Bizgus555
Oh now you've done it very nice
- Sep 20, 2025
- 5
Hi everyone,
New member here. I've applied to my town's day hospital thing following my shrink's recommandations.
I had heard of it before, but the idea that you could be "hospitalised" without actually staying at the hospital somehow felt pretty abstract to me.
I applied willingly. I want to exhaust all other alternative before I'd commit to ending it for good. Being unemployed for a while, undergoing therapy and treatment 10+y for depression and alcoholism, going through another trying dépressif épisode has brought me to consider this option. I have stayed in clinics before so I felt confident I'd find my mark quick.
Here's the wiki article about it. I'm in France and we call them "Hôpital de jour". Had no idea these structures were also in use elsewhere before I started snooping.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_hospital
Essentially, you're given a timetable set of activities to choose from in order to fill in a planning for the entire week. From Mon to Fri, from 9am to 4:30pm you are expected to show up to the hospital for planned activities, medication, meals... There are nurses and carers on site as well as amenities you'd expect to find i a clinic (depends where your end up I hear it can really suck)
I am going on my 5th week now and things are smooth. Patients and and carers have managed to cultivate a chill vibe, it's hard not to be endeared as a newcomer. I can see it on the new ones coming now, their faces start looking a bit better by the start of the second week or so... But about the other patients: most of them are older. Like waaay older. I'm in my early 30s so I do feel slightly out of place at times but it's cool
It's brought me a (soft but consistent) structure for my entire week. Big improvement as in of itself, but I am still bogged down bad when it comes to wanting to do anything at all on my own so far.
So my question is : how did your experience with day hospital go ? Has it been something that's been of any help long-term ? I would like to know more !
Thank you for your time
Be well, and Courage all
New member here. I've applied to my town's day hospital thing following my shrink's recommandations.
I had heard of it before, but the idea that you could be "hospitalised" without actually staying at the hospital somehow felt pretty abstract to me.
I applied willingly. I want to exhaust all other alternative before I'd commit to ending it for good. Being unemployed for a while, undergoing therapy and treatment 10+y for depression and alcoholism, going through another trying dépressif épisode has brought me to consider this option. I have stayed in clinics before so I felt confident I'd find my mark quick.
Here's the wiki article about it. I'm in France and we call them "Hôpital de jour". Had no idea these structures were also in use elsewhere before I started snooping.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_hospital
Essentially, you're given a timetable set of activities to choose from in order to fill in a planning for the entire week. From Mon to Fri, from 9am to 4:30pm you are expected to show up to the hospital for planned activities, medication, meals... There are nurses and carers on site as well as amenities you'd expect to find i a clinic (depends where your end up I hear it can really suck)
I am going on my 5th week now and things are smooth. Patients and and carers have managed to cultivate a chill vibe, it's hard not to be endeared as a newcomer. I can see it on the new ones coming now, their faces start looking a bit better by the start of the second week or so... But about the other patients: most of them are older. Like waaay older. I'm in my early 30s so I do feel slightly out of place at times but it's cool
It's brought me a (soft but consistent) structure for my entire week. Big improvement as in of itself, but I am still bogged down bad when it comes to wanting to do anything at all on my own so far.
So my question is : how did your experience with day hospital go ? Has it been something that's been of any help long-term ? I would like to know more !
Thank you for your time
Be well, and Courage all
