When I was admitted, I was literally strapped to a stretcher by the police and forced into an ambulance. While at the psych ward, I made a friend who ended up getting SA'd when they put a guy in our group (the teenage female group), got in trouble for trying to stop another patient from scratching open her cuts, etc. Whenever people act like the psych ward is a fun, quirky thing, I genuinely want to punch them in the face. I can't talk about my true feelings when it comes to suicidal ideation or self harm out of fear of being put back in again.
I'm sorry this person is being so horrible to you. You deserve better treatment than what occurred. I've been severely traumatized by psych wards as well so I understand❤
They're only supposed to use restraints and/or seclusion if you're doing something that's harmful to yourself and/or those around you! Same with sedation. When you're admitted they have you sign a paper saying just that! The things they get away with is ridiculous! Unfortunately it happens! That was awesomely brave of you to share your story! You are a survivor!!!
Yeah, all over tiktok people are posting it in a way that makes it look like a fun place you want to be, it is not lol I try to avoid it at all costs unless I really need to be there. People are strange
Hey I just wanted to say it’s really not that bad. I cannot attest to the adult psych ward, but the adolescent unit was really nice. The patients were all really nice and even tho some of them were weird, it was a positive experience. I would write down stuff I wanted the staff to google and they would write down the answers for me. I honestly had a good time, but only because I got along with the patients so well. If they were adults I wouldn’t be so friendly
Evil place. I was sent to my first one at 7, for severe ADHD. Once I got sent in, the worse I got. I was being sent to a place where some of the kids killed someone. I can remember a 16 year old who was in the same ward as me that forced himself on I think a 3 year old. Another person who intentionally ran someone over and killed them. Another person who was a drug addict. The list keeps going on and on. Those were the people they put a 7 year old with just severe ADHD around. I can even remember crying myself to sleep back then, begging for my ma, and being told by the guard, to just go to sleep. Me going in one time, caused me to start mimicking the violent actions of the other patients because I considered them to be my friends. I went from a normal kid that had ADHD to a violent paranoid skinhead thug that did anything and everything he could to get attention. It was solely for attention and because I liked the masculine-dominating fashion look (S and M, I'm very much masochistic). I hung out with my black and Hispanic friends (only had one white friend), and dated black, Asian, and Hispanic women, mostly just black women. My current girlfriend is a black girl. Like I said, attention. I was ostracized by my teacher's and classmates for going to a mental hospital. Everyone wouldn't say it. But they would give me this look that you could tell. They even treated me differently. I was bullied severely. Beaten up. Called names. Another thing, the more that I got sent in, the less that I could keep up my grades. It was bad. I didn't want to go to public school. Everyone treated me horribly, even the teachers. So I started not even going. Got in problems with truancy. Even when to court, and can you guess what became of it, another mental hospital. I eventually just decided to threaten the assistant principal for attention, which caused me to get permanently kicked out of school. When I would talk to my family, friends, and teachers, about my problems, no one would listen, and they would just recommend putting me in another mental hospital. It made me depressed and suicidal that I had no one to tell my woes to. My ma would even tell me an idiot and tell me no one is equal. If i was equal i would've married Chuck Norris. When I told the psychiatrists, who pretended to care, how depressed I was getting because no one would listen to my problems and it was leading me to suicidal thoughts, they just got my ma to send me to another mental hospital. I just began to bottle up my emotions. Dont tell anyone about them. No one cares. But when you do that, they eventually explode. So I just stay away from people when that occurs. That is the Coping mechanism that I've learned, which I still do to this day. I was in and out of hospitals until I turned 17, and distanced myself from my family, that was trying to make me into someone that I wasn't. They wanted me to Opie. But I'm just me. All of the stuff that I endured has made me distant, less emotional, and unable to express myself, because I fear that what happened to me as a kid, will happen to me again. The longer I went without going back to a mental hospital, the more normal I became. It has been twenty years. Im now a good worker, and I'm liked by my co-workers. I'm an active member of my church and Masonic lodge. I've had no problems. But anytime I remember the past, I go into an uncontrollable anger. The docs preyed on my ma. They manipulated her to put me somewhere. They put me on drugs (which I haven't taken, since 17). They wouldn't let me leave. They wouldn't let me call my family, except once a week, nor see them, except once a month, so that I could tell them what was going on (I even saw someone get stabbed, and an autistic kid get shoved in a cold shower). The guards would sleep with the female patients. All a mental hospital really is, is another name for a prison. It was an evil and dreadful experience for me. They should be banned.
