I got a little better once they let me go home. Just nice being around my things and my cat, I guess.

>>38998100
>It's just boring, that's it. You take meds and sit in a room with a TV and do nothing all day.
This. But the people around me were so annoying, I had nothing in common with them and every girl that came in was immediately charmed by the Chad in the room next to me. It was boring overall but I came out of the psych ward more angry and resentful than I was when I went in.

>>38999421
Yeah, to this day I don't know what they injected me with. I wasn't sedatives or antidepressants or anxiolytics, the shit they gave me made me forget entire days and act like I had different personalities.
I even believed I had multiple personality disorder for a while, until I was finally released and got proper care.

>>38999950
>there were chads in the psych ward!
4chan is irreedeemable

>>38999984
someone do a virgin psycho vs chad psycho

I assume you're not allowed to fuck, but does it happen anyway? I want to know what my odds would be of scoring some pussy vs being raped. This is just a curiosity thing, mind you. I'm not gonna check myself into a psych ward to get laid.

>>38999984
He was a tall good looking guy that had a new girl almost every week. He was an extroverted impulsive normie, no idea why he was in the psych ward.

>>38996454
>cellmate switched plates
>ate his happy meds
>had an episode mid shower room
>get sent to psychward for duration of stay
>a whole month of being doped out of my mind and being tied down to a bed because everytime i was lucid i was murderously angry
Fun times, anon. Just know they will give zero shits and make zero differentiation between you and a legitimate psycho simply because they don't know if you're a timebomb or not and they don't care.

>>39000015
There was a sex room in the psych ward where I was but it did happen in people's own rooms as well.

>>38999918
>I was diagnosed with everything under the sun. It's just not a happy environment and I think it probably makes things worse for a lot of people.

i was originally put in there because of a psychotic episode and was diagnosed with schizophrenia but only after getting out was i diagnosed with depression and for the last couple of years anxiety has been my biggest problem. im taking benzos but my dose has become too high so the doctor want to take me off of them and said i'll probably have to go back to hospital to come off them. i think i'll start stock piling books now before having to go back.

>>38999982
>Yeah, to this day I don't know what they injected me with. I wasn't sedatives or antidepressants or anxiolytics,

battery acid.

>>39000034
>There was a sex room in the psych ward where I was
Sure there was.

>>39000015
When I went in they told us if we fooled around with someone we would be separated from each other. It probably happened from time to time anyway.
>>39000038
They said I have anxiety and depression and bipolar disorder and autism and OCD and probably some other stuff. I've suspected OCD for a long time because I've had most of the symptoms. Bipolar wouldn't surprise me because it runs in the family. Depression is a given. Struggled with that most of my life.
>i was originally put in there because of a psychotic episode
That's what they called it with me too. I just broke down and couldn't take it anymore and tried to kill myself. I broke down again in there because it was so lonely and depressing. Broke a vase and slashed my wrists with a shard.

>>39000016
>He was an extroverted impulsive normie, no idea why he was in the psych ward.

maybe bipolar in a manic period or an addict.

>>39000085
fuck just remembered everyone here could be lying

>>39000085
I thought they were bullshitting me but it is true. I guess they had that room to avoid people having sex in their own rooms.

>>38996610
did she find any?

>>39000034
>There was a sex room in the psych ward
>There was a sex room

what?

>>39000109
He was on drugs and alcohol but didn't seem to have any mental issues besides being a low IQ retard.

>>39000137
A dedicated room for people that wanted to have sex while being locked up in the psych ward.

I was in one for 1.5 months and it was really freaking boring. Don't listen to anyone who says there is actually something to do there. At least in my experience, it was boring asf.

>>39000204
this sounds like a conspiracy to get incels the help they need

>>39000101
>Broke a vase and slashed my wrists with a shard

getting creative in the psych ward. more fun than the therapeutic painting class. how does your ocd manifest? i found lately ive been repeating behavious like saving files three times in a row and checking ive locked door repeatedly. but nothing to really disrupt my day yet.

