#inpatient

[neuroticboyfriend]

not that people who've been to the ward are immune from being pro-psych, but if you've never been to a psych ward*, i sincerely don't want to hear about how psychiatry/psychology is good because you've had such a good experience with X provider, or X medication saved your life. *i also don't want to hear about how the forced treatment was what you needed or how the ward you went to let you have your cellphone etc. etc. i genuinely do not want to hear it.

like. the first hospitalization traumatized me so bad, i became dangerously delusional, was re-hospitalized, and sent to state. when they transferred me, i was strapped down into a gurney at all points on my body, *head and neck included*, and loaded onto an ambulance. my parents lost most of their parental rights; i was a ward of the state and had near zero rights. when i got there, they made me choose if, "if necessary," if i wanted to be wrangled down and forcibly injected with a sedative... or wrangled down and locked in a padded room all by myself (but at least i had a choice, right?). i signed consents and paperwork that i did not fucking understand. then i was told i'd be locked inside for 2 straight weeks (which yes, they followed through with). the psych ward was remote, nothing but barbed fences and trees around us. cant even see the sun through the heavily tinted windows. that was the *start* of the stay. i'm sure you can imagine nothing good came after.

so like. if you walk out of a place like that thinking it was good for you, then i can only imagine how traumatized you are and i hope you heal someday. but if you've never faced the destruction of your autonomy like that and go around being like "oh this is good actually" then shut the ever living fuck up.

#julian rants #this is okay to rb but im mainly venting #psych ward #psych survivor #psych ward tw #abuse tw #sanism #ableism #antipsychiatry #antipsychology #antipsych #psychiatric abuse #psychiatric trauma #trauma #psych abolition #psych hospital #psychiatric hospital #inpatient

[woundofglory]

Please pray for me.

I am inpatient at a psychiatric hospital right now, working on healing my depression and anxiety. I will be here for 2 months, so please pray that I am safe and healthy. I will be holding the Lord’s hand this entire time.

God bless 🤍

#prayer request #layne speaks #mental illness #mental health #inpatient

[back2theoldhouse]

Simple changes to make to Lose Weight

tips from a pr0an4 rexie (TW)

1. Make lunch 60 calories

Replace bread with 3 ryvita crackers, with salt. Eat this every day for lunch.

2. Do 8500 steps every day

Exercise is important. Don't just do it to compensate, do it to exist, and to continue being perfect.

3. Say no

The more you say no, the easier it will become. Eventually, people will stop offering,and it will be so easy.

4. Fruits and Veggies

If you want to eat anything outside of meals, ut can only be fruits or vegetables. These calories are important baby <3

5. PROTEIN

Try to eat meat once a day. You don't want to get an edema. Then someone would notice, and stop you

6. Don't sit down

Sit down only for meal times, and certain times of the day: eg between 06:00 and 08:00. It is important to keep mobile for at least part of the day

These aren't all of my tips, but I hope these were helpful - reblog if you agree; feel free to add

#tw ana shit #ana meal #ed but not sheeran #forced recovery #inpatient #pro a4a #mypancakeaddiction #tw ed diet #tw ana relapse #tw ana fast #pr0ana diet #pr04na

[archivegeo]

Opinion: 9 Questions, most are short answer (links to SurveyXact)

"hospital for the insane" patient rooms -> museum exhibit?

Responses are quite personal as they relate to mental illness, BUT they're fully anonymous & will only put into my Spring research portfolio to be seen by two faculty members at a university in Denmark.

#polls #research #mental health #mental illness #schizophrenia #asylum #gradblr #researchers #studyblr #inpatient #study blog

[this-smile-is-real]

Hi.

My name is Hannah and I am 27 years old.

I have lived with Complex PTSD and Anorexia since I was 6 years old.

Over the years I have also been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, Functional Neurological Disorder, Fibromyalgia, a large bowel that no longer works and Costochondritis. I have had 46 hospital admissions both medical and mental health over the past 8 years to date (date of posting is April 2024)

I require weekly psychology, dietitian,, GP and physiotherapy appts as well as weekly medication costs, and other specialist appointments frequently.

I have been on the disability pension since 2019 but that doesn’t even begin to cover half of what I require and I have thousands of bills outstanding and money required to access the supports that I need to not be in hospital every few weeks.

I so appreciate the current cost of living but would be so grateful any donation large and small so that I can begin to truly live. Believe me when I say I have exhausted every option possible to try and get on track and moving forward.

Thank you for reading x

#medical expenses #medical costs #inpatient #hospitalisation #prayer request #prayer #faith #Christian #fibromyalgia #spoonie #chronic illness #gastrointestinal #ed recovery #recovery #mental health #personal #mental illness #cptsd recovery #cptsd therapy #donate #donations #donations needed #help needed #send help #reblog #urgent #signal boost #functional neurological disorder #disability #actually disabled

[dissentdisdain]

tundra

for a month now

with my hands frozen to my chest

overlapping above my heart

emotions, frozen

i have been forced to listen to the wind

desperately waiting for guidance

on how to bring myself back to life

#rewiring my brain rn #I wish i could write more but im 100% emotionally unavailable #i want to be okay again #inpatient

[dogwisdoms]

This time ten years ago I was hospitalised for the first time (of three, all for psychosis) and didn’t really know who I was or if my life would ever improve.

