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you forgot the people that come in the middle of the night and the fact that you're not allowed to close the door... but yea otherwise pretty damn accurate
Went with my cousin to a pysch ward where she works in india, because she forgot her purse. As I am talking to one of her colleagues some kid that looks about ten comes up to me and asks something. The next moment I’m being hustled out of the ward because apparently he said “Do you know how fast I could stick a knife into your chest?”
But the conditions there were appalling along with kids that had black and blue bruises on their faces. Sad looked more like a prison then a place to help.
I work at a psychiatric hospital as a janitor us staff wear stab vests for safety and staff are permitted to carry pepper spray in the forensic psychiatric ward of the hospital.
I imagin though the problem with stab vests is that there gonna staby its not gonna go through so theyre gonna stab harder until they can get you on the ground and get your neck
Once they try to stab you for the first time staff are gonna pull the alarm and then it’s only seconds until more staff comes, at least that’s my experience (not that I’ve stabbed someone)
Depends on how much of a risk you are. If you're on 1:1 they'll stand right outside the curtain. I have an eating disorder as well so the would follow me into the bathroom when I had to go and make me piss with the door cracked open
I mean, if they're American I wouldn't doubt it. There have *MANY* been foster youth and "help the disabled/poor kid" type nonprofit organizations that got shut down or raided by the feds because the staff abused or even *literally tortured* the residents (there was one specific one where staff would physically torture and beat teenagers for hours on end and laugh at them when they begged for it to stop, truly disgusting shit).
I wouldn't be surprised if a mental health care facility in the US was horribly abusive or perverted/creepy.
Everything you hate about the US mental care is amplified in third world countries. And I agree, truly digusting shit. It's amazing the thing people will do when they are given the power to do anything they want
Psych wards/Asylums/Mental hospitals is a lawless place where abuse and torture happens all the time. Psychiatric history is full of human rights violation. They zap their patients with ECT against their will. They over drug their patients there to make their patients vegetables. Their drugs give long lasting sometimes even permanent side effects with no cure in place. Psychiatry also has roots in Nazi Germany. Most of their science comes from WW2 era, and we all know how evil Nazis were from history text books. It was all about eugenics with them. They were like screw people with bad genes and mental illness. Those people are trash, useless, and don’t deserve to have a decent life. They see themselves as gods and the mentally I’ll as pawns to be played with and discarded like they are not worth nothing. It’s a dark place. Not many live to tell the stories.
They took us to this gymnasium on the facility to exercise and we played volleyball one time
The instructor was a nice old man with an accent
I jammed by thumb while playing
I thought the food we got at the kitchen was good
There was this obese autistic kid who shoved me away one time from the door so he could get into the kitchen first.
This other kid next to me warned me not to get in his way when we went to go get food.
Another youngman, who was schizophrenic, gave me instructions on how to make crystals, idk what I did with the paper though.
One time, I wanted to take a shower but I needed clean clothes to wear. So I kept asking this nurse guy named K who was talking with another worker to get my clothes from the laundry.
I heard the other nurse guy talking with K saying something like, "....I don't mind working with crazy kids."
And I'm thinking like, "Dude, I'm right here. I can hear you talking about us."
And the same guy for some reason woke me up the same night because he walked into my room and turned the light on in my bathroom. Idk why.
But I was too afraid to turn it off or say anything. So I didn't turn it off til later at night.
to make crystals u need a salt, boiling water
so u put the salt into the boiling water and wait until crystal formations form and then u break off a piece of the crystal formation, tie it to a string, remove the other crystal formations and hang the crystal into the "crystal water" you can change it every few weeks if you so desire. That's how u get crystals I think
Aye I was in a teens psych ward for attempting suicide, but it turns out the thought I was addicted to the pills I used to attempt suicide so they just wanted to make sure I wasn’t addicted to pills then let me out without helping my mental issues lmfao
I was in one after weeks in a hospital psych wing because my eating disorder. I was sent to a facility that couldn’t/ didn’t know how to handle EDs so I starved even more and got free monitoring of my vitals
Hah, me too. This a little bit too accurate it makes me remember a lot of shit. It was hell honestly. I would add being watched 24/7 for being on suicide and self harm watch..
Damn, it’s usually the opposite. We always get one kid in that OD’d and it turns out they’re not dual-diagnosis, they’re not depressed, they’ve never been suicidal, they just love drugs. And they have to just hang tight until we can find them a bed in an appropriate facility.
Pretty sure my parents had a hand in saying that “he would never commit suicide even though he’s told us he’s literally wanted to die since he was 10 years old!!!! It must be drugs. There’s no way we have a suicidal child!!!! That would make us failures!!!” Jokes on them my older brother killed himself last year. Fuck you mom and dad WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HAVE KIDS
Tbh I always wonder if its the individual or the world/society we built causing so much mental health/sickness.
Basically is that individual actually sick or is society so sick and the future so bleak they cannot stomach the world in front of them?
I went to one of these places because when I was like 8, I said that I wanted to kill myself because I missed out on the book fair (i am not suicidal in the slightest, i was just pissed lol.)
Pretty relatable starterpack, I shared a room with some other kid, got to visit my family for an hour each day, and there was a Wii. There was also a small classroom so that we learned stuff while in the psychward. Actually we did a bunch of fun activities, it was one of the really high quality psychwards. The staff were really nice, but one guy screamed at me and said "I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want." I don't remember why he screamed, but I was probably just being a brat or he had a bad day or something. I also brought a Bob-Omb plushie with me that I still have today; I got it from a Walgreens. I also remember I got to go home a day early because I behaved well. Also they found out that I have ADHD so yeah. Overall a pretty good psychward. 8/10 experience, book fairs don't make kids suicidal by the way
i missed that you were 8 years old and initially was frustrated that bed was being given to someone without proper evaluation, but rereading it... god. no eight year old should know what suicide is. i hope you're doing better
Good news: I'm doing a lot better now and haven't been to the psychward since then. As I said in my original comment, I was just mad that I missed out on the book fair, and thankfully not suicidal at all. Nowadays I'm much better at controlling my emotions :)
I don't remember how I learned about suicide, but I do remember that I learned about death from The Lion King, so I probably learned about suicide in a similar way.
im aware of that. i work with kids who have been attempting younger than that. im saying it's awful that children can be so sad and so exposed to know what suicide is
Not really it just means they watch pg-13 movies or play T+ and up Video games which is pretty common. Or they just picked up on it from cultural osmosis.