>>39000120
>fuck just remembered everyone here could be lying

thats the first thing i think of when i see "femanon here" typed in a thread

>>39000228
It was not like there were escort sitting there ready to fuck them. It was for people being locked up there that wanted to have sex. Incels would never have sex with the types of girls that were in the psych ward.

And no, a psych ward doesn't intent to help. It just gets you of the streets to protect other productive people in society. Never look for help in the psychiatry.

>>38999576
Heil, any hot pussy to snatch?

>>39000227
Same. There was a tv but never anything on. Lots of group talks which I hated. Sometimes we went outside but there was nothing to do there either. Books were all boring.
>>39000233
>getting creative in the psych ward. more fun than the therapeutic painting class.
It sort of worked, too. That led to my brother finding out our parents had carted me away and he got them to bring me home.
>how does your ocd manifest?
Repeating actions, compulsively apologizing, attributing traits to inanimate objects (I heard somewhere that's an OCD thing). Pretty obsessive about my spelling, too. I get urges to lick things and I have to "feel" symmetrical. I can't wear socks that feel different on my feet and if I touch one palm a specific way I have to do it on the other too. That's why I slashed both wrists. There's a million little things like that. I've been doing them so long that it doesn't really bother me.

>>39000228
Uh, you can't just walk in and demand sex. You still have to find a willing partner, although I bet the kind of people who end up in a psych ward, combined with how boring it supposedly is means that things are a lot more casual in there.

>>39000275
>Heil, any hot pussy to snatch?
no I am on the rich old people station

>>39000277
Oh, the other big one I forgot. I remembered as soon as I saw my post go through. Sometimes I just HAVE to make certain sounds. Like right now I'm saying "thick" and "fuck" and "chicken" over and over because I want to make the "th" "f" "ck" and "ch" sounds. Plus th

>>38999868
Ehat did you do?

not in a mental hospital but a hospital for people with brain injury. there were different section for people. there was a guy larry he would just yell mom a bunch of times. he had no idea what was going on. there was another guy Ross. he had like a blood blot. he had no idea what was going on. he came into my room with a bladder scanner calling it with a made up word. there was me who just yelled because i was i had nerve pain.

>>39000297
not saying there isn't ever sex (people fuck in prison)

>>39000204
>A dedicated room for people that wanted to have sex while being locked up in the psych ward

thats very accommodating. im imaging like a bdsm dungeon setup with all the tools.

>>39000307
I punched an orderly in the face and put him in a chokehold because they wouldn't let me leave.

>>39000277
>Books were all boring

i read a few books while i was in hospital but i dont remember a single word or any of the plots or anything about them. guess i was pretty out of it.

>There's a million little things like that. I've been doing them so long that it doesn't really bother me.

i remember hearing something like they only give you an ocd diagnosis if your habits seriously disrupts your daily life. is that bullshit?

>>39000351
Hahahahahahhahahaha was it like a good punch?

>>38996454
If your mind works well enough to make a post with complete sentences and good spelling, then you probably also have the mental power to continue living for a little while.
The only reason you'd check yourself in is to whore attention.

>>39000492
I like to read but I didn't like these ones.
>i remember hearing something like they only give you an ocd diagnosis if your habits seriously disrupts your daily life. is that bullshit?
Dunno. Never went looking for a diagnosis. I don't like doctors. Only go when I absolutely have to.
>>39000501
Not really. The only reason I got as far as I did is because he didn't expect it from me. I was mostly quiet and passive. Lots of staring into space. I just wanted to go home.

>>39000528
lol attention from who? people getting paid to do their jobs?

>>39000298

>no I am on the rich old people station

when i was in hospital all the cute young girls with anorexia were separated into an adjacent ward. we could see into their ward through the food service area. there were a lot of cuties there. in my ward there was a few girls. mostly married. one i think was a prostitute and there was an african girl who every time you talked to her, if you mentioned her country shed have ptsd and do a thousand yard stare and sometimes have a panic attack. i only talked to her a couple of times. there was also a korean girl with her whole face severely burned in a fire. i spoke to her and she complained about indians moving into her mostly korean suburb lel.

