Has anyone here been committed to a mental institution?
Ebin picture bro were u get it from xD ?
I commited your mom to the fuck institution if you're catching my drift.
>>27487736
i dont follow my friend
>>27487724
What exactly do you mean by this?
>>27487780
I gave your mami the salami, if you're catching my drift.
>>27487840
but she already went grocery shopping
I work at a mental institution. Does that count?
>>27487866
What exactly do you do on a daily basis?
>>27487908
fuck your mommy
>>27487712
Yes, I have been twice.
Anyone feel like they're going crazy? Mind not under control? Mental safeguards breaking down?
I need to become pure, I've already agreed to become a christ and there are no breaks on the enlightenment train.
>>27487908
Just make sure they don't slit their throats or punch each other and shit. Dole out snacks, sometimes lead partial hospitalization group therapy, which is a shit show.
>>27487948
>mfw I've been bamboozled
>>27488012
Are they adults or teenagers?
>>27488065
teens
>>27487712
I may be awkward and have autism tendencies. But thank god I'm not a wacko, would have an hero after 1 day as an insane person.
I was on SSRI's because my life was falling apart and I was leaving a cult that I was apart of for 28 years and lost my job.
I forgot to take my SSRI one day and then forgot the second day. On the second night of no SSRI I began to see suicide as a completely ethical and pragmatic approach to my issues. The third day I planned out what I needed to pull the smoke from my cars exhaust pipe into the window. I went to the store to get the items. At this point I had lost all emotion and wanted someone to bump into me so that I could have a reason to strangle them or gouge their eyes out in self defense. I've never had thoughts like that before.
I get home and start setting up my death but my brother caught be and called the cops. I spent 3 days in the mental ward of a hospital. The patients with insurance were kept for at a minimum of 5 days. That 3 day visit was charged at $17,000. They talked to us like idiots. When an orderly, nurse, or doctor came around we all had to act extremely submissive till they left. The only support there came from the other patients who would advise to just keep your head down and do everything they said or they'll hold you for a week.
That's when I knew for a fact that the psychological and pharmaceutical industries didn't give a damn about human health and rather want to keep consumers on the hook with pills and treatments that resolve nothing.
When I got out I went cold turkey off the SSRI's and went through the worst withdrawals. Lasted 7-8 months. Since I knew that sociopathy was a temporary withdrawal symptom it was easily prepared for and handled.
Trusting that system to help me was the worst decision of my life. Learning to trust only in myself for my treatment was the best decision. I took control of my body and lost 170lbs in an effort to help my mind even a little bit. It did some. Now I go to a local college and have a 4.0 gpa when before this I never could have believed I'd pass a single class.
>>27488579
That's great to hear, my robro. Needed some inspiration today.
>>27488579
SSRIs are a complete scam, same with "mandatory psych holds" that only exist to make a profit. Glad you saw through that bullshit.
>>27489445
well i think that mandatory holds are meant for people that were intercepted in a suicide attempt like if they don't hold them there they'll literally jump off a bridge. the idea is to get them in there, get them set up on medication and counseling to set up an actual course of improvement.
a debate about medication can definitely be made but to say they're doing it strictly for profit isn't really true. some people also voluntarily commit themselves because thye're scared they might actually take their life.
>>27489515
I absolutely agree with you, I spoke to hastily in my previous post. I'm just upset at how horrifically bad SSRIs are for the vast majority of depressed patients. Wish they'd either create a new type of antidepressant (like one that works on dopamine, Wellbutrin/SNRIs were promising in that aspect but not entirely there in terms of effectiveness) or just go back to prescribing MAOIs.
3 times now.
Good ways to get admitted without becoming a criminal or attempt suduko?
>>27489641
Just walk into one and tell them you're suicidal. Or just call the suicide hotline and have them pick you up. Just make sure you're certain you never want to purchase a firearm or join the military, since those two opportunities will be inaccessible to you after your psych stay.
>>27487712
Yes. They refused to give me my meds the first 2-3 days
zaaaaap
Got in an argument with a worker punched a wall and got sent to solitary confinement for a while
Cussed at a worker and got all my privileges taken away
Got fukkin molested by an autistic 8 year old and the workers/patients laughed at me
(he touched his dick and then my face)
Got a flashlight shined into my eyes during the night and security denied it but the other patients confirmed it
this post is disorganized sorry
oh also the autistic kid would a plate full of olives by the handful. Some retard also gave him chalk and he decided to draw on all the windows. (How weren't you watching him?)
>>27487736
i sniffed your drift my dude
>>27487712
not yet bby.
LIVIN THE DREAM
>>27488579
Awesome. I could never pull something like that off.
>>27487712
Never, and to be honest, it's pretty hard to get in, here where I live. Most of those institutions are closed, or simply too small and full of real mental patients (like schizos or something like that).
