Things in a psych ward that just make sense

Every day I see these shorts I'm more motivated to not go to these hellholes ever 😊

Didnt stop me from wrapping my gown around my neck and almost got them banned from the entite hospital

What is this thing

You're not going to jail...

But you'll wish you were.

Psych ward grippy sock footjobs

Not that I want to but that hoodie would be so easy

Windows are definitely breakable though🤣 i can imagine alot of bad from this.

Everyone's telling me to get help. How shitty of them. Would rather institutionalize me than be there for me. You should br ashamed.

the way they treat mental illness hasnt changed since the 20s..

When I was in the mental hospital, they decided to show us a movie, that movie was no other than Forrest Gump (which I may add is a great movie)

Never been suicidal, but goddamn if I was in this fucking prison no limitations would stop me from killing myself

Not pushing your covid bullshit anymore?

"We don't want to be responsible, but fuck you anyway"

Ok I work in pysch and the things I seen that are accurate are: spy mirrors, grippy socks, locked windows, no strings in the patients clothing, and the handles on the doors (slightly accurate). the paper pants are only given in the er (rarely). the toilet paper, graffiti, bedding, tuna sandwiches, all are not accurate.

Ps. Some of the strict rules aren’t helpful. I think in the end it only makes my patients feel less comfortable, and it turn they think I don’t care…or understand what they are going thru.

They got to keep there phone!?

They be destroying my plans

grippy sock club sounds like a dream

These need to be outlawed.

Internet access so you can preach Q-anon conspiracies...

I’d still find a way

Psych wards are unironically worse than prison, for the mentality and the reality. In prison, at least sometimes you might, potentially, have privacy. And you have a date at which you can leave, which can even come sooner if you behave and make a good case.

You can be in a psych ward forever. You can end up drugged up, stuck, against your will, and nobody will ever take you or your thoughts/complaints seriously because you are "unwell" - even if you aren't ill.

People have gone in both on accident or as a test while being 100% sane and safe, and have been held constantly, and even nearly convinced of their own FAKE ILLNESSES by staff.

OMG I just realized the door knob in the bathroom and McDonald's is hang proof

I actually went to a psych ward for a week (yes you can ask questions I don’t care) and my moms saying about it was if you aren’t nuts when you go in you’ll be nuts by the time you’re out (there is nothing to do in there)

I just had pants and jeans never had a paper suit unless they put you in a restraining room by yourself or you are on watch

Hang proof door knobs yet the bathroom has hang friendly hand rails 🤦🏼‍♂️

In a heaven land it would be enough pay attention and take care.
But ppl love courts and sue.

I could still pull of dying🤔

in my psych ward, things were chill. nothing intrusive other than searching my bag and closet sommetimes. also in my country, we are not allowed phones or anything with a chord, so i just read the same book on the same window for about 2 months.

and yeahh, no weird socks

feel like i could punch thru that glass n jus use the shards if im bein honest

My friend is suicidal and she has to go to one of these tomorrow I wish the best

dawg ya'll trying to make sure I don't kill my self when just not beathing is completely viable

The fact that society deprives people of a safe and reliable way out in the first place is disgusting

I've been trying to do SH and I thought of going to a mental hospital, but now I just think I'd have a mental breakdown. That seems to not help.

real

Guess i wasnt in a psych ward when i was in a psych ward. Though im not from the US. Nothing unusual except razors and nail clippers confiscated but you could take them on request and then return when done. Good food. No weird clothing. No holes in wall for toilet paper

Like you couldn't strangle yourself with the sleeves of the hoodie

I've never been in a psych ward so all of this just seems soothing, aside from slimy sandwiches

Clearly these psychwards aren't trying hard enough if they have to go through all these means to prevent people pffing themselves.

None of that stopped me.

The one I went to also had privacy doors for the bathroom that were soft and held on with just magnets so you couldn’t hang yourself on them

To add to your video, the room they stuffed me into had shit and blood stains. Thankfully I wasn’t there longer than 3 to 5 hours.

What’s the difference between Amitted and committed? I am not a dangerous person when I was 17 I had an ugly break up and yeah I said I wanted to do something to myself I mean when a guys girlfriend, sleeps with his best friend who wouldn’t say things they don’t mean. My mom took it upon herself to send me to a hospital they let me leave, thankfully after a few hours, realizing I was no threat to myself, or others what I want to know is if I mark no to being committed to a mental hospital on my background check when I go to prison? If so, my mom really screwed me. I can’t find the answer anywhere online.

You just have to beat on the windows until a team comes in and sedates you.

People show up the psych ward thinking it’s a damn hotel 😅🤣 yall stupid

Not the paper scrubs 😭

Everyone is rambling on about this being abuse and them not helping, but no. This is exactly what has to be done. They are doctors. Not your therapists, it’s not on them to fix your problems, they’re concern is to keep you safe. That is the number one priority. They’re job is to keep you healthy and alive not fix everything wrong in your life.

Hang proof door know yeah what if I take that blanket tie it to the square piece throw it over the other side of the door around my neck and lean lol boom I'm dead lol

F this

I was in a bunch of places like this and you don’t usually leave feeling better. But hey at least those facilities are making a lot of money.

I live in Europe and were admitted to a psychiatric hospital way to often. By far the most helpful station was the station with the most freedom. The station doors were open day and night. As long as you could credibly distance yourself from carrying out suicide plans, you were not transferred to a closed ward. This meant that people were much more honest with doctors, nurses and therapists.
Depending on the disorder, there were some mandatory therapies. You could choose a large part yourself. There were people there who had been treated in closed wards for ages and had made no progress, but thanks to the leap of faith they made great progress in a short period of time. If you broke the ward rules, there was no punishment, but you had to write a behavior analysis, which was then discussed in therapy to see what led to the behavior and where you could start to change your behavior in the future to behave. Before sedatives were given, the nursing staff spoke to you. If someone had a panic attack, a severe state of tension or something similar, the nurses got through it together with the patients and thus conveyed self-efficacy. The concept is certainly not suitable for everyone and has limitations, but if you really want to work on your problems this is the right place. Studies show that suicidal patients make fewer suicide attempts in open wards than in closed wards.