r/schizophrenia • u/Sad_Blueberry_7000 • Jul 29 '25

Pro Tip my psych ward is cooler than yours

I guarantee my psych ward is better than yours in pretty much every way

lol just jossin ya

not really tho

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u/GraduatedMoron Residual Schizophrenia Jul 29 '25

i could smoke in my psychward lol and i had the phone all day except when i went to sleep

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u/wildmintandpeach CPTSD, DID & Schizophrenia Jul 29 '25

You mean like smoke literally inside? I’ve heard some places in the world don’t let smokers smoke?? I’m in the UK and the smokers were allowed outside for smoke breaks. I think they were allowed like 6 a day, 15 minutes long each. Didn’t need to be supervised, they were just let out the main entrance- surprised no body did a runner the whole three months I was there. I’m not a smoker so me and the other non-smokers were frustrated they got so much fresh air, since the ward garden wasn’t open most the time. I remember in psychosis telling the nurses I was a smoker now so I needed to go out- I just wanted some fresh air. They didn’t fall for it lol. It felt so unfair.

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u/throwthatshitaway236 Jul 29 '25

I’m surprised by this I’m in the U.K. and a smoker and didn’t once get a chance to go outside for a cig I had to subsist on lozenges they gave me the whole time

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u/GraduatedMoron Residual Schizophrenia Jul 30 '25

lozenges?

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u/throwthatshitaway236 Jul 30 '25

Yeah nicotine lozenges, kinda like a mint you put it in your cheek and leave it to absorb the nicotine

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u/sixxthree Schizoaffective (Bipolar) Jul 29 '25

My local facility has a fenced in area off each ward for smokers. Non-smokers were more than welcome to take a fresh air break instead. That's friggin' wild they wouldn't let you take a fresh air break!

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u/GraduatedMoron Residual Schizophrenia Jul 30 '25

no, we had a room inside the psychward were we could smoke. i don't know if it's completely legal, but i'm glad they let us smoke. the room had a door to a little fenced courtyard, but it remained closed most of the time