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They aren't "just" psychiatric wards. Nor are they solely hospitals. They're places where you lose fundamental rights... from using something as simple as a ballpoint pen, as common as mouthwash, a belt, a smartphone, you name it. They're locations where you are isolated from your loved ones. Areas of boredom that make you dive further into your head. Spots where if you fail to comply you'll be sedated, strapped, limited or locked away. But don't get me wrong... people do need psychiatric care. Absolutely. It's just that we need a more compassionate approach to be used more often. One that is more sympathetic, understanding and sensitive to people's specific needs.
All in all there is a lot of advocating to be done still. A massive amount. Psychiatric assistance isn't perfect yet. There is a lot to be improved. So much is still unacceptable.
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You pushed me into a mental hospital, after everything that I did for you... Argh.... God, I didn’t think that you wanted everything to happen in a worse way
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i’m so tired of the “psych ward patient” stereotypes. i’m so tired of the bloody costumes, the straightjackets, the unkempt hair that’s supposed to signify they’re “crazy”. i was in a (pediatric) psych ward. we were all just children. hurt and traumatized children. yes, sometimes we were unkempt and neglected ourselves. yes, sometimes we were violent towards ourselves or others. we were children. i’m so fucking over demonizing mentally ill people. i don’t care what your justification is, this shit hurts kids like me and the others in the hospital with me
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The Anti-Parking Lot Committee is now out on Gumroad! Purchase here!!
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We need to get rid of the traditional psych ward seclusion rooms occupied only by a bed. People aren't ants. People shouldn't lose the right to healthy distraction.
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A female patient suffering from withdrawal buries her head in her hands and sits alone in a dark room inside Ohio's Cleveland State Mental Hospital on February 3, 1955.
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how to tell them he doesn't know?
another random whumpy(?) art, plus tryin' to think of any mental hospital whump stuff
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