[Michael]

I’m schizophrenic. I voluntarily signed myself in to mental health because I would have been involuntarily put in if I hadn’t. The medication and ‘counseling’ they gave me bothered me more than what was being ‘fixed.’ I was probably a little bit out of it when I went in, but the people that worked at the hospital would tell me things that were blatantly untrue. One night, the heater in my room was malfunctioning, so I told the nurse, but she told me that I was hearing things and gave me my medication early. Later onm somebody else eventually complained about the heater. They took away my cigarettes because I am a minor. The food was ass. I was only permitted one brief phone call per day. No privacy. Etc. What really bothered me, though, was group therapy. I was in there because of schizophrenia, a hereditary problem. I have never had disciplinary problems and wasn’t in there for being some type of hooligan; nevertheless, I had to go to group therapy and, after the second day, start making up bad things I had done to earn my phone call for the day. After getting out, I had to go to therapy about twice a week, but currently, I am not going to therapy and I am also not taking my medication. I still hallucinate often, but I can live with it. I think many people just live with what they have because they’re afraid of being treated like prisoners when they’ve done nothing wrong.

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Name : Michael, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : Schizophrenia, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 17, City : Pittsburgh, State : PA, Country : United States, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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