>>39000302
>Like right now I'm saying "thick" and "fuck" and "chicken" over and over because I want to make the "th" "f" "ck" and "ch" sounds. Plus th

sounds like tourettes syndrome

>>39000736
sounds like... African American :D

>>39000633
That and from family, friends if any.
Even just attention from people paid to do it is enough for some people. It's pathetic.

>>39000319
>there was me who just yelled because i was i had nerve pain.

sounds tough. are you still effected severely?

>>39000302
Do you ever scream swears uncontrollably?

>>39001218
No I do not scream curses uncontrollably.

I manditorily had to go a couple times after my family took me to the hospital after finding me on monster doses of drugs and the doctors thought I was trying to kill myself.

It was pretty weird. I was the only guy patient in the facility and all the girls were really really fucked up. My mind was obviously fried at this point so I don't really remember much. The only person I remember was this girl who was there for a sex addiction and she was always making lewd comments to me and staring at me like a stereotyped anime girl. It actually wasn't sexy because all the staff pretty much instantly assumed I was a predator even though I did fucking nothing. Funny how that works.

I remember some Staceys used to come once in a while to volunteer and play tennis with us and I felt like the biggest loser of all time when these normal girls my age were volunteering their time with me because I was such a fuck up.

>>38996454
It depends OP. My first inpatient stay was normal, clean, and calm. My second was chaotic. More patients, less order, and some patients getting violent and psycho. My third visit was ridiculously disorganized, barely any resources available for patients, there were more restrictions and less room, but with more patients, which made it crowded, the nurses were generally irresponsible and the people that worked there overall shouldn't be working in mental health. I was going through withdrawal after overdosing on Xanax, stuck in a waiting room for HOURS until they had a bed open for me. Next day, we have a time to wake up (as every other facility), but we weren't allowed to go back to our rooms at all! They were all locked! And there was no room in the central room, and was very cold. My withdrawal was a nightmare, I missed my meds for three days, and had to beg the staff to let me rest. They said they couldn't until a psychiatrist saw me and assigned me bed rest and told them what to do. But the psychiatrist was busy elsewhere?? Finally, psychiatrist came, assigned me bed rest right away, bewildered that I wasn't being taken care of properly, and assigned me my meds right away, telling me I cannot skip a day because of an adverse withdrawal reaction from one that could kill me.

I had a hard time advocating for myself there. I was on my best behavior and cooperated with everyone, getting better so I could go home ASAP. That place was the worst. And very violent.

>>39001346
I was basically under the care of social workers through my teens, I feel ur pain

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there was a guy who shit in public at the floor. that was pretty funny.
I was threatened by a nazi everyday.

>>39001626
elaborate on teh nazi?

>>39001506

It was kind of nice to be surrounded by girls though.
I remember one day I came back from a family meeting in the visiting room and I went to the common area where everyone watched TV and played and sat on the couch and started crying silently trying to keep it to myself and everyone got quiet and then all the girls came over and hugged me.
It was kind of touching to see all these mentally ill people trying to support me like that.

>>39001673
>elaborate on teh nazi?
it was a tall skinny guy with tattoos on his head and swastika tattoo. he was best friends with the black cleaning guy and the Muslim people tho

>>39001480
>I was going through withdrawal after overdosing on Xanax,

are you off benzos now?

>>39001691
>then all the girls came over and hugged me.

do you live in an anime?

>>39001691
>ask this psych degree stacey social worker to turn down shitty top 40 radio
>completely ignores me
>gril patient turns it down

thank u mentally ill girl! I hope ur alive!

>>39000012
Virgin mental patient versus Chad Psycho

>>39001791

It was just a nice thing that happened to me and it was nice to see people who are struggling with life to still care about others.
My life is pretty shit and has been mostly negative so I remember things like that that maybe seem small to you.

>>39002016
>then all the girls came over and hugged me.
nah he jelly
we all jelly

>>39002438
don't be anon. he's likely holding back tears