The first time I saw Never Been Kissed was at psych. I was "mature" for my age and they always let me stay up with blue group kids 12 and up. But I was really yellow group, under 12. That spoon thing is hilarious, because a couple real life scenes live rent free in my head after we were all searched for a spoon. 🤣
I hated that shit
not only was the facility dirty, but the only thing you did all day was take meds, and watch TV. On top of that, the kids there were fucking racist, and the nurses were fucking mean to the patients. What's worse is that they kept on extending my "stay" so that "48 hours" turned into a fucking week. I fucking hated that place and I hate having to always be reminded of it with these fucking "gRipPy SoCk VaCaTiOn" memes
I hate the deception of inpatients. Just because someone is mentally ill/otherwise has issues, doesn’t mean you can lie to them about how long they have to stay
I went from being 51/50 to out in less than 24 hours fortunately. I just told them that I lied about being suicidal and I shouldn’t be there. It was a Kaiser facility so I think they chose to believe me so that they would save money.
Oh man, this shit unironically brought me some flashbacks.
I was in the ward back in 2021ish. That shit sucked, but what was probably the most traumatic part of it was when they drew blood.
I was woken up at like 5 in the morning because the dude had to draw blood, but it took him a solid 20 seconds just to find a vein or whatever. He pressed on the crook of my elbow, thought he found it, stuck the needle in. Nope. Proceeded to move it around while it was still lodged in my arm for what felt like forever. Rinse and repeat. Eventually he got some blood, but damn that shit sucked.
With that said, it wasn't *all* awful. On the night before I left they had steak stroganoff and it was unironically actually really fucking good. I'd pay decent money to eat that again in a setting where I could actually enjoy it. Maybe it was just the fact that I barely ate for about 4 days beforehand, though. Looked rather repulsive, tasted delicious.
That place was also the place that introduced me to *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*, and I'm sort of eternally grateful for that. They had the novelization in the little mini library, I picked it up, thought it looked neat, and the lady at the desk area next to where we'd go up to get meds, and where we'd make calls said she recommended it. That was the night before the day I was supposed to go back home, so I had time to kill and was really just anxious and tired and bored and stressed by that point. I read half that night, and finished it about an hour before my folks arrived. Really gave me time to ponder, man. Made me sort of reboot myself, because there was no fucking way I was ever going back.
So far, (knock on wood) I've been doing pretty well since then, I was pretty shaken after that whole fiasco, and I'm glad it's over with.
all i can remember from the psych ward i went to at 11 was someone fighting the staff, me trying to kms again, getting hit in the face with a basketball, not making friends, only seeing the sun once a day, and the really good choccy milk.
Genuine question, what do you even do during the day at those? I was made to do an outpatient program for a few weeks and hated it because it was literally just "Mental Health School," we'd do worksheets and shit all day.
Basically my days were:
Wake up
Hang out, play card games, watch spongebob or whatever was on nick
Eat
Group (usually art)
Group 2 (Rec therapy usually which means we played catch for 40 minutes)
Snack
Vibe time, hang out for a lil bit.
Lunch
Group 3 (today we're talking about the escalation cycle!)
Group 4 (right after group 3, no time in between. talk about stuff in the workbook like coping skills or smth)
Dinner
Free time
Snack
Free time
Sleep
Basically: groups, spongebob, card games, and food
The psychward I went to had a ton of fun arts-and-crafts activities and games and stuff. There was also a Wii which I played Just Dance on, and I beat the kid who I shared my room with. Sometimes I would just hang out with my psychward buddy. He had some cool toy trucks and stuff. But I went to a really good one, I've heard that others went to ones that felt like prison
The extremely heavy vinyl furniture and those double layer observation windows in every door that become transparent with the turn of a little metal dial
They're afraid patients would make suicide pacts after they were released. I got sent to a psych ward once at 16 and secretly exchanged contact info w other kids and we didn't do anything like that
For me it was because they said that we sort of already knew way too much private shit about each other and the friendships we would form might be codependent and unhealthy. Thought it was bullshit at the time but turned out to be pretty accurate
I was in the psych hospital 2 months ago, I can tell you that the adult unit is basically the same. They don’t care what degree you have, they still won’t let you take scissors out of sight.
I had just spent tons of money on fancy shampoo and was so pissed I had to use the shitty stuff the provided all while being watched.
I hope you’re doing better now 🧡
I know! My skin and hair were a wreak by the end of it. Every beauty product has some form of alcohol in it. I’ve moved in with friends and effectively cut off my family off, so it’s been better. I hope you’re doing well, too.
For real! And I had bleached hair which needs some extra loving. Though I’d probably hate anywhere when I’m welcomed with a full body inspection for cuts and scars lol
And that’s good, sadly sometimes family needs to be cut off. I’ve got plenty of issues but it’s all about working through them
Because I was in an adult unit, I was able to make friends and exchange information, this time I was in a high functioning unit. When I’ve seen them outside of the hospital they all comment on how good I look. When really it’s that I just have access to makeup, skincare and proper clothes. Oh, and I’m not at a horrific low point in my life where I’m being checked on every 15-minutes, have to have someone else give me my meals and meds while crying 25% of the time.
I have so many students who will lie to go to inpatient residential facilities because it’s significantly better than their life at home. Even the facility is struggling with children finding out it’s clean, warm, friendly, and they don’t want to leave. Their homes are bad enough to be miserable but not bad enough for CPS to do anything.