If you're caught when you try to kill yourself, they just bring you in the hospital, put a paper in front of you to sign and you can go home on your own risk.
No one gives a shit about mentally sick people here.
I'm a schizophrenic who has been comitted to a psych ward. AMA
>>27487712
i dont think people realize this, but its VERY hard to get commited to a mental institution. i mean they literally only take, drooling, insane, out of control retards with no hope of treating. most likely, thats no one on this board.
going to a mental hospital or crisis care home is different. those are for temporary stays, they are very common. mental institutions are for very long term patients who usually dont leave. this is why i hate movies like "girl interrupted". it gives ppl stupid hollywood fantasies about mental illness and gives people ideas that arent based in reality. thats all just hollywood bullshit. theres no hot supermodels there who are damaged and need your love to help fix them.
>>27490667
Were you the first to notice you were going crazy?
>>27491054
No. I knew something was wrong with me. I thought I was being stalked and monitored. I also had biblical visions and thought that I saw the Virgin mary because I had murdered someone.
>>27488097
Do you find your work fulfilling and meaningful, or do you not give a shit about the patients you're caring for?
>>27490667
I'm pretty sick of how crappy these edits are.
Yes I have been confined to a mental institution. I'll tell you the story too.
I have a severe panic disorder on top of a slew of other issues that aren't worth mentioning here. One day, in the middle of a panic attack, I got in the bathtub and tried to cut my wrists with a box cutter in an attempt to free myself from the panic and anxiety of life. Obviously I failed and ended up in the ER when my mom kicked the door open and found me.
Being confined to the psych ward can happen in one of two ways. Either you are involuntarily committed or you go voluntary. I decided to go voluntary when the mental health consultant at the ER told me I would be involuntarily committed if I didn't go of my own free will. An ambulance came and picked me up to deliver me to a neighboring hospital with a vacancy in its ward. The ambulance ride was probably the worst part of it all, as the jackass in the back constantly tried to joke with me and act all chipper after I had failed to kill myself. Bastard.
When I arrived at the new hospital I was escorted by security to the top floor, which was secured with keycodes and barred windows. The psych nurse gave me a patdown to ensure I didn't have anything dangerous on me, and I was shown to my room.
My time in the ward was filled with therapy sessions, sleeping, drinking ginger ale, watching tv, sleeping, and sleeping some more. It was the first time in my life that I actually took meds for my issues, which helped a ton. I met a lot of interesting characters in there too, including an alcoholic ex-con girl and a former heroin addict who tried to hang himself. They wouldn't let me have a guitar, which would've helped a lot if I could've played music for the other committees.
All in all, I spent 2 weeks in there. My mom picked me up afterwards. My phone seemed like a space aged piece of tech after being locked away for that long. I went straight back to playing vidya and watching anime on my computer after my release.
I've been committed once involuntarily. I stayed for two weeks, it was boring as fuck. I live in Florida so it's pretty easy to accidentally get yourself committed, any doctor can do it.
I was baker acted and diagnosed with schizoaffective or schizoprehnia or some shit like that, they gave me a bunch of drugs and let me out. I stopped taking them and I feel pretty much normal. I'm a cutie girl btw.
I was in rehab for 3 years. Therapeutic Community.
>>27491260
More details regarding the people I was committed with incoming:
>an obese girl whose boyfriend was trying to kill her, turned out to be psychosis delusions and she didn't even have a boyfriend
>a girl named lacy who was detoxing from chronic alcoholism, she had the shakes all the time
>a 32 year old manchild who lived with his parents and tried to kill himself to avoid being sent to jail for posession of marajuana, we talked about metal a lot
>the heroin addict mentioned above, he had been in just about every jail in the state of Virginia. He told stories often about his experiences
>a counselor who suffered from mental health issues herself, including agoraphobia and anxiety attacks. She liked to sing in her room.
>an older woman who had been in and out of just about every psych ward in the region. She was dating a vietnamese guy who beat her frequently, we saw him on visitation days
>an asian guy who had severe anxiety problems and committed himself before he attempted suicide. He had dropped out of WVU to avoid the stresses of live and lived with his parents
>a potential robot who had threatened to kill his father. He loved vidya and we talked about it frequently as we walked the halls
>>27488579
Yeah man, I hear you. I started getting some troubling symptoms back in June, so I tried to take advantage of my city's mental health system. I've found it's all just about money and power. Doctors, nurses, and therapists don't give a shit about you.
