bubo
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- Jul 14, 2022
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I'm curious to see what the general experience with mental hospitals is with people here. I'm aware mental hospitals are supposed to "help" you or "fix you," but really, from every single story I've ever heard, they only make patients worse or fix nothing. The entire experience seems needlessly traumatic for any patient and seems like a waste of money on the building itself. The entire system and process seem professionally incompetent and need major fixes, but to some people, surely it worked; otherwise, we wouldn't have them, right…?
I was recently "jailed" in one. I'm diagnosed with autism, and they had a special autism ward, but I wasn't put in there because "you don't look autistic," which I'm still confused as to what that even means. Because of this, I was constantly overwhelmed by noises, not to mention that the staff were incredibly incompetent and made no attempt to stop me from self-harming while there, even watching me actively do it and not even writing anything down. Perhaps this is the normal experience, and however, I wouldn't be surprised judging from stories I've heard from other people. I'd say the experience has only made me worse, and honestly, I didn't truly understand what "despair" felt like until I entered that building.
Whenever I hear people speak of mental hospital experiences on here, mostly it is "I'm scared to go to one, so I refuse to do x or y." Or "I did x and y, and I'm scared of being sent to one." But I never hear stories from people who have actually been in one. And when I do hear stories, it is never positive. So, whether positive or not, please share your experience. I am very curious and would like to hear you out. Also, if not too much detail or if not too much burden, I'm also curious to hear how long everyone stayed at the hospital. Maybe different experiences are achieved by different periods of time stayed, I had thought.(?) although that is just a conjecture.
I was recently "jailed" in one. I'm diagnosed with autism, and they had a special autism ward, but I wasn't put in there because "you don't look autistic," which I'm still confused as to what that even means. Because of this, I was constantly overwhelmed by noises, not to mention that the staff were incredibly incompetent and made no attempt to stop me from self-harming while there, even watching me actively do it and not even writing anything down. Perhaps this is the normal experience, and however, I wouldn't be surprised judging from stories I've heard from other people. I'd say the experience has only made me worse, and honestly, I didn't truly understand what "despair" felt like until I entered that building.
Whenever I hear people speak of mental hospital experiences on here, mostly it is "I'm scared to go to one, so I refuse to do x or y." Or "I did x and y, and I'm scared of being sent to one." But I never hear stories from people who have actually been in one. And when I do hear stories, it is never positive. So, whether positive or not, please share your experience. I am very curious and would like to hear you out. Also, if not too much detail or if not too much burden, I'm also curious to hear how long everyone stayed at the hospital. Maybe different experiences are achieved by different periods of time stayed, I had thought.(?) although that is just a conjecture.
