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DinoParticipantI went into inpatient care at a mental hospital last year, mainly for trying to kill myself. If it matters, I’m white and went in at age 17. The hospital I went to was good to me, considering ones I’ve heard about.
Food: I was able to have vegetarian meals, and we were allowed to make a list of things we did and didn’t enjoy or wouldn’t eat, though they had a hard time following that a lot, probably because there were a lot of people to take care of. We all mainly got the same meal, maybe a few alterations. I freaked out when I got a fish dinner, but other than that, the rest of the food situation was OK.
I got punished for having an anxiety attack – that sucked. I think they should realize that there is a difference between being bad and not being able to cope. I was not interrupting anyone, except maybe some nurses’ conversation, by crying, but I couldn’t participate because there were a lot of people there (I have social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia) and they sent me to my room and wouldn’t let me do the next activity or eat lunch in the cafeteria, and they took away points (there was a point system where I went, more points = more privileges, like phone calls and whatnot).
There was one nurse through my stay who I really enjoyed. When everyone took away all my coping methods, she came to me and gave me ideas for new ones. She came to talk to me, asked me questions. Unlike the rest of the nurses and techs, she did what I thought only the physiologists and doctors would do once a day, if that.
My advice is that if you’re going to take something away, at least be kind enough to replace it with something. Help us, don’t leave us hanging.
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Name : Dino, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 18, City : Portland, State : ME, Country : United States, Occupation : High School Student, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,- AuthorPosts