Your SSRI debacle reminds me a lot of something really similar I went through. While it seems like you just forgot to take your meds, my doc actually forcibly took me off all of mine, cold fucking turkey. She insisted one of them was giving me a dangerous side effect, even though I'd been to the emergency room (she fucking forced me to go and it was very expensive) and everyone there said I was completely healthy. I don't really get it, why did I go at all if she winded up taking me off them anyways? Who know, man. So what happened next was kinda similar, kinda the opposite of your story: I was really depressed and suicidal before, but all of a sudden I felt so fucking alive and ridiculously happy. I was running around for miles, chatting with strangers, playing with stray dogs, I thought I was the "Chosen One", all kinds of good stuff. So after that fun weekend, I saw my doc and she changed my diagnosis from psychotic depression to bipolar, with my current "state" listed as psychotic mania.
The anti-psychotics I was put on were really fucking brutal. In my personal opinion, no one should be put on these things unless they're putting themselves or others in danger. Yeah, most schizos and bipolars will probably have to be on one at some point, but it should never be permanent. I saw this study that found anti-psychotics were much more effective when used as-needed instead of your entire fucking life.
>>27487712
>Has anyone here been committed to a mental institution?
Nah, I've done jail a few times because being crazy is basically a crime here.
It's great. Crazy annoying fuckers like me are really popular with the other inmates and guards alike. It's good for dieting because other people help themselves to your food because hey, that cray-cray cracka don't care.
There's only one institution here & it's for doctors who want to study serial killers embedded in plastic.
>>27488579
Are you the robot who was in the Hari Krishna cult?
And damn, what a story. I hope I can get my shit together someday. I mean it, that was good to read.
>>27491781
Man, I got diagnosed bipolar about 6 months ago and this is pretty refreshing to hear. Also been on anti-d's for the best part of 10 years so at this stage I'm willing to try tapering off some of the shit I'm taking.
>>27489806
>Yes. They refused to give me my meds the first 2-3 days
What is that shit all about? I was told "you must take your meds" & then they don't give out meds. Not even to the poor dude with diabetes who past out & ended up going to the hospital smelling like vinegar.
I can't be mad at the kid, olives are fucking great.
>>27487712
My doctors keep wanting to send me to a mental hospital, but I am super scared and always try to avoid it
Do you guys think it actually helps more than normal doctor visits?
I've been in Rampton high secure and several mediums since my late teens, now 29 years old, basicaly ruined my life.
>>27492206
What did they say you did?
>>27492224
I was originaly involved in affray, they sent me to juvenile where my paranoid schizophrenia was evident so after a month on mental health wing (which is beyond any kind of mental you can imagine) I was shipped off to a medium secure, long story short it kicked off big time one night which wasn't entirely my fault and I got sent to Rampton. Was there for 3 years, worst place I've ever been tbhh...
>>27487712
I've been to a couple, but never saw anyone in a jacket like that. Nor have I seen a room like that
they did have a room with a bed that had straps on it. Usually they never used the straps and just injected people with stuff and left them in there
>>27492273
Here, they just send people like us to jail, no mental hospital.
Yeah, it's my head, so it's my fault I'm crazy, but somehow.
Has anyone experience with group therapy? Is it worth it? What kinds of people would be there? 40-50 year olds or people in their 20s? Can you make friends with them or are they only therapy contacts?
>>27492168
I dunno, man. You should really only go to a hospital if you're
>a.) in danger
>b.) in need of very rapid treatment
I'm assuming you're not in danger, since your docs probably would've thrown you in the funny farm the moment you hinted that you were. So I'm guessing your docs think you need rapid treatment. They probably believe that, since they're outpatient doctors who can't watch you 'round the clock, they need to be conservative with their treatment in case something happens. At the hospital, on the other hand, the docs can fill your brain with all sorts of goodies as fast as they please, since you're under constant watch. I'm exaggerating of course, like you're not ever gonna just start a drug on the highest possible dose, but it will be much faster than regular treatment.
So I dunno much about your situation, do you think rapid treatment is something that could help you?
There's nothing you should be afraid of. The hospital is a safe place, a refuge that's there for you when times get tough. If you've got anxiety, you might even be able to convince them to put you on a benzo. Hospital docs are much more liberal with their scripts, if that interests you.
The psych ward can be a pretty nice and comfy time. It's kinda like being in kindergarten all over again. These really sweet doe-eyed nursing students, all around mid-20s and really gorgeous, came to visit my ward a lot and they'd bring in arts and crafts for us to play around with. One of them interviewed me and I got to talk with a real girl, maybe it'll happen to you too! But anyways, there's always some activities lying around. My last stay, me and a lot of the female patients spent our time drawing pictures, from the end of breakfast time all the way to lights out time. I tried to make like "outsider art" so I could sell it to a museum or something, but I wasn't quite weird enough to make anything cool.
>>27493152
A reason before both of those is if you're a danger to others.