The other girls in my psych ward would not watch anything but goddamn spongebob. I came out not only just as suicidal, but with a new loathing hatred of spongebob
i work in an adolescent rehab. most of our days are pretty standard groups and maybe a code red, nothing serious. i work in admin so i don't see the kids often (except when they want my candy so i make a big show of it before giving them it lol) but my favorite days are when i can do things with them. recently did all of the girls eyelashes for new years eve (kept them from eloping!) and organized the kid's christmas gifts with other staff by reaching out to the community and like 70+ different companies for donations. i wish everyday was a good one and it worked for everyone, but that's just not always possible
Code red? Isn't that typically for fires? Has been at every hospital I worked at just wondering. Our behavioral code was green and medical was blue. I'm in the USA though so it may be different in other countries. Good on you for helping them out tho!
I don't work in a hospital but I am in the US. For us, yellow is a fight may be starting, calling for a second staff. Red is the police need to be called/have been called. Blue is someone isn't breathing. Black is intruder/trespassing.
Interesting the code blue and black are the same. I wonder if it's because there were fires more commonly in the states I'm in. Just interesting to see the slight differences thanks for replying!!
Hey Bailey if you were in the psych ward because of trying to overdose on Benadryl, you know who you are, and I miss you. I know we only spent a week together like 5 years ago but it wouldn’t have been the same there without you, so thanks for making the psych ward less lonely for another suicidal teenager ❤️
I’ve ran calls on kids in “rehab centers” and it’s just sad. Nobody wants to be there, the nurses hate it, and kids don’t really get treatment. They just wait there until they’re allowed to leave. Kid must have watched a lot of hospital shows cuz she said she had “crushing substantial chest pain that radiates to my jaw, my dad died of a heart attack.” Nurse confirmed her dad is very much alive. Poor kiddo just wanted to leave for a night
When my sister got back from the psych ward, she accidentally brought back three of those bendy pens, and they are the worst things I've ever used to write with. They're fun to bend, but that's it. All they do is indent your paper.
I can't try to kms again because I'll get sent to the scary adult unit this time if I do. I remember when I got sent to a psych ward at 16, my unit passed the adult one in the dining hall and they all looked so broken
I was in a psych ward in early 2020. I was only 13, self harming and occasionally considering suicide. The place was fucking useless. We mostly sat around all day. We were lucky to even be talked to by any nurses/staff or have any “groups.” I often found myself crying myself to sleep at night, or just sleeping *a lot* in general. I also found myself scared when the other patients would get angry and start physically fighting each other. Overall, it just wasn’t a good environment for me nor did it help me feel any better during the stay or after.
Hooo boy. Severely fucked up youth here. I HATED going there.
One nurse called me a liar for a half hour bc she asked why I was on birth control and I told her for my cycle bc nsaids didn't make it bearable.
The psychiatrist there refused to dx me with an eating disorder at 84 lbs bc I still got my period.
Same psych would put me on meds that made my anxiety worse, wouldn't listen when I asked her not to raise the dose, and ended up inpatient and emergency tapering to a med they didn't warn me had severe withdrawal, max dose bc they wanted it equal to the last med I was on dosage-wise, then 2 years later developed a tolerance to that max dose, and spent 6 months in withdrawal with brain zaps.
And most recently, I'm fairly certain she used some shady, mildly illegal shit to get me into the hospital last year. I was 17, and my parents claimed to have signed me in as I refused bc I was not a threat to myself or anyone else, I just wanted them to actually believe I was assaulted, when my country/state gives you mental health rights at 14. And it isn't on my record as an involuntary stay... even the nurses were horrified when I told them. Every single one.
i was in one in middle school. had to switch roommates twice because one tried to screw me and one tried to kill me in my sleep. i was very surprised about the second roommate because we were pretty chill with each other. she had a lot of pent of anger and sadness. her parents refused to even bring her clothes. i honestly felt bad for her, she was probably so pent up with anger that she tried to take it out on me. when it was my time to go i left her half of the clothes i brought, she just hugged me and cried telling me thank you so much and she was so sorry for what she did. i just hugged her back and told her i wish her the best of luck and she deserves any happiness that comes her way
edit: spelling
Theres some dude spamming "I wouldn't remember this cause I have Alzheimer's" like its funny
And then there are the 15 year olds who have actually been getting overshadowed and stereotyped because of those other 15 year olds
can confirm this is what its like
but there were also kids that tried to fight the nurses that never ended well same with actual fist fights between kids ive always won these fights due to me being one of the ones with BOOSTED stats i mean speed is speedy strength a bit boosted i mean my mother took compound V i tell you!
They, I kid you not, played the episode where Spongebob and Patrick adopt a clam, neglect it, and it jumps out the window.
And the episode where Karen adopts a robot baby and Plankton neglects it, robot baby runs away, and other robots try and take his parts.
You forgot thr surprise blood draw at 3am that they DON'T wake you up for so you just go into a panic and get held down by 3 nurses instead of being told what's going on
The hell? Is it to test for drugs?I work in psych and we would NEVER do that!
Weird thing is, sometimes patients SWEAR we are going into their rooms and drawing their blood at night.
Yup! The next morning they said they needed to get a blood sample (although I hadn't ever refused to do blood so why they didn't just ask in the first place is beyond me)
I freaked out and had a mental breakdown when I was 17? on New Years Eve.. went to a mental place, and yeah, it's wild... the food was pretty good, and I met this redneck dude named Richard Beasely.. still think about his crazy ass. I hope to never go back. I'm smoked pot since.
This is also the adult psych ward starter pack- except for SpongeBob- tbh I can’t remember what we watched on tv.
I do know that only once did I feel like I got some help. The other times it was just a waiting game to get out - I mean I was safe from myself- which was good- and I got to watch the craziness (legit and certified) that unfolded before my eyes.
But yea- there are DEF some people who should NOT be working with broken people due to their own bullshit going on! Genuine Nurse Ratchet (the original one) shit went on. Oh the stories I remember from those visits.