You are so brave. I was sent to one when I was 15 because my ex wanted to make me look crazy to get away with sa me. It was terrifying and I was locked in with men who were much larger than me. Some of them were criminals. I was a little 15 year girl who had no defenses and I got tricked like a serial killer. I’m just happy I only spent one night. My heart goes out to you for having to go at 7. A 7 year old should not be treated like that under an circumstance
Thank you for making this. I was flasely put in one due to have an outburst from being sa. It was one of the most horrific and scary things that happened to me. Worst part I never had a history of mental health. I’m just happy I only had to spend one day.
IT is different depending on where you are. GET HELP IF YOU NEED HELP, THIS IS ONLY ONE PERSONS EXPERIENCE I have been in several psych wards and every one was.a positive experience.
I’m not saying don’t go I’m just trying to tell people to stop glamorizing being in a hospital. The majority of people do not have a good time there and people on TikTok keep making it seem like a place you want to be
I wasn't really trying to come down on you. Everyone is going to experience it different. I have been needing to go back for awhile now but have been too scared because of my anxieties. Your experiences are totally valid. Sorry for posting on your posts, I was a bit high. Take care.
No one should go into a psych ward, yes some people were tricked into believing it is good for them but psych wards are never the places to go if you are trying to get help. It is an institution that is only concerned with punishing people for having and experiencing thoughts and feeling that are not approved by the government or society in general. If some want to kill themselves it's there body and there Choice, if people harm other people they should be imprisoned for that (but of course in a rehabilitative justice system the mental problems should be handled there) not for the mere possibility of them harming other people. In court are "normal" sent to prison when they didn't do something, but instead because they had a chance a possibility to harm someone, the answer is no. If we give these rights and protections to "normal" people, we must also give them to the "mentally ill". And I hate how much people, especially in my political field try to make it seem like force Hospitlisation is all unicorn shit & kittens. All this glamourization and "Destimatization" will leave many people down the dark path of imprisonment and torture ( take the judge resentburg center as an example here).
Been in rehab and been in tons of hospitals in just 5 years. I've met some great people and seen some broken sad people in there. If you do go to one becareful who you associate with some are court ordered their. Hense I've seen some violent outbursts with some people and had one person try to bite me lol. And yes I've been restrained before and because I tried to attack two guards that were being complete dick heads to me. But yeah only go as a last resort some people just don't belong in there.
I was admitted when I was 17 I went willingly because I wanted to go I needed to. I begged my dad for a different kind of help told him I was feeling suicidal and needed help. He called the cops to get me help and I remember the cop getting there at the house and saying wow most people your age aren't so cooperative I road in the back seat with him to the hospital my dad followed behind me. I don't remember being in a 72 hour hold but it was also a long time ago for me. I do remember it being a long time until I got to the mental facility. My experience wasn't the greatest I think I stayed there for a week and then convinced them to let me go live with my mom.
im glad u made this video.. people on tik tok and other people I've met be faking it for whatever reason... ive been to the ward over 20 times, it does help when it's needed but I don't like how people are glamorize it either.
I was on a psyche ward for two years straight from aged 19.I can't even explain the trauma.On my first day I got punched in the face by a nurse.At one point I was subjected to having cold water thrown on me and left without dry clothes for a whole night.I was also SA'd numerous times.Solitary confinement for 4 months without my family visiting was the worst.Some of the nurses were sadistic.I also experienced being restrained, it's terrifying when you don't know what's happening or why you are there.
I've been in the psych ward so many times and I honestly can't even count the amount of times I've been sexually harassed or assaulted (but never raped) by the men. The handcuffs would cut into my wrists. The last time I went to the hospital was so chaotic and traumatizing that I was reaching the brink of self harming and active suicidal ideation.