>>27493152
I have depressions and social anxiety
I try to be vague when talking with my doctors about suicide
I am myself not really sure about suicide sometimes it seems like the best option and other teams it seems really stupid
Them wanting rapid treatment is probably true but also they want me there because I can't sustain myself
I have trouble eating and sometimes go without food for days/a week, because I am too depressed to make food or because I am too scared to go outside
I didn't have panic attacks for a few months but I just got one yesterday and I am now super scared of going outside
I just got diagnosed with borderline and schizophrenia 10 minutes ago. How fucked am i?
Yes. 5 times. AMA!
>>27493152
Don't listen to this fag it's boring as fuck and will make you want to kill yourself more because you are no longer independent from the normalslimes.
>>27493345
I think I'm at about 5 too.
>>27493325
You only have schizophrenia.
Borderline is a meme disorder.
>>27493306
You're on the edge of major depression. The real kind where you're too depressed to even kill yourself. Try and talk to someone, something like group therapy would be very good for you. If you can, motivate yourself. If you can't motivate yourself it would probably be better to be committed to build up some rhythm.
>>27493425
I don't think I could endure group therapy
I have trouble even going outside to buy food how am I supposed to talk to strangers about my problems
I have. I've spent a long, collective time in mental institutions. Those horror stories might be true for some places but I've been to many and they're not bad, just really boring. There really isn't much to say about them.
I was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder in Dec 2014. I dropped out of school at 17 in 2010 and went wayward for six fucking years and no one gave a shit. Now everyone is going on about in my life like nothing ever happened, and even though I have an official diagnosis from a Pshych they think that it is just the government trying to force pills on me.
not saying that they don't want to sell pills, but my illness is very real and my family is shit for not understanding (except my dear mother)
>>27493467
This is exactly my exp. Nothing happens. Usually just people sleeping including me. Everytime I go to one I sleep for 24 hours straight.
>>27487712
I watched Obama win the 2012 election on CNN when I was Federally remanded at the "Regional Psychiatric Centre" or RPC.
>My short stay there was the first time I had slept more than 5 hours in a row in 12 years.
>It had better food than Edmonton max ever did
>>27493558
yo i live in calgary, what did you do to land wherever the fuck the RPC is?
>>27493582
Robbed a bank
Going to be institutionalized soon, what do I do to guarantee NEETbux?
>>27493447
>>27493425
Also how exactly does this process work
Do I just ask my doctor to send me to one?
Should I have stuff packed?
How much stuff to wear do I need?
Do I need to bring my medication?
Can I bring my phone and or laptop?
>>27493765
Depends where you are, in an open unit you are usualy allowed technical equipment.
>>27493694
In the US? If you're able to post here, you're probably SOL.
Elsewhere, don't know. I understand the UK is making life miserable for anyone with a disability now, so...
>>27493852
You can claim full esa in a secure hospital in uk as long as you aren't on a criminal sentence.
>>27493852
>>27493694
I went to county mental health in the US recently (admittedly I'm near San Francisco so the environment here is hypercucked), and the staff psychiatrist straight-up asked me whether I had more interest in getting motivated or just treating the worst parts of depression and getting NEETbux.
I'm British... Been diagnosed with mixed personality disorder (not to be confused with multiple).
I am very angry at the world due to childhood abuse and I have homicidal ideation... It scares me sometimes.
So I went to the police station a few weeks back and slit my wrist at the reception in order to be sectioned and monitored.
Not even that worked.
>>27493978
kek. Wrong pic...That's crushed penicillin btw desu
>>27487712
yes, my mind :_(
>>27493765
>>27493835
A-any more responses or advice?
>>27493921
Only thing I can say about that is that sometimes...this might not be your case...therapists have an overly optimistic view of what it takes to get on disability.
When I saw a therapist a while back, she got really pushy about wanting me to go on disability even though I work and make more than I would on disability...but when I checked into it, I was basically laughed out of the office (kind of expected that). I also live in state that's absolute shit for this disability support, too.
Since then, I've known people with really serious disabilities who've gotten turned down for the most bullshit reasons. Everyone in my state seems to automatically get denied the first two times they apply, and it takes appeals and court appearances to get it.
The only good part is that if they succeed, they get paid back to the initial filing. But past that...well, I can honestly say it's easier for me to work. I'm glad I have that option, not sure how people handle it who don't.
But: as I said above, your situation might be different...don't take my experience as anything but the ramblings of some anonymous crazy on a Finnish calligraphy board, and look into it on your own.
You can apply online: http://www.edd.ca.gov/disability/SDI_Online.htm
>>27494025
>slit wrist at British police station
Did you get anything for knife possession or something like that?
>>27494136
Been on it before for a physical condition (recovering after surgery), all it took was a doctor's note and I got $1600 a month for 3 months. Granted something like that is a lot less long-term and ambiguous than mental illness. Glad you've been having success working.
>>27492074
I was a mormon. That belief system was embedded into every part of my life and my understanding of the world.