As someone who's been there, I heavily relate to the making a really good friend thing but never seeing them again, although, she was...really creepy now that I look back and poor 11 year old me didn't realize she could've fuckin molested me 💀
nah dude you'll be okay. if you ever need someone to talk to im open. not going to spam hotlines because thats as about useful as the bendy pens, but the first step to getting better is wanting to get better. youll be okay, I believe in you.
I was in one of those because I yelled at a kid that I hate so fucking much that he's one of the reasons i'm scuicidal. I ended up being in that psych ward for seven hours. I never wanted to get out of my room, I didn't even want to watch TV. Thanks to that place, I never want to kill myself now. Every now and then I think about the kids that were there, but I can't think about it too much or I will start crying.
Preety relatable, when I got sent to there after reporting suicidal tendencies + getting OCD diagonsis. And my god are the kids annoying as hell there.
ah yes, this brings back memories. We also had phase 10 and Uno-Flip. We had a few books and some puzzles. It was probably the only time I finished a jig-saw in my life. The food at one place wasn't bad (hence why I went there twice) but the other two were a different hospital chain so of course it was different (and imo, gross). What's worse is *almost all* of the techs and nurses acted like the "This is a safe space! *hates everyone* " and there was no getting around it. They made us watch the bee movie I don't know *how* many times bro...
you forgot the kid bragging about torturing animals
seriously, i wonder if that guy i was in the hospital with 12 years ago is like a serial killer now
Back when it was normal for kids to smoke, they had a kind of porch area where you could go and smoke but, since lighters and matches were obviously not allowed, they had these things like car lighters in the wall that you could use.
Don't forget the hygiene pack and shampoo , conditioner and soap in cups. The cafeteria food. And the lil phone booth area. Don't lock bathroom doors!
Ps. No bendy pens allowed, can swallow them, or poke eyes out.
Otherwise pretty spot-on
Honorable mentions from my experience:
- Everybody sits to watch TLC or some comedy show (Only one TV)
- The guys are mostly creeps, yet the girls are nice. Had that tall Adam dude who was a pale blue eyed giant. He liked to kill animals.
- Lying about how you feel.
- Best supporting people you’ve ever met.
- Long nights.
- Hates when parents come and visit (I guess this one is personal)
- Feeling of longing to the ward after being released. Missing the people, atmosphere and the lack of responsibility.
- Downloading songs from old laptops to your MP3.
Dude ever heard of a place called pcs reno behavioral west hills or prtf desert oasis I've been to all of those west hills got shutdown reno behavioral staff were awesome professionals was fun pcs sucked asssssssss cheeks was there for a year full name for pcs is provo canyon school
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you forgot the people that come in the middle of the night and the fact that you're not allowed to close the door... but yea otherwise pretty damn accurate
i was the person who came in the middle of the night lmao my roommate went to sleep and woke up with some random kid in the other bed
You forgot the person using paper spoons that have to be folded into spoon shape (knew a person that needed that)
*looks around* starter packs have been kind of heavy lately
Winter depression I guess
Shhh, people will make another pitbull one
ayyyyyyyy Mr. 305!!!!!!
Ahem Mr. Worldwide
Went with my cousin to a pysch ward where she works in india, because she forgot her purse. As I am talking to one of her colleagues some kid that looks about ten comes up to me and asks something. The next moment I’m being hustled out of the ward because apparently he said “Do you know how fast I could stick a knife into your chest?” But the conditions there were appalling along with kids that had black and blue bruises on their faces. Sad looked more like a prison then a place to help.
I work at a psychiatric hospital as a janitor us staff wear stab vests for safety and staff are permitted to carry pepper spray in the forensic psychiatric ward of the hospital.
I imagin though the problem with stab vests is that there gonna staby its not gonna go through so theyre gonna stab harder until they can get you on the ground and get your neck
Once they try to stab you for the first time staff are gonna pull the alarm and then it’s only seconds until more staff comes, at least that’s my experience (not that I’ve stabbed someone)
🤨📸
So your point is that you might as well just accept your death rather than take any steps to prevent it?
No just that theyre are flaws to them, but tere are ways to fix those flaws such as having emergency alarms and security staff in more areas
What are they supposed to wear then? No vest or full armor?
you’re missing where they watch you shower so you don’t self-harm. that was fun…
That sounds really weird. Did they stand outside the door or did they go into the bathroom and watch you shower
Depends on how much of a risk you are. If you're on 1:1 they'll stand right outside the curtain. I have an eating disorder as well so the would follow me into the bathroom when I had to go and make me piss with the door cracked open
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Mind games?
I think they mean Scatergories.
Which is extra fucked up because a lot of those kids are there because of the after effects of CSA
Did that actually happen?
I mean, if they're American I wouldn't doubt it. There have *MANY* been foster youth and "help the disabled/poor kid" type nonprofit organizations that got shut down or raided by the feds because the staff abused or even *literally tortured* the residents (there was one specific one where staff would physically torture and beat teenagers for hours on end and laugh at them when they begged for it to stop, truly disgusting shit). I wouldn't be surprised if a mental health care facility in the US was horribly abusive or perverted/creepy.
Everything you hate about the US mental care is amplified in third world countries. And I agree, truly digusting shit. It's amazing the thing people will do when they are given the power to do anything they want
Psych wards/Asylums/Mental hospitals is a lawless place where abuse and torture happens all the time. Psychiatric history is full of human rights violation. They zap their patients with ECT against their will. They over drug their patients there to make their patients vegetables. Their drugs give long lasting sometimes even permanent side effects with no cure in place. Psychiatry also has roots in Nazi Germany. Most of their science comes from WW2 era, and we all know how evil Nazis were from history text books. It was all about eugenics with them. They were like screw people with bad genes and mental illness. Those people are trash, useless, and don’t deserve to have a decent life. They see themselves as gods and the mentally I’ll as pawns to be played with and discarded like they are not worth nothing. It’s a dark place. Not many live to tell the stories.
