Thank you so much for this video- I haven’t yet been able to write down the details of my hospitalization or even tell someone the complete story and it was years ago - it was so helpful to hear someone talk about it ❤
@@gerberdaisies It is so hard to talk about! It took me 10 years to start talking about my experiences, & I owe it all to this nice lady who was the first person to ever sit down with me to talk about this side of mental illness. If you ever get to a place where you can share your story, I think you can really help someone.
mine was horrific... I am a troubled teen industry survivor. Facility was shut down for insurance fraud but the scars that place left me will never leave.
My friend is most likely being sent to a state hospital soon. He’s been catatonic and untreated in jail for over a year now for a very minor crime. The system is so messed up, not to mention slow… I’m worried he won’t be conscious enough to sign a release, or have my phone number, or even remember who I am. The privacy laws make it very difficult to help him. And he has no one else. 😢
@@HalenNelah oh no! That is so horrible, and yes the privacy laws really complicate everything. The system fails people in psychosis CONSTANTLY and it worries me so much.
I have been hospitalized about 50 times in 34 years. I agree that different hospitals are different. Sometimes the same hospital can be good one time and bad another. In my case I have also gone asking for help and they didn't help me because I had been there too many times. This led to some bad situations. I was misdiagnosed and not on the correct medications which is why I was going so much. Long term hospitalization seems to be pretty rare now a days. At least in my region of the USA (the Southwest). Most of my stays were 2 weeks or less. I prefer hospitals that have more activities. I have been to the state hospital 3 times. Twice as an adolescent. When I was a teenager in the 1990's they kept us a lot longer. All but one of my long stays were as a teenager. The state hospital had a good program for teenagers when I was there. The adult unit had nothing to do. It really sucked. That is the only time I was actually involuntarily committed. Though I was coerced into signing in voluntarily many times. Even though I have had both good and bad experiences in the hospital I will still go there when I get really scared I will harm myself. In my state if mental health professionals or friends or family members are worried about you and call 911 the police can be called to take you to the hospital. Personally I would try getting a loved one to the hospital some other way. But if they refuse to go and are a danger to themselves or others it may be necessary.
@@Catlily5 I agree to the way to get loved ones hospitalized, it’s a tricky area but if I could help someone to go without having to call 911 I’d be a lot less worried about them, however that’s not always possible. I’ve had to go twice for having the cops called on me & ultimately I’m glad they did it, but I know for a lot of people it’s traumatizing. And yeah, I’ve also found that the teenage units are a lot more engaging than the adult ones. Those were my least awful hospital stays. The other ones that were good were at a place that had a women’s unit. I really appreciated that.
@@Psychotic.in.Seattle I have never been on a woman's unit. That would be interesting! The cops were called on me many times to take me to the hospital. I don't have a car. I agree that the cops have to be involved sometimes.
I have BiPolar with psychotic features My last psychiatric hospitalization was something like 23 days. Some time around day 7 I used my plastic fork to SH so I had tp stay the rest of the time with no utensils. When it came time for me to go home they did a exit interview of sorts and told me how impressed they were how i participated in groupsm, Ionly ever attended one group but I wasn’t gonna disagree I was ready to go home lol. Sad to say my experience with hospitalizations over the years have been mostly negative because it’s almost always has been involuntary. I have had a long complicated history of going of my meds and it ends the same way every time but hey at least i am consistent lol.
I've been hospitalized some forty times. I don't want to go back but at one time I preferred being on the inside. I think that is called institutionalized. But I got over that.
@@WWS322 oh wow I can see how it would have that effect after that many hospitalizations. I gotta admit, the one year that I had 4 hospitalizations got to the point that I’d look forward to a “cray-cray vacay”.
Seriously dislike the hospital very triggering for me. My former psychiatrist was the head of the psych unit in the hospital closest to my house. My new psychiatrist is a stand alone doctor in her own private practice. Just the atmosphere is far less triggering.
@@NavigatingthePeriphery oh yeah I’ll bet! My psych nurse just has her own private office & it’s been the best treatment I’ve had. Before that I went through clinics & didn’t get much help.
Thank you so much for this video- I haven’t yet been able to write down the details of my hospitalization or even tell someone the complete story and it was years ago - it was so helpful to hear someone talk about it ❤
@@gerberdaisies It is so hard to talk about! It took me 10 years to start talking about my experiences, & I owe it all to this nice lady who was the first person to ever sit down with me to talk about this side of mental illness. If you ever get to a place where you can share your story, I think you can really help someone.
mine was horrific... I am a troubled teen industry survivor. Facility was shut down for insurance fraud but the scars that place left me will never leave.