Today I sat on my back doorstep with the sun on my face as I watched my dog (my very own dog that I have dreamt about for years) have zoomies around the garden and… at last, everything has turned out ok, actually.

#in case anyone needs to hear that things can get better #dogblr #dog #dogs #psychosis #pseriouslypsychosis #inpatient #psych ward

[bpdarlingx]

this user is tired…

#ed not ed sheeran #bpd problems #actually mentally ill #bpd vent #actually cptsd #bipolar disorder #chronic mental illness #actually borderline #bipolar 1 #bpd thoughts #tw sh related #sh addict #cptsd vent #inpatient #psych meds #psych ward

[branston-beans]

tw hospital

fml, I've been in hospital for like 8 hours now!

all because they want to "assess me" before they let me go- if they mean mha then they can respectfully fuck right off cuz I've only just got off my section after a year and I am not going back on it thank you very much.

hopefully I'll be out soon once they realise I'm already in a mh unit and under a mh team (so all of this was pointless)

use this as a sign not to sh guys, it just lands you in shit

#cvtt!ng #tw sh destructive behaviour #made of styro #styroblr #shblur #beansblr #hitting styro #sh mention #cvtblr #i wanna cvt #actually mentally ill #inpatient #camhs

[neuroticboyfriend]

massive trigger warning for abuse/suicide on this one, but for anyone who thinks psych wards are about protecting people:

1. my friend was trying to choke herself. i begged the staff to help her, and they said she was only looking for attention. minutes later, they call a code, wrangled her to the ground, and forcibly sedated her.

2. a girl was upset because she couldnt call her dad past a certain time. she started screaming, and crying, messing up the front desk. 8 security guards took her down. they broke her arm and sprained her wrist.

3. i came back to my unit in shambles because the staff on hand did nothing to stop a fight. i had to remedy the situation myself. things like this happened often.

4. i was having a trauma meltdown during "quiet time." the youngest patient tried to comfort me, and staff told her to stop and go back to her room because i was "a big girl who can handle herself." i was an out trans guy. the staff member didnt speak to me at all.

5. they separate roommates if they become friends. but they put me and my friend together for the sole purpose of putting us on constant observation together. we had zero privacy, even in the bathroom (which they took the door off of). at state, if you're on C.O, they take away your clothes, possessions, and "privileges."

6. im a CSA survivor. i was forced to regularly occupy the same space as a rapist, no matter how many flashbacks it caused me. they even roomed him next to me.

7. i am intersex. at state, doctors forced me onto an anti-androgen. i refused at first; they labeled me noncompliant, extended my stay, and took away my "privileges" (ex: snacks, going outside, doing fun activities, socializing).

8. they left my friend in a padded room strapped to a table for hours. they then let her off the table and left her in the padded room overnight. she had to wait hours in the morning to be let out.

9. at state, kids have to choose between being forcibly injected with a sedative, or being locked in a padded room if deemed "necessary." your parents have to sign away most of their parental rights, and if they want to sign you out, they need to go to court. for months. the state owns you.

we were all children. none of what i said is a "bad apples" situation. things like this happened every. single. day. it happened at multiple hospitals. these places are made to control mentally ill and other marginalized people. they exist to abuse us into conformity, take away our autonomy, and keep us away from polite society. psych wards should not exist.

#softspoonie #disabled #disability #abuse #psychiatric abuse #psych hospital #psych ward #psych survivor #hospital #inpatient #mentally ill #mental illness #suicide #child abuse #physical abuse #emotional abuse #neglect #child neglect #antipsych #antipsychiatry #anti psych #anti psychiatry #psychiatry #intersex #trans #transphobia #intersexism #queerphobia #queer #lgbt

[back2theoldhouse]

Simple Changes to make to Lose Weight p2.

1. Set times for drinking

Especially for drinking any liquids with calories, like squash etc. Drink black coffee all day, but set limits on high calorie drinks. Eg: only between 17:00 and 18:00

2. Get enough sleep

If you don't sleep, plblood Cortisol eith be higher, and this causes the body to hold onto more fat.

3. Stay cold

If you are feeling cold, don't wrap up too much. The body burn more calories when cold (up to 30% more) so just stick it out. Its for the best.

4. Water load

Flush out all of the crap, and drink a ton of water. You excrete waste products like fat in the urine plus burn calories. Cold water is also best, as it requires energy to warm up your body.

5. Wear your "skinny" clothes as least once a week

This acts as a free th1nsp0, and will keep you motivated to stay fitting in them

Hope you enjoyed my tips - reblog if you agree, or can add any yourself <3

#tw ana relapse #tw ana shit #ana meal #ed but not sheeran #forced recovery #inpatient #pro a4a #mypancakeaddiction #tw ana fast #tw ed diet #pro4n4 #pr04na #pr04nn4 #pr0ana diet #pr04ana #pr0anna #pr0mia #pr0annna

[never-not-ever]

Things are really bad. This past week things just got worse and worse. I’m back on a 1:1. It started on Thursday.