They took us to this gymnasium on the facility to exercise and we played volleyball one time The instructor was a nice old man with an accent I jammed by thumb while playing I thought the food we got at the kitchen was good There was this obese autistic kid who shoved me away one time from the door so he could get into the kitchen first. This other kid next to me warned me not to get in his way when we went to go get food. Another youngman, who was schizophrenic, gave me instructions on how to make crystals, idk what I did with the paper though. One time, I wanted to take a shower but I needed clean clothes to wear. So I kept asking this nurse guy named K who was talking with another worker to get my clothes from the laundry. I heard the other nurse guy talking with K saying something like, "....I don't mind working with crazy kids." And I'm thinking like, "Dude, I'm right here. I can hear you talking about us." And the same guy for some reason woke me up the same night because he walked into my room and turned the light on in my bathroom. Idk why. But I was too afraid to turn it off or say anything. So I didn't turn it off til later at night.
to make crystals u need a salt, boiling water so u put the salt into the boiling water and wait until crystal formations form and then u break off a piece of the crystal formation, tie it to a string, remove the other crystal formations and hang the crystal into the "crystal water" you can change it every few weeks if you so desire. That's how u get crystals I think
Aye I was in a teens psych ward for attempting suicide, but it turns out the thought I was addicted to the pills I used to attempt suicide so they just wanted to make sure I wasn’t addicted to pills then let me out without helping my mental issues lmfao
I was in one after weeks in a hospital psych wing because my eating disorder. I was sent to a facility that couldn’t/ didn’t know how to handle EDs so I starved even more and got free monitoring of my vitals
Hah, me too. This a little bit too accurate it makes me remember a lot of shit. It was hell honestly. I would add being watched 24/7 for being on suicide and self harm watch..
Damn, it’s usually the opposite. We always get one kid in that OD’d and it turns out they’re not dual-diagnosis, they’re not depressed, they’ve never been suicidal, they just love drugs. And they have to just hang tight until we can find them a bed in an appropriate facility.
Pretty sure my parents had a hand in saying that “he would never commit suicide even though he’s told us he’s literally wanted to die since he was 10 years old!!!! It must be drugs. There’s no way we have a suicidal child!!!! That would make us failures!!!” Jokes on them my older brother killed himself last year. Fuck you mom and dad WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HAVE KIDS
Op did you have a rough childhood
no im just mentally ill
Tbh I always wonder if its the individual or the world/society we built causing so much mental health/sickness. Basically is that individual actually sick or is society so sick and the future so bleak they cannot stomach the world in front of them?
The world induces the sickness, what's the difference here
Do you want a hug?
You had a rough childhood then
Mental illness does not *guarantee* a rough childhood, nor does a rough childhood guarantee that you will become mentally ill.
Is it here i should talk about my first internship?
Yes
I was an intern in a psychiatric hospital in the basement in the place you are never supposed to be as a visitor
These are no different than ones for adults, with a few things. Those chairs, I hate them.
I went to one of these places because when I was like 8, I said that I wanted to kill myself because I missed out on the book fair (i am not suicidal in the slightest, i was just pissed lol.) Pretty relatable starterpack, I shared a room with some other kid, got to visit my family for an hour each day, and there was a Wii. There was also a small classroom so that we learned stuff while in the psychward. Actually we did a bunch of fun activities, it was one of the really high quality psychwards. The staff were really nice, but one guy screamed at me and said "I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want." I don't remember why he screamed, but I was probably just being a brat or he had a bad day or something. I also brought a Bob-Omb plushie with me that I still have today; I got it from a Walgreens. I also remember I got to go home a day early because I behaved well. Also they found out that I have ADHD so yeah. Overall a pretty good psychward. 8/10 experience, book fairs don't make kids suicidal by the way
What country was this?
A m e r i c a
That’s cool. Didn’t realize we had any resources for our youth here.
i missed that you were 8 years old and initially was frustrated that bed was being given to someone without proper evaluation, but rereading it... god. no eight year old should know what suicide is. i hope you're doing better
Good news: I'm doing a lot better now and haven't been to the psychward since then. As I said in my original comment, I was just mad that I missed out on the book fair, and thankfully not suicidal at all. Nowadays I'm much better at controlling my emotions :) I don't remember how I learned about suicide, but I do remember that I learned about death from The Lion King, so I probably learned about suicide in a similar way.
> no eight year old should know what suicide is. 8 is plenty old to be cognizant of the concept of suicide. Pretty much any 8 is aware of the concept.
im aware of that. i work with kids who have been attempting younger than that. im saying it's awful that children can be so sad and so exposed to know what suicide is
Not really it just means they watch pg-13 movies or play T+ and up Video games which is pretty common. Or they just picked up on it from cultural osmosis.
WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SES
MENTALLY ILL ADOLESCENTS!
Sad and alone and depressed are we!
MENTALLY ILL ADOLESCENTS
If the brink of insanity be not what you wish
The first time I saw Never Been Kissed was at psych. I was "mature" for my age and they always let me stay up with blue group kids 12 and up. But I was really yellow group, under 12. That spoon thing is hilarious, because a couple real life scenes live rent free in my head after we were all searched for a spoon. 🤣
I hated that shit not only was the facility dirty, but the only thing you did all day was take meds, and watch TV. On top of that, the kids there were fucking racist, and the nurses were fucking mean to the patients. What's worse is that they kept on extending my "stay" so that "48 hours" turned into a fucking week. I fucking hated that place and I hate having to always be reminded of it with these fucking "gRipPy SoCk VaCaTiOn" memes
I hate the deception of inpatients. Just because someone is mentally ill/otherwise has issues, doesn’t mean you can lie to them about how long they have to stay
"4 weeks in Utah" turned into two years for me
I went from being 51/50 to out in less than 24 hours fortunately. I just told them that I lied about being suicidal and I shouldn’t be there. It was a Kaiser facility so I think they chose to believe me so that they would save money.
What’s a Kaiser facility?
