Help Should I ask to be committed ?

[SailorBlue]

I feel really bad. The problem is there's no one to take care of my cats if I leave.

Plus the local psychiatric hospital is horrible, there are a lot of problems like SA and abuse.

I don't know what to do, I'm losing m'y mind.

Please god help me

 

[Angel999]

mine's the same, people ctb in it. thats why i cant go and try to detox and have to ctb instead.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Why do you want to be committed? Do you think they can help you? They can heal your MH problems?

There's the possibility with a positive outcome. have you exhausted other options?

Without more info it's almost impossible to suggest sth what you should do.

 

[SchizoPolyGymnast]

I recommend against any kind of "commitment," which is basically a legal proceeding that leaves a record. If you want treatment, just go to the ER as a voluntary patient. They won't let you leave without good reason if you're worried you might bail.

Once in the ER, you *should* be assigned a social or case worker that can assist you with placement in an appropriate facility. Express your concerns about abuse to them and see what your options are.

As for the cats... definitely get that taken care of first. They will take your phone once you enter the ER.

 

[rainieday06]

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I feel really bad. The problem is there's no one to take care of my cats if I leave.

Plus the local psychiatric hospital is horrible, there are a lot of problems like SA and abuse.

I don't know what to do, I'm losing m'y mind.

Please god help me

Unfortunately only you would know what's best for you. But if you already know the local psychiatric hospital is shit... maybe try looking into ones a little further out with good reviews or a better reputation.
I admitted myself and regretted it. I was forced to stay a minimum of a week and could not discharge myself. They take your phone. And essentially its just a nicer jail. They do checks every 10 mins just like a correction officer doing their checks. And the place I was at had 2 landlines phones that you had to share with everyone and everyone had a 30 min time limit. They wake you up at 0500 and you are in bed by 8 or 9pm. And most of the food was ass. Only good thing I had was a side salad
Overall I do feel like I learned some things but most of it is just faked getting better to get out. ugh and the around the clock therapy groups were kinda annoying. But I understood the reasoning. .... it is a good option if ur afraid of hurting yourself and think you would regret it. Because you literally cant do anything or access the outside world.

 

[SailorBlue]

Why do you want to be committed? Do you think they can help you? They can heal your MH problems?

There's the possibility with a positive outcome. have you exhausted other options?

Without more info it's almost impossible to suggest sth what you should do.

Thank you. I want to escape from myself if that makes sense ?
I don't know if they can help me.

I feel trapped between finding a solution to my suffering (by being committed for exemple), or ctb. I sh but I dont have the necessary to go further.
I still have things to sort out, and feel guily about abandoning my cats. They are my best friends.

I recommend against any kind of "commitment," which is basically a legal proceeding that leaves a record. If you want treatment, just go to the ER as a voluntary patient. They won't let you leave without good reason if you're worried you might bail.

Once in the ER, you *should* be assigned a social or case worker that can assist you with placement in an appropriate facility. Express your concerns about abuse to them and see what your options are.

As for the cats... definitely get that taken care of first. They will take your phone once you enter the ER.

Thanks for this.
I live in Europe, so I don't know if it's the same, last time went to the psych I was still very young and the follow-up wasn't appropriate, also I didn't see a social worked.
Nevertheless, seeing one would probably be beneficial in my messed up situation.

 

[misty]

I am not sure if this is the same for your country, but in my country we have respite homes for mental health which are more of a relaxed homely environment with nurses, it is usually offered to people who are needing help and dont want something like the psychiatric hospital where they would be legally detained. I think something like this might align with what you are looking for! Especially since the psych ward you mentioned is abusive, that sounds so horrible and I would hate for someone to be in a situation like that :(

 

[SailorBlue]

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Unfortunately only you would know what's best for you. But if you already know the local psychiatric hospital is shit... maybe try looking into ones a little further out with good reviews or a better reputation.
I admitted myself and regretted it. I was forced to stay a minimum of a week and could not discharge myself. They take your phone. And essentially its just a nicer jail. They do checks every 10 mins just like a correction officer doing their checks. And the place I was at had 2 landlines phones that you had to share with everyone and everyone had a 30 min time limit. They wake you up at 0500 and you are in bed by 8 or 9pm. And most of the food was ass. Only good thing I had was a side salad
Overall I do feel like I learned some things but most of it is just faked getting better to get out. ugh and the around the clock therapy groups were kinda annoying. But I understood the reasoning. .... it is a good option if ur afraid of hurting yourself and think you would regret it. Because you literally cant do anything or access the outside world.

Thank you for sharing your experience. How long did you stay in total ?
I also think I'll regret it, and that it might actually make my condition worse, which would really sucks.

In addition I still don't have a solution for looking after my cats, one is sick and at the end of his life, given the constraints that this entails with all the care, I won't find anyone to look after him.