Last night: “if you don’t stop I will have to restrain you”.

I’ve never had those words said to me.

I used to be on the other side when I was in a situation like mine last night. Heard nurses tell my patients if you don’t stop we’re going to have to restrain you.

I can’t stop replaying last night. It was horrible. I never self harmed on that 1:1 back in November. Things are just getting worse and I don’t know what to do or how to stop.

#personal #inpatient

[try-and-try-and-try-again]

TMI

Somehow the staff lost my contraceptive for ３days. I started it about a month ago because my period came back and freaked me out and I couldn’t cope with the sensory ick, the pain and the gender dysphoria (I’m not even near a healthy weight so why is it suddenly here??).

Anyway, because of this I’m now on my period again! I’m in agony. I can’t stand it. Paracetamol is not helping. Should I have asked for the codeine they prescribed for my sciatica?

#personal #ed recovery #mental health #inpatient #autism #menstruation #gender dysphoria #contraception #pain

[melusine0811]

So, I haven’t said anything but I crashed hard a few weeks ago when I left the hospital…I had a massive, 8-hour long panic attack and had to go back in. I have been in here essentially for a full month, and I am to be released again in a few days. I missed Thanksgiving and I have missed the bulk of the Christmas season because I’ve been in a hospital and not with my 8 year old son. I am bitter and angry about it, and for most of this time I blamed myself for it. But that is starting to fade, and I realize I had no control over it…the only think I could do was seek immediate, intensive treatment before things got to the point they would be life-endangering.

The nice think is that I will be walking into a nice long 2 week break with my family, then return to work on January 2. I start intensive DBT therapy around that time also. (Which I don’t know much about yet.)

The docs further changed my meds, got rid of another that wasn’t helping, and added an augmenting one…I think it is really working. I have felt better in the last few days than I have for a long time, and the nurses have said the same thing…that I have light in my eyes they haven’t seen since I was released from here a year and a half ago. And the best part is that I went a full “cycle” with very few hormonal side effects.

I am ready to get my life back and actually do social things, which is a big deal. One day at a time, and repairing as much as I can as best as I can.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.

#personal #inpatient #depression #anxiety #double depression #perimenopause #dbt #dialectical behavior therapy #Me venting to myself again

[dosiadove]

3/15/24

tommorow I will most likely be going to an inpatient mental facility. as a disabled person this is very scary for me but I will try my best to advocate for myself and try to get help.

things I'm worried about

-telling my pcp and asking for help

- that i will not be able to use my own wheelchair (my parents may not give it to me after I call)

- if I do get it to the hospital that the hospital will not let me use it ( but if so they must have one for me to use there)

- that my health will not be properly taken care of or respected, or my symptoms and concerns won't be taken seriously

- that I won't have autonomy due to being in a wheelchair

- that my chronic pain will make sleeping there worse (they aren't very comfy)

- that this is will be my first time in an adult psych hospital ( adults are scary)

-thay they wont take how bad it is at home seriously

- that I won't be able to grt a social worker and helping escaping home

- that's the food will make me sick and there won't be good vegetarian options

- that my spd won't be taken seriously and accommodations won't be made

- also the fact I'm doing this going behind my parents (they will be furious)

d.d

#mental health #anxitey #mental illness #sleep deprived thoughts #depression #sleep deprived #insomnia #mental hospital #psych ward #inpatient #disabilities #disability #disabled #chronic pain #chronic illness #chronically ill #sick #fibromyalgia #arthritis #hypermobility #hypermobile joints #spd #sensory processing disorder #sensory processing issues #sensory issues #wheelchair #ambulatory mobility aid user #ambulatory wheelchair user

[this-smile-is-real]

It’s a new day.

Have been awake since 1am with a couple of hrs sleep beforehand.

I will not give up fighting for my healing.

I have tried the public system. I have tried the private system. Every psychiatrist I have ever seen has said they don’t know how to help me.

I’ve had 3 day hospital admissions, 10 month hospital admissions, 43 hospital admissions so far in 8 years. 8 different therapies, more and more health issues but I will NOT give up.

Healing is out there and I will make it happen. Im not entirely sure how but I will continue to pursue recovery from all things (21 yr eating disorder; decades of cPTSD, FND, Fibromyalgia, seizures, a very damaged bowel and gastrointestinal system etc.

I have goals: complete my undergraduate Psychology degree with the Honours Year, complete my Masters in either Clinical Psychology or Developmental Psychology. I have goals to write, to speak, to impact, to inspire, to show that hope is real and freedom is possible.

I will not give up. I will keep fighting for my future so that I can be supported in all of my endeavours and also help to empower others to change their lives.

Also so open to avenues, people and suggestions for help that I haven’t yet tried.

I will not give up.

#disability #therapy #cptsd #FND #fibromyalgia #faith #ed recovery #christian #recovery #mental health #personal #mental illness #inpatient #dreams #goals #healing #prayer request #spoonie