You can get your shit together, anon. I don't have mine together but only a few parts of it together I guess. I haven't worked in 3-4 years and live with my parents at the age of 31 now.
I had a strange way of looking at my issues. Like my weight, I'd break it down to just controlling my portions for one day. I'd psyche myself up about it with the thoughts that "every little bit helps" and a won battle with a meal or going outside for a walk that day will turn the tide for my entire future. I'd constantly tell myself that today was the only day that matters as it's the only one I can affect.
I also did little meme things like try to take cold showers. Like, if I can force my body into a cold ass shower than the next hard decision of the day (going outside during the day time for a walk) would be just a slight percentage easier to push myself to do. One challenge at a time.
Now all of a sudden it's 2 years later and I'm in college and trying to challenge myself to not quit college and kill myself and to write an essay that's due next week. It's like I've leveled up my character but the game is still just as hard on the stage I'm at.
>>27487712
When I was 13 I was locked for 11 days because everybody thought I was planning to kill myself. I greentexted the story here like 3 years ago and got a surprising amount of interest because of all the details and stuff I put onto it. I barely made it like 3/5 into the whole story because I hadn't pretyped, and that alone took like 5 hours; I was planning on pretyping it and dumping it days later, but I never even started.
>>27494097
where do you live?
fuckoblox
>>27494242
Berlin
robloxoxxoxoxoxox
I got sent to a mental hospital after my mom found my memes.
>>27493835
When schizo poet woman used to post here, I remember she said she was somewhere once where they allowed phones, and added that it was great for the teenagers who were trying to get their shit together away from their mothers with borderline personality disorder.
In other words, think twice about bringing that phone...
>>27494291
oh I have no idea in that case, try asking krautchan, I remember seeing a thread about mental hospitals there one time on their /b/ or something, but I don't speak German and it was a long time ago.
>>27494184
No, surprisingly. I just gave them the razor blade.
I didn't even get 'billed' for the 6 stitches I had.
Enjoy your freedumsEngland so free, not even slitting your wrist at the station gets you sectioned
>>27494209
This is inspiring. I should do the same before I need to go anywhere or do anything anon. One challenge at a time, one thing at a time...
>>27494314
It's usualy a matter of risk. In secure hospitals people can't have equipment because of people potentialy wanting to keep things quiet or to prevent talk with negative influences.
>>27489515
>be me in psych ward
>second day there
>A nurse that gives out pills every morning asked me how I felt.
>I told her I felt fine (because I knew she wasn't asking about my mental state as she's just a normie nurse).
>She kept asking me if anything hurt.
>I told her everything was fine two more times but she kept pushing and made me uncomfortable.
>To get out of the situation I said I could use an extra pillow to hold while I slept because that will help my shoulders from hurting a bit in the morning.
ff
>later that day a nurse tells me the doctor wants to see me
>think it's my assigned therapist
>they take me to a regular doctors office down the hall
>Doc says I complained of shoulder pain
>I finally realize why I'm in this doctors office and tell doc I don't have shoulder pain and only want an extra pillow
>I shit you not I get a prescription from the mental ward medical doctor for "One extra pillow"
>mother fuckers didn't even give me an extra pillow
I was billed $1,500 for that specific 5 minute doctors visit while in the ward. Kansas City, Missouri.
It's all about that $$$
No but when i got separated from the military during bootcamp because of anxiety it felt like it
Like bootcamp but without all the future hopes and dreams
>>27494184
That's good, last thing you need in that state is more stress.
I understand the need for a few hoops...after all, no one wants to see the system get taken over by scammers, but damn, I kind of feel we've made it too onerous for those in need.
>>27494209
>>27494209
>I was a mormon. That belief system was embedded into every part of my life and my understanding of the world.
That sounds like a very difficult journey. May I ask, did you do this on your own, or have you sought out any online forums or groups for ex-Mormons? Glad to hear your parents are helping you, too.
I'll echo the other people here: this is cool, and...dare I say it,inspirational (but not in a religious sense). What are you studying?
>>27494500
Yep, exactly.
I'd also worry about theft if it was me, I've seen that with other facilities (e.g., rehab and nursing homes) when relatives have been there.
>>27494238
Should be archived, right? Any identifying details to use in a search?
>>27494362
And it doesn't matter if you fucked up yesterday and all the days before it. Doing better today at the challenge than you did yesterday is a percentage of improvement. Even if you fuck up the next 20 days after that you still gained in experience pushing yourself. If you succeeded one day you know damn right you can do it again.
If you tried to get yourself to face the challenge of the day for the past three days and haven't made any improvement, it's still better than not thinking about the challenge.