I havent been in a psych ward but in a mental hospital I saw so many people say "Stop glamorizing it its traumatic!" And it freaked me out for days There it was actually very nice.I didnt stay for long but i wish people 'romantecised' or talked about the nice ones more The wait tortured me more than the stay
That's why you thoroughly research the facility before you check in. My niece is bipolar. And my dad thoroughly researched multiple places before finding a place to have my niece evaluated without violating our basic human rights. Otherwise we stick to Communicare. As for me. I only have a very mild form of ADHD. So just some meds for the first 13 years of my life and I was good to go. Up until I was 10 and watched my mom pass away in my bedroom doorway. Never had to go to a psych ward but the all but my last counselor was pretty rude and wouldn't leave me alone to my school work which I buried myself into at the time. One counselor in particular did threaten to send me to one if I refused to listen to her and that was when I got particularly vocal in a 'cuss you out because your dropping my grades' sort of rant. Then she grabbed my wrist and I screamed "let me go or I'll show you what self defense the law will let me do". Afterwards I went to the office called my dad and got that counselor fired and blacklisted. In short what that hospital did to you was a violation of your HUMAN rights.
Finally. I feel heard here. I'm disgusted that people glamorize the psych ward/mental hospital. It's revolting. It's full on abusive at these places. I've only been in one from May 20-june2 2023 and it was horrible. Torture. They changed my status from voluntarily to involuntarily while admitting me and held me there. I wasn't being violent towards the staff until they booty juiced me. The nurse holding my neck I bit her thumb until there was bone because I was scared since I was being tackled and my pants being pulled down without my consent. If you work at a mental hospital/psych ward and don't expect to get hit or bit or assaulted by patients because you are violating your human rights, you are too stupid to work or function in society. Security got called on anyone for any reason too. I hope they close every psych ward and mental hospital down. They do more harm than help. Don't glamorize the psych ward. It's hell.
I was forced into one when I wasn't even melting down. I had a history of self harm yes but what actually got me there was as a 27 year old woman I got on HRT, hormone replacement therapy, because I'm trans. My dad had a meltdown over that and lied to the police claiming I was making suicidal threats. That got me 51 50'd/pink slipped and I was forced into one for a week. Now that may not sound horrible to some people but to someone who didn't make those threats and knew the reason I was in there was because I wasn't being accepted because of me being trans was so immensely traumatizing. I think I've developed little episodes of extreme anxiety (I already had an anxiety disorder) where I feel like I'm trapped in the psych ward again. All the experience taught me was if I am going through self harm or extreme depression is to not tell anyone. Don't tell anyone. Ever. Because I'm so terrified of being imprisoned again. That's the one thing I learned from that place. Also yeah we weren't allowed phones or electronics of any kind. I was thankfully able to get a hold of an online friend through his phone number on the community phone though and that was the only thing to ground me to reality.
I've been to the psych hospital numerous times. once in 2012, then in 2016, and 4 times in 2020. the first time, I had a complete meltdown and one of the nurses injected me with Haldol. all the times after that, I tried to stay as calm as I could. I learned that if you said and did what they wanted you to, the stay would go easier for everyone involved.
I only went once, it was to a voluntary ward and while most of my experience was postive, when I was in the ER, the nurses threatened to sedate a girl just because she was talking too much. She was in a manic episode but wasn't doing anything to harm herself or others, she just had rapid speech. Shit like that scared me tbh. And when i was in the ward, one of the nurses was just fucking awful and treated everyone like prisoners. This was during covid, and since we weren't allowed any vistors, they allowed us to use our phones for certain hours of the afternoon, and she confiscated my roommate's laptop. Not even the other nurses liked her. People in power seem to forget we're human just like them. We're not criminals. Don't sedate someone just because they're 'being inconvient'. And the stories I've heard from the patients who experienced abuse from the other psych ward faclilites was heartbreaking. This needs to change. Like wtf.
My first hospitalization was not infected with glamorization. I have thought possibly glamorization is a way to deal with the pain of mental illness. I'm the type to glamorize because I have been very foolish in some respects. I have had some pain that I cannot glamorize even though it was brief. And I can't wish it upon anyone.