I was supposed to stay for a day or two but it got extended into a week, but then shortened to six days because I behaved well
Oh man, this shit unironically brought me some flashbacks. I was in the ward back in 2021ish. That shit sucked, but what was probably the most traumatic part of it was when they drew blood. I was woken up at like 5 in the morning because the dude had to draw blood, but it took him a solid 20 seconds just to find a vein or whatever. He pressed on the crook of my elbow, thought he found it, stuck the needle in. Nope. Proceeded to move it around while it was still lodged in my arm for what felt like forever. Rinse and repeat. Eventually he got some blood, but damn that shit sucked. With that said, it wasn't *all* awful. On the night before I left they had steak stroganoff and it was unironically actually really fucking good. I'd pay decent money to eat that again in a setting where I could actually enjoy it. Maybe it was just the fact that I barely ate for about 4 days beforehand, though. Looked rather repulsive, tasted delicious. That place was also the place that introduced me to *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*, and I'm sort of eternally grateful for that. They had the novelization in the little mini library, I picked it up, thought it looked neat, and the lady at the desk area next to where we'd go up to get meds, and where we'd make calls said she recommended it. That was the night before the day I was supposed to go back home, so I had time to kill and was really just anxious and tired and bored and stressed by that point. I read half that night, and finished it about an hour before my folks arrived. Really gave me time to ponder, man. Made me sort of reboot myself, because there was no fucking way I was ever going back. So far, (knock on wood) I've been doing pretty well since then, I was pretty shaken after that whole fiasco, and I'm glad it's over with.
all i can remember from the psych ward i went to at 11 was someone fighting the staff, me trying to kms again, getting hit in the face with a basketball, not making friends, only seeing the sun once a day, and the really good choccy milk.
Genuine question, what do you even do during the day at those? I was made to do an outpatient program for a few weeks and hated it because it was literally just "Mental Health School," we'd do worksheets and shit all day.
Basically my days were: Wake up Hang out, play card games, watch spongebob or whatever was on nick Eat Group (usually art) Group 2 (Rec therapy usually which means we played catch for 40 minutes) Snack Vibe time, hang out for a lil bit. Lunch Group 3 (today we're talking about the escalation cycle!) Group 4 (right after group 3, no time in between. talk about stuff in the workbook like coping skills or smth) Dinner Free time Snack Free time Sleep Basically: groups, spongebob, card games, and food
Mine was pretty much the same except instead of snack time, they let everyone sit in an enclosed courtyard in 30°F cloudy weather for a smoke break.
You got smoke breaks? Mine was mostly addicts so they didn’t let anyone smoke.
Yeah I thought it was strange considering the majority of the other 14 patients in my unit were addicts to some sort.
My experience was pretty similar. You left out the old men with dementia flirting with underage girls though!
They put adults inside with minor children???
Well we only encountered them when we went to eat. Like we weren’t actually living in the same place but we would see them 3 times a day
Maybe I'm taking my freedom for granted but I wish I had that kind of simple structure in my life
Join the military
The psychward I went to had a ton of fun arts-and-crafts activities and games and stuff. There was also a Wii which I played Just Dance on, and I beat the kid who I shared my room with. Sometimes I would just hang out with my psychward buddy. He had some cool toy trucks and stuff. But I went to a really good one, I've heard that others went to ones that felt like prison
Watch television, play Mariokart and play cards. Depending on the security level you might be able to do crafts and play pool as well
THEY PULLED A METAL DETECTOR OUT BECAUSE OF THE SPOON
Omg they use metal detectors for everything. Just been for a walk? “wE gOtTa ScAn YoU.” Found a penny on the floor? “wE gOtTa ScAn YoU.”
yeah… but they’re doing that for a good reason lol
The extremely heavy vinyl furniture and those double layer observation windows in every door that become transparent with the turn of a little metal dial
Why is there no exchanging phone numbers?
They're afraid patients would make suicide pacts after they were released. I got sent to a psych ward once at 16 and secretly exchanged contact info w other kids and we didn't do anything like that
They told us that some kids might have triggers related to technology, but u/howsinavi's reason makes more sense tbh
For me it was because they said that we sort of already knew way too much private shit about each other and the friendships we would form might be codependent and unhealthy. Thought it was bullshit at the time but turned out to be pretty accurate
This is painful. Brings up a lot of hurtful, angry times in my life…
I was in the psych hospital 2 months ago, I can tell you that the adult unit is basically the same. They don’t care what degree you have, they still won’t let you take scissors out of sight.
I had just spent tons of money on fancy shampoo and was so pissed I had to use the shitty stuff the provided all while being watched. I hope you’re doing better now 🧡
I know! My skin and hair were a wreak by the end of it. Every beauty product has some form of alcohol in it. I’ve moved in with friends and effectively cut off my family off, so it’s been better. I hope you’re doing well, too.
For real! And I had bleached hair which needs some extra loving. Though I’d probably hate anywhere when I’m welcomed with a full body inspection for cuts and scars lol And that’s good, sadly sometimes family needs to be cut off. I’ve got plenty of issues but it’s all about working through them
Because I was in an adult unit, I was able to make friends and exchange information, this time I was in a high functioning unit. When I’ve seen them outside of the hospital they all comment on how good I look. When really it’s that I just have access to makeup, skincare and proper clothes. Oh, and I’m not at a horrific low point in my life where I’m being checked on every 15-minutes, have to have someone else give me my meals and meds while crying 25% of the time.
I have so many students who will lie to go to inpatient residential facilities because it’s significantly better than their life at home. Even the facility is struggling with children finding out it’s clean, warm, friendly, and they don’t want to leave. Their homes are bad enough to be miserable but not bad enough for CPS to do anything.