It's a mental battle. Each battle is itself like resistance training and you are forming habits of thought. Like the habit to think about challenging yourself that day with something specific. That habit needs to be built through resistance. Skip to more difficult habits whenever you feel like it and try your best to hold them for multiple days in a row. Always remembering that if you made an achievement on day, you can do it again as it is possible and the more often you can achieve that challenge the closer you are at making that challenge just another habit that is accomplished without mental struggle.
>>27488579
>>27491781
As someone who is being forced to see a psych this week you've definitely confirmed my fears.
Good thing I can mostly hide my shit, he'll still probably misdiagnose me for his fucking insurance bux and then I'll have that shit popping up on background checks when I try to buy a gun.
Anyone wanna help me prepare to fool this psych into thinking im normie as fuck?
>>27494648
I had help from /r9k/ and /fit/.
/fit/ becomes tolerable when you look for the motivation threads. That's where I learned about cold showers. Since they are constantly using weights to habituate their body to increasing levels of stressors over years, they let that idea bleed into many other challenges in their lives. It made a lot of sense to me when I thought of my body and mind as an organism. Force the organism into a pattern of stress and the organism will just do what millions of years have taught it to do. I put all my stock into this approach and literally hoped that my mind as well as my body would adapt as long as I planned out how to apply the resistance. Thinking of it this way helped me take many of the negative emotions out of it. Also, it helped me to assume that my body and mind would adapt and all I had to do was get in that cold ass shower, stand outside for a bit as I freaked out over my fat self being seeing. I only need to put myself in the position to adapt and make it a habit. Evolution will do the rest.
I didn't feel like I had anything to lose because I've had suicidal ideation for so long... I hadn't killed myself so my organism must be trying to live. If I already want to kill myself sometimes than I could reason out that I will do it eventually. If I will do it than I have only the possibility to gain by attempting to overcome. I don't give a shit regardless which way my life goes but it would be nice if all this work does make my life better even if only for some years. I kinda owe it to myself for the years I never tried.
I'm doing my general classes now and want to become an anthropologist studying our hominid ancestors lives. To search for places they'd have lived.
>>27494995
>Anyone wanna help me prepare to fool this psych into thinking im normie as fuck?
How difficult can it be? Just tell him all the things a normie would.
>>27490960
"mental hospital or crisis care home"
I went to one of these. Would that make me never able to purchase firearms?
>>27495526
I'll try my best senpai, I'm glad I'm not as anxious as I used to be so I may end up passing off as just avoidant or something.
>>27495637
i believe in the US if it was against your will (3130 or something) then yeah you're fucked.
>>27495693
What if It was literally me who came up to the place myself and it wasn't literally forced against me? Even then am I fucked?
>>27495736
nah then you should be good senpai. the form asks if you have been held against your will or something. worst case scenario there's always private sales.
>>27487712
no such thing as mental illness just misunderstandings and self confusion and self enlightenment and there's no such thing as mental institutions just people who don't understand you who see things differently or people who are sick and lost themselves.
i've been committed 6+ times for over a year cumulatively. schizophrenia
good times.
>>27495637
some states don't include mental health checks in the firearms background checks yet. but they're patching that soon.
>>27495302
>I'm doing my general classes now and want to become an anthropologist studying our hominid ancestors lives. To search for places they'd have lived.
Not sure if you're still around, I sort of dropped off (had to get some more work done), but really glad I met you today.
Cool, very interesting stuff. The research that's coming out lately is amazing to read.
Keep up with the /fit/, and write a great essay for next week. Hang in there.
>>27494531
What branch? And what triggered you to finally quit? I was in Air Force for a year before going full autistic meltdown and basically telling them I wanted to be free from this normie-infested purgatory. Military is worth a shot for some robots but god damn it's filled to the brim with the worst normies possible.
>>27494333
I guess I will find out tomorrow when I ask my psychiatrist
W-wish me luck
>>27487712
Yes. It was the worst week of my life...
>>27495637
>Would that make me never able to purchase firearms?
What kind of firearms are you wanting to purchase? Self-protection, fun, or something else?
If you're looking for something cool to shoot, check into black powder. I think the regs tend to be a bit looser, and you can even make your own weapon without needing to be a machinist.
Standard black powder kinds of kits:
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/default.php?cPath=22_162
...or the cool stuff like wheellocks:
http://www.therifleshoppe.com/catalog_pages/wheellocks/wheellocks.htm
>Sorry, not trying to derail thread...just something to consider if you're worried.
>>27495866
Holy shit.
>good times.
Sounds like it. Anything stand out...worst experience, best? Meet anyone cool when you were in?
"Tried" to kill myself three times (Shitty half-ass attempts). Looking back, they were just cries for help and some kind of empathy. In short, bad family situation. You learn to deal with it.