I literally was held for 3 months after I was supposedly clear. I was forced to go there by my parents because I had accidentally overdosed on a drug that the doctor had given me. I was scared and helpless and I didn't know what was happening. I was in a coma for two weeks after and I had almost died if one of my bunkmates hadn't have said something. I had succumbed severe blunt force trauma to the head, and I was given sedatives that were way too high in dosage. after the ordeal I was severely malnutritioned to the point of almost starvation. keep in mind I had just woke up there and I had no idea where I was. I didn't see the sun for two weeks after I was supposedly "checked in."
If you are Autistic or have ADHD or have ehlers danlos you will get no accomodations whatsoever. They lock you out of your room all day long, they FORCIBLY draw your blood at 5AM the first day, and a man will shine a weird green light on you multiple times throughout the night. The only thing I looked forward to was eating, and when there was Art or Music therapy. Some day we just sat in the ward with the tv on and could sit or color. The lack of stimulation was horrible. I remember having to pace up and down the small hallway where the rooms were, several times in a row. Another scary thing that happened to me was that the first day I was there I got diarrhea from being in a new environment with a lot of people, so the nurse put me on some anti-diarrheal, put the stuff was so strong I couldn't poop for many days. At one point my lower body and sphincter actually got really cold, and it was scary. The worst part is no one seemed to care. I also was having some kind of reaction from a concussion and asked to go to the hospital and none of the staff took me seriously and they just said "you are at a hospital" and then they said that they didn't have anybody that could examine my head to make sure I was okay and they wouldn't transfer me. They wouldn't even let my mom take me out. One more thing I'd like to mention is that I told them I was having trouble sleeping so they put me on trazodone (which I don't recommend to anyone) it knocked me out so bad that I passed out while sitting at a table and no one cared, they also didn't seem to care when I was falling asleep during group that they made us do every morning. That stuff was really strong...
MY wife went throygh breast cancer treatent, and got emotiona, at an appointment. They dragged her off to a psche ward and put her on antipsychotics. resrained isolated and is a vegetable now
THANK YOU. I’m being sent to one this month possibly and I’m really nervous and it’s kinda awful when I’m on TikTok and stuff and people are saying crap like ✨💖OMg I’m going to an psych ward I’m so silly 😜😜✨✨💖 it makes me sick.
Your psych ward sounds horrible. Everyone on my unit was playing footsie, throwing hands, and playing slap ass. It was like being in middle school again
I have no idea about the Adult ward But i will say the kids ward..is still traumatizing. We did nothing but Watch children shows (it could be worse) couldn’t go outside we had cameras in out faces while we slept (they didn’t work but still terrifying) Staff lied when you went home (was supposed to stay for 3 days but got 7) they told me me for 5 days that i was going home (never happened) beds sucked. Nurses were assholes SO YEAH
I know inpatient care is something I need (I possibly have schizophrenia) and I hope I don't have as bad of an experience as you did. I'm sorry you had such a terrible experience. I went to an autism unit and it was terrible so I hope my second experience isn't as bad.
Going to hospital is not a holiday or a picnic. Please practice meditation & take a sedating anti histamine to sleep if you are upset. Most problems are better when you get some sleep.
I thought it was simply a case of the kids posting what they were going through, as it seems like kids do that these days. The reason I say that is because I have seen a lot of these, and the perception I have from them is that the psych ward is not a good place.
Why does everyone seem to invalidate and stomp over everyone's experiences based on their own or what they've heard etc? This world isn't black and white. There are compasdionate caring staff and patients, then there are abusive, neglectful, violent etc staff, patients and facilities. I'm so gladdened when someone actually got help or had a positive experience. Where I live though, the vast majority are left hopeless and traumatized or even just a negative experience that wasn't helpful. I'm so tired of others losing their minds when actual patients suffering share their experiences that were harmful. I can't even go anywhere inpatient wise because it's so triggering to me. I've been in long term state hospitals and a million other inpatient settings. There is so much immoral and unethical things going on in these places and it NEEDS awareness and to be talked about. Stop trying to silence victims. Novel of a rant, over.
Jeez kind of hard to stop glamorizing it when I’m going back voluntarily for the third time I was laughing so much the last time they started getting worried It’s a lot of fun
6:56 i may be going to a ward soon and this specific part really scared me. i don’t have a diagnosed eating disorder but i do have troubles sometimes, and this i know would probably trigger me (my dad got aggressive when i didn’t eat fast enough) and i’m scared that this might happen, does anyone have any opinions or tips for anything because i’m pretty scared?