@@Gus-wi1pz oof! I feel you. Troubled teen survivor here too. The amount of trauma I took from that place is way worse than what I came in with.
Good video!
@@Catlily5 thanks!
Hey, thanks for the shoutout! I loved this video. Thank you so much for making this. ❤
My friend is most likely being sent to a state hospital soon. He’s been catatonic and untreated in jail for over a year now for a very minor crime. The system is so messed up, not to mention slow… I’m worried he won’t be conscious enough to sign a release, or have my phone number, or even remember who I am. The privacy laws make it very difficult to help him. And he has no one else. 😢
@@HalenNelah oh no! That is so horrible, and yes the privacy laws really complicate everything. The system fails people in psychosis CONSTANTLY and it worries me so much.
@@Psychotic.in.Seattle it really worries me too. I’m trying to hang in there and praying he does, too. I believe in him. ❤️
@@HalenNelahsorry to butt in here, but I’m very glad your friend has you
@@Psychotic.in.Seattle it is very worrisome! Thank you for sharing so much of your story.
I have been hospitalized about 50 times in 34 years. I agree that different hospitals are different. Sometimes the same hospital can be good one time and bad another. In my case I have also gone asking for help and they didn't help me because I had been there too many times. This led to some bad situations. I was misdiagnosed and not on the correct medications which is why I was going so much.
Long term hospitalization seems to be pretty rare now a days. At least in my region of the USA (the Southwest). Most of my stays were 2 weeks or less. I prefer hospitals that have more activities.
I have been to the state hospital 3 times. Twice as an adolescent. When I was a teenager in the 1990's they kept us a lot longer. All but one of my long stays were as a teenager. The state hospital had a good program for teenagers when I was there. The adult unit had nothing to do. It really sucked. That is the only time I was actually involuntarily committed. Though I was coerced into signing in voluntarily many times.
Even though I have had both good and bad experiences in the hospital I will still go there when I get really scared I will harm myself.
In my state if mental health professionals or friends or family members are worried about you and call 911 the police can be called to take you to the hospital. Personally I would try getting a loved one to the hospital some other way. But if they refuse to go and are a danger to themselves or others it may be necessary.
@@Catlily5 I agree to the way to get loved ones hospitalized, it’s a tricky area but if I could help someone to go without having to call 911 I’d be a lot less worried about them, however that’s not always possible. I’ve had to go twice for having the cops called on me & ultimately I’m glad they did it, but I know for a lot of people it’s traumatizing. And yeah, I’ve also found that the teenage units are a lot more engaging than the adult ones. Those were my least awful hospital stays. The other ones that were good were at a place that had a women’s unit. I really appreciated that.
@@Psychotic.in.Seattle I have never been on a woman's unit. That would be interesting!
The cops were called on me many times to take me to the hospital. I don't have a car. I agree that the cops have to be involved sometimes.
I have BiPolar with psychotic features My last psychiatric hospitalization was something like 23 days. Some time around day 7 I used my plastic fork to SH so I had tp stay the rest of the time with no utensils. When it came time for me to go home they did a exit interview of sorts and told me how impressed they were how i participated in groupsm, Ionly ever attended one group but I wasn’t gonna disagree I was ready to go home lol. Sad to say my experience with hospitalizations over the years have been mostly negative because it’s almost always has been involuntary. I have had a long complicated history of going of my meds and it ends the same way every time but hey at least i am consistent lol.
I've been hospitalized some forty times. I don't want to go back but at one time I preferred being on the inside. I think that is called institutionalized. But I got over that.
@@WWS322 oh wow I can see how it would have that effect after that many hospitalizations. I gotta admit, the one year that I had 4 hospitalizations got to the point that I’d look forward to a “cray-cray vacay”.
Seriously dislike the hospital very triggering for me. My former psychiatrist was the head of the psych unit in the hospital closest to my house. My new psychiatrist is a stand alone doctor in her own private practice. Just the atmosphere is far less triggering.
@@NavigatingthePeriphery oh yeah I’ll bet! My psych nurse just has her own private office & it’s been the best treatment I’ve had. Before that I went through clinics & didn’t get much help.