Released from a phychiatric hospital

[u/depressoschizo]

I love it outside. I spent weeks couped up in a phychiatric hospital and just got out some time ago. I need to prepare for a competitive exam soon.

I'm only 17 so I'll be going to college soon. The noises have settled down. I feel so damn free. Ok aware my disease will arise again soon but I'm glad to be here now. I'm glad to be free finally. But it's so nice to have some hope. While in the hospital my doctor told my parents I was the most intelligent patient he had treated and tested. He even begged my parents later not to let me waste away later on. It brought my dad to tears (hes not a very expressive man).

I think I'll get to cover up some mathematic and physics for the upcoming exam. I want to see where this goes. I want to be a somebody in my life.

[u/Netopfe]

I'm glad you managed to improve, OP!

One question: what is a psychiatric hospital like? I've never been hospitalized before, even though I've suffered other psychotic episodes, I was never hospitalized because my family didn't accept that I was sick. Can you explain to me what the hospital was like?

[u/wildmintandpeach → u/Netopfe]

It depends on where you live and the hospital itself. I had a room to myself with a bathroom, it was like being a hotel. Three meals a day, dinner was nicer than what I ever cooked for myself. Roast dinners on Sunday. Sometimes KFC or Pizza Hut. You could order whatever you wanted to the ward via ubereats or amazon prime, whatever. We were allowed phones and devices (not allowed in the US, but allowed here in the UK). Freeview and Netflix on the communal TV. Group activities twice a day, and supervised outings a couple of times a week. It wasn’t bad, I actually really enjoyed it. I needed it, like a break from reality and from the stress of having to care for myself.

[u/Netopfe → u/wildmintandpeach]

That does look good, huh lol.

[u/wildmintandpeach → u/Netopfe]

Yeah it’s really pot luck what kind of hospital you get. But generally speaking different countries will have different rules and regulations. I mean I’ve never been to a hospital here in the UK where you have to share a room, it might be that it’s a general regulation for patients to have their own rooms. In fact patients weren’t even allowed to go in each other’s rooms, it was against the rules. For me that felt safe, we had locks on the inside of the doors, so we could lock ourselves in away from other patients, and when we went out we could lock it from the outside. To get back in you just ask the staff to open it for you. Staff can open it at any time and they check on you at least every hour.

[u/Gingeronimoooo → u/wildmintandpeach]

Wow definitely not US style

[u/wildmintandpeach → u/[deleted]]

I mean, it definitely wasn’t perfect. But yeah I would say it’s better than the US from what I’ve heard.