@@kingofichigo man fr a few days after i commented this i was sent to the psych ward and oh god it was awful. luckily they didn’t force us to eat fast or anything but i felt like i was going insane there
This is a shame to hear. The obvious power imbalance is even worse with the gendered power imbalance where four adult men strip one young anorexic vulnerable person/girl and give the boot juice by baring their ass. Just the description of this screams downright SA, it's incredibly unsafe. It sounds like there is no mechanism there to actually protect the vulnerable patient there.
Though some are bad and it can be scary/traumatizing, if you need to get help, that is up to you, and you shouldn't let yourself be controlled by the stigma against the psych ward.
does pretending you just all of a sudden completely fine from day one get you out quicker? just making notes incase i dont succeed in well i dont think i need to say much more
As someone whose had extensive inpatient experience (13+) I can tell you this girl literally was treated like everyone else and didn’t have good experiences bc she was violent and a danger to herself… don’t trust her bc these are the types of people who blame everyone but themselves for their issues. So sad.
I was in restraints legit like 4 times a day and my arm was blue and losing circulation due to the mistreatment from the staff for tightening them so tight and leaving my arm above my head and I couldn’t move it even though I had been calm for a while. One of my stays I had no off unit passes for months. Yes I have been a danger to myself and yes I’ve been violent but at the same time I never understand why I do it. It doesn’t feel like it’s me doing it. People can trust me. Everyone in that shit hole was treated poorly every time I’ve been there. I’ve been in and out of the ward since I was 12 and I’m 19.
@@barrett_wg wow, thanks for admitting to a being violent with no control over yourself and needing restraints… that’s probably why you were bruised. Restraints don’t cause loss of circulation, the straps can’t close that tight unless you’re obese. You were probably fighting them so much you became sore. If you’re that violent you leave no choice for them to readjust the position bc you’re constantly fighting. As well… if you were violent and in straps so much how would you really know what was going on the unit. If you can’t even trust yourself… how can we trusts you. You obviously can’t see how this was your own fault even while admitting as much. Also do you realize that off unit privileges are a fucking privilege‽ Most people do not get to go off the unit ever bc most countries do not allow it. Stop whining and check your privilege dude. 🙄
Psych wards are some of the worst places for a person suffering. What she said is true. Many nurses and psychiatrists don’t give a damn about their patients. Psychiatrists are quacks, who sit in a cozy office, don’t have to touch you, or perform any tests, listen to your problems, and make a determination if you’re suffering from a specific emotional problem…all while making a nice salary. They know nothing about the brain.
@@koalafromtomorrow5656 becaose everyone is not going to have the same experience you had. spreading negative vibes is going to keep people from getting the help they need when they need it the most. you go in with a negative attitude expect a negative experience.
Was it male staff that would watch you shower ? Get a forced g-tube if you don't want to eat their food because it sucks. Do cops ever watch these videos of people testifying to the crimes committed against them in those government institutions. Don't they know or care ? I guess they think its okey, until it happens to them. Then they realize what is really happening. I am sorry for all the horrible thing that were done to you. You need some good friends to help you through this. Do you have any ?
When I was admitted, I was literally strapped to a stretcher by the police and forced into an ambulance. While at the psych ward, I made a friend who ended up getting SA'd when they put a guy in our group (the teenage female group), got in trouble for trying to stop another patient from scratching open her cuts, etc. Whenever people act like the psych ward is a fun, quirky thing, I genuinely want to punch them in the face. I can't talk about my true feelings when it comes to suicidal ideation or self harm out of fear of being put back in again.
Maybe you should go back? I have no thoughts of self harm or suicidal ideation after 10days in an acute inpatient facility.
@@reddbendd I would rather not!! That was a seriously traumatic experience for me.
@@arandomcatheehee if you don’t wanna talk to me please do talk to a friend. Preferable one who is close in age to you
I'm sorry this person is being so horrible to you. You deserve better treatment than what occurred. I've been severely traumatized by psych wards as well so I understand❤
@@jayjoon2013 lol I don’t believe you unless you have proof
They're only supposed to use restraints and/or seclusion if you're doing something that's harmful to yourself and/or those around you! Same with sedation. When you're admitted they have you sign a paper saying just that! The things they get away with is ridiculous! Unfortunately it happens! That was awesomely brave of you to share your story! You are a survivor!!!