Got locked up for 2 weeks total. They said it was supposed to be a month at minimum, but I was tied for the least fucked-up person in the intense one (where the really, really bad people were), so they just moved me on to the regular-level one. But, in there, I was the only dude who wasn't in there for drugs (I was in for depression), and the guys and girls lived separately, so I didn't really get much. Plus, not being around my parents for a week, that was actually one of the happiest weeks I had had in weeks, maybe months. They let me out in a week, too, and I just went back to life with new meds. They might've helped a bit, but life still sucked for a while, and still does to a lesser degree, sometimes. I just kinda learned to live with it.
That first week though might've fucked me up worse than months of crippling depression. I had to go bed to the sound of my roommate crying as he scraped his skin until he bled. I had three psychiatrists a day telling me all the things that were wrong with me and telling me to take meds. It's really, really demeaning that I was locked up (the door out was literally locked from our side), I couldn't shave (no razors, obviously), etc. Lots of dumb shit.
I've got a really guilty conscience, so I don't think I could really go through with it nowadays, even if I'm really, really not satisfied with my life. Even if I can't stand them, I don't like hurting people at all, and I know my parents would be sad and think I was at fault for being to miserable. Maybe if they and my sister all died, and I couldn't disappoint anyone (my cousins might be upset, but idc that much about them. They'd get over it in a week, imo), I'd donate the money to some animal shelter and just buy a gun or something.
>>27488579
How is it in any way appropriate to take a suicidal person struggling with their life and charge them thousands of dollars in a hospital when they're at rock botom?
"Hey I lost my job and am going to kill myself"
"Okay 17 thousand plus tip"
>>27496239
There was a really hot suicidal young nympho in new york general that would hump everything. I don't have any great stories about her but i think about her all the time even years later.
Got thrown in the looney bin on vacation in barbados and it was HORRIBLE. There was a monkey man who would climb everything and couldnt speak that the staff would always beat (he had no family or friends. only visitors fromt he church) and some of the meals were just a boiled egg and piece of bread. Never go to the hospital in a thirdworld country no matter how beautiful and peaceful the place is.
I've been held down and shot in the ass with ativan then woke up in straps. hmmm
It's mostly just watching tv and taking medicine though. A little arts n crafts here and there.
>>27487712
Yeah, my parents made me go when I was still a minor. I was in really bad shape so it was probably the best thing to do. They gave me ECT and kept me in a room with other people my age who were crazy. It was nice.
Honestly having forced, low-pressure socialization was really helpful to me. I avoid people even though I can't be happy without them.
>>27487712
Yes. All in the ages 16-18
One was pretty cool. We watched movies and played pool and basketball most of the time. Food was great too.
Another was attached to a bigger hospital. First time I went was as an adolescent. It was cool to see big shot people with which I went to school in a more even position with me, but knew I couldn't go back to said school now because rumors spread. It was a nice place and we saw plenty of movies and ate good food, but there was not much of an activities room or gym. Adult experience was much different from the adolescent one. You had a lot more freedom to roam.
The other one had a huge gym that I only went in once and they kept milking my term up to 2 months for stupid reasons (okay I tried "hanging" myself the first week with a sheet) I hated the head shrink and fantasized destroying the place for years afterwards. I think it closed on its own anyway.
Each of the adolescent ones I went to had a "school". I can't imagine what type of teachers end up teaching there instead of regular schools. Didn't learn much from any of them, but it was better than real school since it didn't last as long. Most of my stays were summer ones anyway.
Damn near got electroshock on the last one I went to. It's a miracle that I escaped without it. I said "Fuck it, I'm never coming back" after that.
I voluntarily commited myself in the winter of 2014, and it wasn't too bad of an experience. Staff was understanding, did their job well, and my assigned nurse helped me through my problems.
I was locked up for 10 hours and released when the senior psychiatrist thought I was okay. I was fed, clothed, and was never forced to take medication since I behaved okay. The place was pretty chill, and people minded their own business. There were some people with real problems but they kept to themselves or the staff put them to sleep with drugs and locked them up.
I met a cool guy my age and another girl but I'm couldn't believe I was so anti social even when I was placed in similar situations, but oh well.
I had crazy suicidal ideations if anyone's curious, and I live in the Bay Area California. I'm not sure if I was ever billed or if my parents took care of it. But man that was a boring day, and I'd prefer to never go back.
>>27496356
>There was a really hot suicidal young nympho in new york general that would hump everything. I don't have any great stories about her but i think about her all the time even years later.
Every ward needs at least one.
>Got thrown in the looney bin on vacation in barbados and it was HORRIBLE. There was a monkey man who would climb everything and couldnt speak that the staff would always beat (he had no family or friends. only visitors fromt he church) and some of the meals were just a boiled egg and piece of bread. Never go to the hospital in a thirdworld country no matter how beautiful and peaceful the place is.
Jesus. OK, maybe we're not quite that bad yet...oh, wait, we just throw the crazies in jail now (in my state, nowhere else), not sure if that's much better.