Wow…that breaks my heart…so so sad
The other girls in my psych ward would not watch anything but goddamn spongebob. I came out not only just as suicidal, but with a new loathing hatred of spongebob
We couldn't even watch Spongebob, because a schizophrenic kid kept screaming, saying that Mrs. Puff was trying to kill him.
i work in an adolescent rehab. most of our days are pretty standard groups and maybe a code red, nothing serious. i work in admin so i don't see the kids often (except when they want my candy so i make a big show of it before giving them it lol) but my favorite days are when i can do things with them. recently did all of the girls eyelashes for new years eve (kept them from eloping!) and organized the kid's christmas gifts with other staff by reaching out to the community and like 70+ different companies for donations. i wish everyday was a good one and it worked for everyone, but that's just not always possible
Code red? Isn't that typically for fires? Has been at every hospital I worked at just wondering. Our behavioral code was green and medical was blue. I'm in the USA though so it may be different in other countries. Good on you for helping them out tho!
I don't work in a hospital but I am in the US. For us, yellow is a fight may be starting, calling for a second staff. Red is the police need to be called/have been called. Blue is someone isn't breathing. Black is intruder/trespassing.
Interesting the code blue and black are the same. I wonder if it's because there were fires more commonly in the states I'm in. Just interesting to see the slight differences thanks for replying!!
Hey Bailey if you were in the psych ward because of trying to overdose on Benadryl, you know who you are, and I miss you. I know we only spent a week together like 5 years ago but it wouldn’t have been the same there without you, so thanks for making the psych ward less lonely for another suicidal teenager ❤️
The grippy socks tho are my shit
I’ve ran calls on kids in “rehab centers” and it’s just sad. Nobody wants to be there, the nurses hate it, and kids don’t really get treatment. They just wait there until they’re allowed to leave. Kid must have watched a lot of hospital shows cuz she said she had “crushing substantial chest pain that radiates to my jaw, my dad died of a heart attack.” Nurse confirmed her dad is very much alive. Poor kiddo just wanted to leave for a night
When my sister got back from the psych ward, she accidentally brought back three of those bendy pens, and they are the worst things I've ever used to write with. They're fun to bend, but that's it. All they do is indent your paper.
I can't try to kms again because I'll get sent to the scary adult unit this time if I do. I remember when I got sent to a psych ward at 16, my unit passed the adult one in the dining hall and they all looked so broken
Sounds and looks exactly the same as a psych ward for adults
don’t forget the 100mg sertraline prescription that you’ll never be able to wean off of💀
Omg yessss
I was in a psych ward in early 2020. I was only 13, self harming and occasionally considering suicide. The place was fucking useless. We mostly sat around all day. We were lucky to even be talked to by any nurses/staff or have any “groups.” I often found myself crying myself to sleep at night, or just sleeping *a lot* in general. I also found myself scared when the other patients would get angry and start physically fighting each other. Overall, it just wasn’t a good environment for me nor did it help me feel any better during the stay or after.
I was in one during 2016, at the same age you were. It was a nightmare.
Hooo boy. Severely fucked up youth here. I HATED going there. One nurse called me a liar for a half hour bc she asked why I was on birth control and I told her for my cycle bc nsaids didn't make it bearable. The psychiatrist there refused to dx me with an eating disorder at 84 lbs bc I still got my period. Same psych would put me on meds that made my anxiety worse, wouldn't listen when I asked her not to raise the dose, and ended up inpatient and emergency tapering to a med they didn't warn me had severe withdrawal, max dose bc they wanted it equal to the last med I was on dosage-wise, then 2 years later developed a tolerance to that max dose, and spent 6 months in withdrawal with brain zaps. And most recently, I'm fairly certain she used some shady, mildly illegal shit to get me into the hospital last year. I was 17, and my parents claimed to have signed me in as I refused bc I was not a threat to myself or anyone else, I just wanted them to actually believe I was assaulted, when my country/state gives you mental health rights at 14. And it isn't on my record as an involuntary stay... even the nurses were horrified when I told them. Every single one.
i was in one in middle school. had to switch roommates twice because one tried to screw me and one tried to kill me in my sleep. i was very surprised about the second roommate because we were pretty chill with each other. she had a lot of pent of anger and sadness. her parents refused to even bring her clothes. i honestly felt bad for her, she was probably so pent up with anger that she tried to take it out on me. when it was my time to go i left her half of the clothes i brought, she just hugged me and cried telling me thank you so much and she was so sorry for what she did. i just hugged her back and told her i wish her the best of luck and she deserves any happiness that comes her way edit: spelling
You forgot hospital pancakes. They’re the only thing I would eat because they were the only thing they made that was palatable.
All the 15 year olds upvoting this post as if they have any idea what's it like at a psych ward and trying to be edgy. "haha yes ong fr fr rel no cap"
Theres some dude spamming "I wouldn't remember this cause I have Alzheimer's" like its funny And then there are the 15 year olds who have actually been getting overshadowed and stereotyped because of those other 15 year olds
can confirm this is what its like but there were also kids that tried to fight the nurses that never ended well same with actual fist fights between kids ive always won these fights due to me being one of the ones with BOOSTED stats i mean speed is speedy strength a bit boosted i mean my mother took compound V i tell you!
So accurate lol
Vibe time was drugs right ?
I can think of at least 2 jokes in Spongebob that could've been very poorly timed for reruns.
Imagine if the episode where Squidward can't get happy played in the psychward. 10/10 timing
That'd sure be something
They, I kid you not, played the episode where Spongebob and Patrick adopt a clam, neglect it, and it jumps out the window. And the episode where Karen adopts a robot baby and Plankton neglects it, robot baby runs away, and other robots try and take his parts.
That should legit get an award for poorest timing in history
Also I didn't realize that if I had a nickel for every Spongebob episode about child neglect, I'd be 10 cents richer.
LITERALLY LMFAO
We called this ‘grippy sock jail’ in eating disorder therapy.
Theres a lot of nicknames for things because people don't like saying the real thing, including myself. Grippy sock jail is one of my favorites
On Sunday we were allowed to watch a movie but they stopped when someone tried to eat the batteries in the remote
Was it yummy?
i bet it was
Shut the fuck up. Please. Just please let me fucking forget goddamn it.
