Have you ever been admitted to a psychiatric hospital?

[DivineSpark]

I was in one, spring 2023, for 7 days.

 

[Kyotospade]

4 times

 

[-nobodyknows-]

3 times; 108 days

 

[DoneWithThisLife]

Twice - 48 days

 

[Hotsackage]

3 months, wasn't the worst. I'd honestly go, for an inpatient stay if it would work, but I'm to wonkered for that, but that's not their fault.

 

[lonergirl_26]

Nope. People only know about one of my attempts. It was March 2020 and camhs told me that I was suicidal because of Covid.

 

[divinemistress36]

3 times but I dont really remember it

 

[notahappygirl]

1 time

 

[lastch]

1 time. A month and a half. Got admitted the day before my birthday

 

[ctemourge]

twice :/

 

[Alek1=]

Once, I met really kind people there. I kinda felt at home after a bit which is weird. But after all it didnt really help. None of the meds worked and so I got the highest dose and they said Im probably autistic and that was it. Had to pinky promise I wont ctb tho lol

 

[itbelikethat]

Once, as a teenager. I had a really bad episode. I'm honestly not sure what caused it. Maybe it was an autistic meltdown, as it had started after I went through a large crowd while intoxicated.

I spent days not eating or sleeping, which caused paranoia and outbursts.

I'll never forgive the way I treated those kind enough to talk to me at the time during that. I especially feel ashamed as to how it affected my parents, who loved me very much. Their health declined quite I bit after that.

Whatever happened, it wasn't permanent. As I had never had an episode like that again.

I made a dude laugh in there, he seemed intresting, I hope he's doing well.

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

4 times. I'm bipolar.

First time I was manic and I got sent there 3 times in a row by the police, but I kept talking them into letting me go. On the 3rd time they made me stay 7 days before releasing me. The experience ranged from pure trauma when they thought I was violent and put me in isolation, to tolerable when they put me in a less restricted unit with some interesting patients to talk to and my own private room.

Later I went back to a different unit voluntarily because my mania had flipped to depression and I was barely functioning. The unit was ok but extremely boring, and all they did was make me wait around overnight until I could see a prescriber the next day. The food in the hospital was much better. She prescribed some drugs but then I had to wait another night until my prescriptions were filled. It was excruciatingly boring for very little benefit, I should have just set up an appointment with a prescriber directly but for bureaucratic reasons they refused to write prescriptions for inpatients.

 

[cantThinkOfName]

If its ok me asking whoever has been to one and is from the UK. Are they as bad as people assume? I dont trust them one bit and im scared that if i fail or get caught planning my attempt ill be sent to one.

 

[Custos]

3 times, 10 months and counting.

If its ok me asking whoever has been to one and is from the UK. Are they as bad as people assume? I dont trust them one bit and im scared that if i fail or get caught planning my attempt ill be sent to one.

They're not that bad, give an admission a go as an informal patient and if you don't like it just discharge your self.

 

[FoxSauce]

One time, attempt, was referred by my psychologist for like 8 days . Suicidal and Prozac made it worse was over a year ago

 

[loneloser]

no because my parents didnt care when i told them ive wanted to kill myself multiple times or that one time when they found me passed out with a bottle, half the sleeping pills missing in it
maybe it wouldve postponed my condition or not but i'll never know

 

[S like suicide]

Once in 2020 for a few weeks.
I went voluntarily... it happened because my parents made me lose my job (which was the only thing that was saving me at the time and that could have saved me) and I had actively started attempting suicide.
Going to psychiatry helped to stay away from my toxic family, even though the doctors and nurses aren't much help but I had found comfort in the patients.

 

[soonatpeace777888]

Yes. I was taken away on a stretcher and then was a prisoner for a week where my "therapist" laughed at my condition.

 

[SchizoGymnast]

Twice. I actually really enjoyed my second stay but it's expensive and you can't run from your problems forever (unless you ctb)

 

[selfhazard]

I was in one, spring 2023, for 7 days.

3 times - 24 days

 

[Neneko Izumozaki]

Twice - 6 months

 

[3FailedAttemptss]

Twice as well, probably gonna be three times soon. Well we'll see if my SN arrives in time. ٩( 'ω' )و