I have been in the Psych ward many times as well . It’s terrible in there
The psych ward can be a really terrifying place. It should be approached with caution. I had no idea there were people glamorizing it.
Yeah, all over tiktok people are posting it in a way that makes it look like a fun place you want to be, it is not lol I try to avoid it at all costs unless I really need to be there. People are strange
Hey I just wanted to say it’s really not that bad. I cannot attest to the adult psych ward, but the adolescent unit was really nice. The patients were all really nice and even tho some of them were weird, it was a positive experience. I would write down stuff I wanted the staff to google and they would write down the answers for me. I honestly had a good time, but only because I got along with the patients so well. If they were adults I wouldn’t be so friendly
@@reddbendd you're right, it can be scary sometimes but other times it's pretty chill.
@@s.0.d.a. from what people have told me, it was really chill while I was there and when I left the new patients were not so chill
@@reddbendd depends I guess
Evil place. I was sent to my first one at 7, for severe ADHD. Once I got sent in, the worse I got. I was being sent to a place where some of the kids killed someone. I can remember a 16 year old who was in the same ward as me that forced himself on I think a 3 year old. Another person who intentionally ran someone over and killed them. Another person who was a drug addict. The list keeps going on and on. Those were the people they put a 7 year old with just severe ADHD around. I can even remember crying myself to sleep back then, begging for my ma, and being told by the guard, to just go to sleep.
Me going in one time, caused me to start mimicking the violent actions of the other patients because I considered them to be my friends. I went from a normal kid that had ADHD to a violent paranoid skinhead thug that did anything and everything he could to get attention. It was solely for attention and because I liked the masculine-dominating fashion look (S and M, I'm very much masochistic). I hung out with my black and Hispanic friends (only had one white friend), and dated black, Asian, and Hispanic women, mostly just black women. My current girlfriend is a black girl. Like I said, attention.
I was ostracized by my teacher's and classmates for going to a mental hospital. Everyone wouldn't say it. But they would give me this look that you could tell. They even treated me differently. I was bullied severely. Beaten up. Called names. Another thing, the more that I got sent in, the less that I could keep up my grades. It was bad. I didn't want to go to public school. Everyone treated me horribly, even the teachers. So I started not even going. Got in problems with truancy. Even when to court, and can you guess what became of it, another mental hospital. I eventually just decided to threaten the assistant principal for attention, which caused me to get permanently kicked out of school.
When I would talk to my family, friends, and teachers, about my problems, no one would listen, and they would just recommend putting me in another mental hospital. It made me depressed and suicidal that I had no one to tell my woes to. My ma would even tell me an idiot and tell me no one is equal. If i was equal i would've married Chuck Norris. When I told the psychiatrists, who pretended to care, how depressed I was getting because no one would listen to my problems and it was leading me to suicidal thoughts, they just got my ma to send me to another mental hospital.
I just began to bottle up my emotions. Dont tell anyone about them. No one cares. But when you do that, they eventually explode. So I just stay away from people when that occurs. That is the Coping mechanism that I've learned, which I still do to this day.
I was in and out of hospitals until I turned 17, and distanced myself from my family, that was trying to make me into someone that I wasn't. They wanted me to Opie. But I'm just me. All of the stuff that I endured has made me distant, less emotional, and unable to express myself, because I fear that what happened to me as a kid, will happen to me again.
The longer I went without going back to a mental hospital, the more normal I became. It has been twenty years. Im now a good worker, and I'm liked by my co-workers. I'm an active member of my church and Masonic lodge. I've had no problems.
But anytime I remember the past, I go into an uncontrollable anger. The docs preyed on my ma. They manipulated her to put me somewhere. They put me on drugs (which I haven't taken, since 17). They wouldn't let me leave. They wouldn't let me call my family, except once a week, nor see them, except once a month, so that I could tell them what was going on (I even saw someone get stabbed, and an autistic kid get shoved in a cold shower). The guards would sleep with the female patients. All a mental hospital really is, is another name for a prison. It was an evil and dreadful experience for me. They should be banned.