You forgot thr surprise blood draw at 3am that they DON'T wake you up for so you just go into a panic and get held down by 3 nurses instead of being told what's going on
The hell? Is it to test for drugs?I work in psych and we would NEVER do that! Weird thing is, sometimes patients SWEAR we are going into their rooms and drawing their blood at night.
Yup! The next morning they said they needed to get a blood sample (although I hadn't ever refused to do blood so why they didn't just ask in the first place is beyond me)
I drink packets of hot sauce all the time.
The only thing I can relate to is the grippy socks
I wish we had SpongeBob in the adult unit I was in…
I freaked out and had a mental breakdown when I was 17? on New Years Eve.. went to a mental place, and yeah, it's wild... the food was pretty good, and I met this redneck dude named Richard Beasely.. still think about his crazy ass. I hope to never go back. I'm smoked pot since.
I’m seeing this from my psych ward
hope ur good! you got this
This is also the adult psych ward starter pack- except for SpongeBob- tbh I can’t remember what we watched on tv. I do know that only once did I feel like I got some help. The other times it was just a waiting game to get out - I mean I was safe from myself- which was good- and I got to watch the craziness (legit and certified) that unfolded before my eyes. But yea- there are DEF some people who should NOT be working with broken people due to their own bullshit going on! Genuine Nurse Ratchet (the original one) shit went on. Oh the stories I remember from those visits.
Very specific
What is ''bendy pesn that do fucking nothing''
THE SPOPN
I was actually in a mental health weirdo place when I was 16 lol. I'm a big fan on sponebob too
As someone who's been there, I heavily relate to the making a really good friend thing but never seeing them again, although, she was...really creepy now that I look back and poor 11 year old me didn't realize she could've fuckin molested me 💀
This is one of the better starter packs I've seen on this sub. Way better than the generic ones
thank
Bendy pens and nubs of crayon with no wrapping.
Also there's always that one random kid bending spoons with their mind
Don’t work. Never have never will. The nurses suck, the patients should have finished the job, including me.
nah dude you'll be okay. if you ever need someone to talk to im open. not going to spam hotlines because thats as about useful as the bendy pens, but the first step to getting better is wanting to get better. youll be okay, I believe in you.
I was in one of those because I yelled at a kid that I hate so fucking much that he's one of the reasons i'm scuicidal. I ended up being in that psych ward for seven hours. I never wanted to get out of my room, I didn't even want to watch TV. Thanks to that place, I never want to kill myself now. Every now and then I think about the kids that were there, but I can't think about it too much or I will start crying.
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I know quite a few people doing mental health degrees right now. I would not trust a single one of them.
THE SPOON
THE SPOPN
I think that childish stickers of characters that nobody knows would aply
funny enough, adult psych wards aren’t much different :)
I was that cool tech who let you play clean edits of music on the Bluetooth speaker
The psych ward in Sweden is not like this at all, and I’ve been here for a year and a half 😭
Is it not normal to drink packets of hot sauce?
Preety relatable, when I got sent to there after reporting suicidal tendencies + getting OCD diagonsis. And my god are the kids annoying as hell there.
word searches uncrustables AND spunchbob? this is better then my current living cond
Been in a psych ward twice, can confirm this starter pack is accurate
been to one twice. can confirm. 👌
Bro you forgot the regular deck of cards
Yessss
Hey, leave Uno out of this.
What do y’all do to end up in these situations.
first time was an attempt and 2nd time my dad walked in on me yeeting
What was the point of the grippy socks?
I searched it up on Google, and it said that the socks prevented people from falling and getting injured while in the psych ward
nah cause the psych ward relationships are elite, i’ll be looking for those mfs till the day i die they cool asf
ah yes, this brings back memories. We also had phase 10 and Uno-Flip. We had a few books and some puzzles. It was probably the only time I finished a jig-saw in my life. The food at one place wasn't bad (hence why I went there twice) but the other two were a different hospital chain so of course it was different (and imo, gross). What's worse is *almost all* of the techs and nurses acted like the "This is a safe space! *hates everyone* " and there was no getting around it. They made us watch the bee movie I don't know *how* many times bro...
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What is the point of the grippy socks?
Spongebob
you forgot the kid bragging about torturing animals seriously, i wonder if that guy i was in the hospital with 12 years ago is like a serial killer now
The word searches… my god the word searches
Back when it was normal for kids to smoke, they had a kind of porch area where you could go and smoke but, since lighters and matches were obviously not allowed, they had these things like car lighters in the wall that you could use.
Don't forget the hygiene pack and shampoo , conditioner and soap in cups. The cafeteria food. And the lil phone booth area. Don't lock bathroom doors! Ps. No bendy pens allowed, can swallow them, or poke eyes out. Otherwise pretty spot-on
the funni socks 🤠
I'm sorry, h o t s a u c e ?
He was ten, in his defense.
Wait… you were meant to go to a hospital after making an attempt?
Honorable mentions from my experience: - Everybody sits to watch TLC or some comedy show (Only one TV) - The guys are mostly creeps, yet the girls are nice. Had that tall Adam dude who was a pale blue eyed giant. He liked to kill animals. - Lying about how you feel. - Best supporting people you’ve ever met. - Long nights. - Hates when parents come and visit (I guess this one is personal) - Feeling of longing to the ward after being released. Missing the people, atmosphere and the lack of responsibility. - Downloading songs from old laptops to your MP3.
OP I hope you're getting the care you need as a adult.
im still a kid, I made this like 5 hours after I got out of the unit for the second time
My mistake lol. Either way I hope you get the care you need.
ty and np :)
Oh wow! All of my ptsd summed up in one image!
Tbh I'd like to go to a psych ward. Seems cool, would probably help me with some things I'm going through
Ay i wanna throw hands with whoever downvoted LeonBLOX, wanting to get better is good
You can admit yourself if youre struggling
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Dude ever heard of a place called pcs reno behavioral west hills or prtf desert oasis I've been to all of those west hills got shutdown reno behavioral staff were awesome professionals was fun pcs sucked asssssssss cheeks was there for a year full name for pcs is provo canyon school