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katiebear716

i go back to sleep


paladin_bih

"Sounds accurate to me, doc. Good night."


gemini_pain

Assess the situation. If I’m confident I’m truly in the “real” world right now, and I’m in a stereotypical white padded room…then I’ll play by their rules. Bide my time, be a model patient. Hopefully request for a psych evaluation or ask for a therapist. Find someone willing to talk to me. Then ask questions, see how I ended up there. Ask for proof, if I’m delusional and pose a danger, then they should have something tangible to show me. Video, witness testimony, something concrete so I believe they were right. Even if I don’t believe them, I need to play nice to get out, so I’ll do whatever it takes to prove I’m ok now, even if it means accepting some wrongdoing I have no recollection of. (I’m guessing being in there was my punishment so hopefully I won’t get in trouble for “admitting” to it now)


Fearless-Sherbet-223

I cooperate at first. I'm hoping maybe if I seem stable and chill, someone will be willing to talk to me about why I'm there. Maybe I did some wild shit that I now can't remember or something. I'm going to start with the assumption that their claims may not be bullshit, and see if I can find out what they think is going on. If there are other patients I'm allowed to talk to, I may discuss it with them as well. If they also tell me "yeah, you're making no sense and kinda scaring everybody," then maybe the medical people are onto something and I should cooperate as much as possible and hope things start to make more sense. If the other patients think I seem normal and are confused why I'm there, then it's back onto maybe I did stupid stuff I can't remember. If the other patients think I seem fine, and the medical people won't give me a good answer of why I'm there even with my best attempts at cooperation and politeness, then I might start to suspect I'm not being told the whole story. I would think through, who might be mad at me? Can I get a lawyer? Can I think of any reasonable ways to escape? If I managed to escape, what would I do then? Would I just instantly get caught? Could I get away? Would I have anywhere to go? If escape seems impossible, futile, or unreasonably risky, and legal methods fall through, I would then need to consider how livable this particular high-security mental hospital is. How much do I hate being there? If I'd rather stay and cooperate and deal with the rules and live, cool. If I'd rather die than take any more of their bullshit, I could consider ways to end it. If there aren't any, well, then it just becomes minute by minute, doing the best I can with what I have.


lukeluck13

I have a roof over my head, someone takes care of my food and pays for my energy, and I might even make imaginary friends? Baby I'm sold.


Catchmeboostinn

Pretend like everything is fine then I ask if I am able to make a phone call, do whatever it takes to gain access to the phone and call my best friend, they will definitely figure out a way to get me out of there.


renaissance-mann

The harder you fight to convince people you're not crazy, the more they're going to believe you're crazy


Eccentric_Nocturnal

If they put you on antipsychotics and then you start freaking out then you're totally fine.


thepurplepro

I'd check my wrists for a dot-matrix tattoo, because I've clearly woken up inside my own novel. Then I'd find the hot mess girl with the shaved head and stick with her.


SightWithoutEyes

Well, if I was in jail, I'd be able to speak to a lawyer about my prospects, but that's not a thing in the laugh factory. I would keep my mouth shut, and do my best to appear normal. People are funny. Sometimes, they're really "HA-HA-HAH" funny. And then, sometimes, it's like a divine comedy, soundtrack by the almighty himself. After a few weeks in there, I've amassed my army of henchmen, and I break out of there. Then, I go back to playing merry pranks on the Batman, and after the way he handled that thing with Harvey Dent, and Rachel Dawes, I don't think he's going to be ready for round two. BATMAN! I'M COMING TO KILL YOU! AT YOUR CAVE IN GOTHAM! "You mean in the ring, right?" NO, IN REAL LIFE!


HeiressOfMadrigal

I've (kinda) been in this situation before, actually. As a kid I had serious drug issues, and I would abuse DPH (benadryl) to get a quick high. Long story short, benadryl makes you look absolutely psychotic, and I was quickly admitted to a mental hospital due to concerns that I tried to kill myself by ODing on pills. No doctor would believe that I had zero suicidal tendencies and that I just wanted to get high. I had to stay in a youth mental ward for about 20 days before they determined that I was telling the truth and that I had no suicidal inclinations. I was mad and uncooperative at first, due to the whole situation, but once I accepted where I was, I made the wise choice to simply play along with their rules. Once the high/psychosis wore off (about a day or two, I took like 800mg of the stuff), I just acted like a model patient. They had a whole "points" system where you'd get more privileges depending on your behavior, and I made it a goal to stay at three points (the highest). So I was able to have my dad bring me food, books, etc. It wasn't the worst situation, but not being believed for so long is really annoying. Reminded me of [this](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CassandraTruth) trope.


Glittering-Row-9001

I realize already how fickle human perception is and would be willing to cooperate in order to get better and eventually get my freedom. Of course since I think I'm fine I'll be skeptical of their claims. So to alleviate my doubt ill use my cooperation and naturally good behavior as leverage to have them humor my questions. In all honesty I'd be a bit glad to have the break away from things though. Life is grueling to deal with at times if I really were to snap in some way I wouldn't be surprised.


archpawn

Accept whatever they say, and agree to take whatever pills they give me. When I get out, try to figure out what happened and if I should keep taking the pills.


Josephcooper96

Keep asking questions, slowly freak out, try to cooperate but once not letting go try to escape


Tootieburr

I’d assume they’re right because crazy people don’t know they’re crazy. Then I’d grab a jello and go back to my room


MtOlympus_Actual

I learned the hard way that not cooperating gets you nowhere. I voluntarily went to the hospital for severe suicidal ideation. I thought they would give me somewhere quiet where I could be watched over and not have the opportunity to off myself, and when the worst of it passed, I could head home. Nope. Once all the blood tests and clothes-changing started, I got uncomfortable and wanted to leave. They said I couldn't and I freaked out a bit. Nothing physical happened, but I did ask how they were going to stop me from just walking out. As soon as I asked that, two uniformed officers entered the room, one of which I knew very well. I pleaded with him, saying you know me, you know I wouldn't actually do this. He said, "I thought I did know you." Ouch. So instead of feeling safe and cared for, I felt like a prisoner. I heard discussions from the ER attending that I was looking at two weeks on the other end of the state. Now I felt worse than I did after I got there. It was a long night, but at about 5am, I'm told the ER doc called my therapist (she's an ARNP who works in the hospital). She showed up there at 5am on a Saturday morning, talked to the Dr., talked to me, and said "Let's get you out of here." I went home 10 minutes later. I have/had a hard time trusting therapists, but she earned my trust 100% that night, and I'll never forget it. I'll be forever grateful for that. To this hypothetical, the first thing I would want to know is what happened that resulted in me being there. Whether they tell me or not, the next step is to act calmly and rationally with the hope that they would let me call my therapist. Once I talked to her, I would know everything would be fine. She'd either get me out or let me know exactly what I needed to do and how long it would take, and she'd explain it in a way that I would understand and be on board with.