You are so brave. I was sent to one when I was 15 because my ex wanted to make me look crazy to get away with sa me. It was terrifying and I was locked in with men who were much larger than me. Some of them were criminals. I was a little 15 year girl who had no defenses and I got tricked like a serial killer. I’m just happy I only spent one night. My heart goes out to you for having to go at 7. A 7 year old should not be treated like that under an circumstance
Thank you for making this. I was flasely put in one due to have an outburst from being sa. It was one of the most horrific and scary things that happened to me. Worst part I never had a history of mental health. I’m just happy I only had to spend one day.
I had a positive experience and miss the place, but recognize that it should not be glamorized because they can be very traumatic.
This is probably the most informative psych ward channel I've seen yet, thanks!
I DO have broken bones from the psych ward
IT is different depending on where you are. GET HELP IF YOU NEED HELP, THIS IS ONLY ONE PERSONS EXPERIENCE I have been in several psych wards and every one was.a positive experience.
I’m not saying don’t go I’m just trying to tell people to stop glamorizing being in a hospital. The majority of people do not have a good time there and people on TikTok keep making it seem like a place you want to be
I wasn't really trying to come down on you. Everyone is going to experience it different. I have been needing to go back for awhile now but have been too scared because of my anxieties. Your experiences are totally valid. Sorry for posting on your posts, I was a bit high. Take care.
No one should go into a psych ward, yes some people were tricked into believing it is good for them but psych wards are never the places to go if you are trying to get help. It is an institution that is only concerned with punishing people for having and experiencing thoughts and feeling that are not approved by the government or society in general. If some want to kill themselves it's there body and there Choice, if people harm other people they should be imprisoned for that (but of course in a rehabilitative justice system the mental problems should be handled there) not for the mere possibility of them harming other people. In court are "normal" sent to prison when they didn't do something, but instead because they had a chance a possibility to harm someone, the answer is no. If we give these rights and protections to "normal" people, we must also give them to the "mentally ill". And I hate how much people, especially in my political field try to make it seem like force Hospitlisation is all unicorn shit & kittens. All this glamourization and "Destimatization" will leave many people down the dark path of imprisonment and torture ( take the judge resentburg center as an example here).
@@aprofungus417 this person is a complete moron. You talked a lot but said absolutely nothing.
This is genuinely so helpful to share, so much bad representation online. Leaves people in crisis scared to go.
My bipolar disorder landed me in those places several times myself. They usually kick you out when the Insurance runs out.
Been in rehab and been in tons of hospitals in just 5 years. I've met some great people and seen some broken sad people in there. If you do go to one becareful who you associate with some are court ordered their. Hense I've seen some violent outbursts with some people and had one person try to bite me lol. And yes I've been restrained before and because I tried to attack two guards that were being complete dick heads to me. But yeah only go as a last resort some people just don't belong in there.
Thanks for your honest opinion of the psych. ward.
I was admitted when I was 17 I went willingly because I wanted to go I needed to. I begged my dad for a different kind of help told him I was feeling suicidal and needed help. He called the cops to get me help and I remember the cop getting there at the house and saying wow most people your age aren't so cooperative I road in the back seat with him to the hospital my dad followed behind me. I don't remember being in a 72 hour hold but it was also a long time ago for me. I do remember it being a long time until I got to the mental facility. My experience wasn't the greatest I think I stayed there for a week and then convinced them to let me go live with my mom.
im glad u made this video.. people on tik tok and other people I've met be faking it for whatever reason... ive been to the ward over 20 times, it does help when it's needed but I don't like how people are glamorize it either.
yesssss with the restraints people on one of the wards i was on got restrained for talking about not liking a specific staff member
I was on a psyche ward for two years straight from aged 19.I can't even explain the trauma.On my first day I got punched in the face by a nurse.At one point I was subjected to having cold water thrown on me and left without dry clothes for a whole night.I was also SA'd numerous times.Solitary confinement for 4 months without my family visiting was the worst.Some of the nurses were sadistic.I also experienced being restrained, it's terrifying when you don't know what's happening or why you are there.
I would seriously rather die
I've been in the psych ward so many times and I honestly can't even count the amount of times I've been sexually harassed or assaulted (but never raped) by the men. The handcuffs would cut into my wrists. The last time I went to the hospital was so chaotic and traumatizing that I was reaching the brink of self harming and active suicidal ideation.