Well, like most people with schizophrenia, you sound perfectly sane to me...
>tfw schizotypal
...then again.
Thanks, man. Stay loose.
>>27493978
dude seriously even with mental illness, what a fucking edgelord
Call someone and threaten suicide. Doing that stunt just causes other people grief, what the fuck would you do if someone walked into your work and started killing themself / other people
Like the retards that jump in front of vehicles
>>27497186
>dude seriously even with mental illness, what a fucking edgelord
Yeah, it's almost like he wasn't thinking rationally...wtf?
>>27487712
I've been three times since July 2015
it's actually really comfy
I always find myself wanting to go back.
>med student
>just finished 6 week rotation on inpatient unit in a somewhat inner city hospital
Some observations:
-Some generally bona fide insane people out there on the streets, for which medications can only help marginally
-lot of homeless bullshitting their symptoms for a place to sleep
-lot of lazy people not taking their meds (which are supposed to help you btw), getting symptomatic, being stupid, and boomeranging back to the unit
-lot of people with untreatable malignant personalities just looking for attention
Seemed to be only a very small minority of patients were motivated to actually do what it takes to be well and stay that way.
>>27497458
by the time someone actually ends up in a psych ward its probably a bit late for them to actually end up functional
its not really surprising they arent motivated to get better
all ssris and antipsychotics especially do is make you a zombie and strangely enough thats all youll ever get prescribed in mental healthcare like 80% of the time
My sister called the police because she thought I was going to kill myself, a bunch of cops showed up, surrounded me and brought me to the mental hospital. They have thick fire doors that lock securely behind you, closely monitored cameras in every room and they take your belt and shoe laces to make it hard to hang yourself. Very scary walking into that trap. I tried to convince them (lie) I totally didn't want to kill myself for sure I promise really for reals and they believed me. In my experience these people will grab onto any tiny sign of distress so you gotta 100% stone wall them. I didn't have my car or wallet and it was 11pm when they released me. The nurse or doctor or whoever was a young super cute asian girl, she asked me if I had anywhere to go and very clearly pitied me after my sister and our parents refused to answer my repeated phone calls.
It was winter, windy and like 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Everything was closed so I wandered around the city until I found a 24 hour gas station. The cashier lady there gave me directions to the bus station and I got there around 3am. Slept with my head down on a table for a few hours then negotiated with my father to bring me home that afternoon. An interesting experience of when shit gets a little too real.
>>27496010
Thanks, anon. I've felt more alone than usual and it helped me to hear your responses.
>>27496057
Watch out for the ficki-ficki squad
>>27497625
medication is fucking bullshit
i've been on every medication under the sun and i always feel better when i'm medication free
Yep. I was committed against my will. Wasn't even depressed or suicidal. Normie parents didn't like my drug use so they tricked me into going with them. Told the police and doctors a bunch of false information so they could keep me there. Was held against my will for 2 weeks.
Biggest crock of shit system you could imagine. Just normies taking advantage of the system for insurance money. Not a therapeutic place to be. A place where you lie and tell them what they want to hear so you can leave. It's like jail. Fuck em
>>27498143
You're not alone in that.
I often feel medications are for other people, not us. Pills to make us manageable, innocuous, inoffensive.
Our own dignity, our quality of life is unimportant...that's clear in the doctor's post above.
>>27497665
JFC, anyone would want to kill themselves after that kind of treatment.
Fucking hell, anon.
>>27496314
The only way I can understand it is if their system of care was not designed to better the patient. It goes along with the treatment that was medication centered and not human centered.
Strange how the science of the human mind is so far distant, and has been from the start of their history, from knowing a god damn thing about helping someone in a humane way.
>>27498475
It happened the night I was discharged from a week long hospital stay as well lmao. They caught me totally unprepared with no money or anything because I thought they'd have my back, life lesson to never fucking trust them again and never let them bring me somewhere I can't easily get back home from myself. Didn't even have a jacket or anything, my whole hands and face were red from wind burn for days.
If negotiations failed I was planning to make my there with the city bus line, burn their fucking houses down and murder suicide them. Thankfully it didn't come to that.
any1 else?
>>27500215
wHAT Else do you want to talk about?
>>27500300
I don't know, I just like reading threads like this for some reason.
>>27500407
Oh, okay. Me too s-senpai
this is original familia
>>27491075
I saw that once, but I didn't murder anyone I was on drugs I think, was a while ago... Ever see a bright ball like thing in the sky before?
>>27487712
72 hour psych hold once, i don't recommend it
but the drugs they gave me did relax me
>>27497186
I did it in a police station... They were very good in the way they treated me.
They didn't even call my parents or my work desu
>what the fuck would you do if someone walked into your work and started killing themself / other people
I'm an 'edgelord'. Do you want my honest answer?