I havent been in a psych ward but in a mental hospital
I saw so many people say "Stop glamorizing it its traumatic!" And it freaked me out for days
There it was actually very nice.I didnt stay for long but i wish people 'romantecised' or talked about the nice ones more
The wait tortured me more than the stay
That's why you thoroughly research the facility before you check in. My niece is bipolar. And my dad thoroughly researched multiple places before finding a place to have my niece evaluated without violating our basic human rights. Otherwise we stick to Communicare. As for me. I only have a very mild form of ADHD. So just some meds for the first 13 years of my life and I was good to go. Up until I was 10 and watched my mom pass away in my bedroom doorway. Never had to go to a psych ward but the all but my last counselor was pretty rude and wouldn't leave me alone to my school work which I buried myself into at the time. One counselor in particular did threaten to send me to one if I refused to listen to her and that was when I got particularly vocal in a 'cuss you out because your dropping my grades' sort of rant. Then she grabbed my wrist and I screamed "let me go or I'll show you what self defense the law will let me do". Afterwards I went to the office called my dad and got that counselor fired and blacklisted. In short what that hospital did to you was a violation of your HUMAN rights.
A patient screamed and followed me during my whole stay it was so traumatising.
Finally. I feel heard here. I'm disgusted that people glamorize the psych ward/mental hospital. It's revolting. It's full on abusive at these places. I've only been in one from May 20-june2 2023 and it was horrible. Torture. They changed my status from voluntarily to involuntarily while admitting me and held me there. I wasn't being violent towards the staff until they booty juiced me. The nurse holding my neck I bit her thumb until there was bone because I was scared since I was being tackled and my pants being pulled down without my consent. If you work at a mental hospital/psych ward and don't expect to get hit or bit or assaulted by patients because you are violating your human rights, you are too stupid to work or function in society. Security got called on anyone for any reason too. I hope they close every psych ward and mental hospital down. They do more harm than help. Don't glamorize the psych ward. It's hell.
They exist to punish the mentally ill, not to help
I was forced into one when I wasn't even melting down. I had a history of self harm yes but what actually got me there was as a 27 year old woman I got on HRT, hormone replacement therapy, because I'm trans. My dad had a meltdown over that and lied to the police claiming I was making suicidal threats. That got me 51 50'd/pink slipped and I was forced into one for a week. Now that may not sound horrible to some people but to someone who didn't make those threats and knew the reason I was in there was because I wasn't being accepted because of me being trans was so immensely traumatizing. I think I've developed little episodes of extreme anxiety (I already had an anxiety disorder) where I feel like I'm trapped in the psych ward again.
All the experience taught me was if I am going through self harm or extreme depression is to not tell anyone. Don't tell anyone. Ever. Because I'm so terrified of being imprisoned again. That's the one thing I learned from that place.
Also yeah we weren't allowed phones or electronics of any kind. I was thankfully able to get a hold of an online friend through his phone number on the community phone though and that was the only thing to ground me to reality.
I've been to the psych hospital numerous times. once in 2012, then in 2016, and 4 times in 2020. the first time, I had a complete meltdown and one of the nurses injected me with Haldol. all the times after that, I tried to stay as calm as I could. I learned that if you said and did what they wanted you to, the stay would go easier for everyone involved.
my experience in the psychiatric hospital was great, but i wish people stopped glamourising it since it can be traumatising for some people.
I only went once, it was to a voluntary ward and while most of my experience was postive, when I was in the ER, the nurses threatened to sedate a girl just because she was talking too much. She was in a manic episode but wasn't doing anything to harm herself or others, she just had rapid speech.
Shit like that scared me tbh. And when i was in the ward, one of the nurses was just fucking awful and treated everyone like prisoners. This was during covid, and since we weren't allowed any vistors, they allowed us to use our phones for certain hours of the afternoon, and she confiscated my roommate's laptop. Not even the other nurses liked her.
People in power seem to forget we're human just like them. We're not criminals. Don't sedate someone just because they're 'being inconvient'. And the stories I've heard from the patients who experienced abuse from the other psych ward faclilites was heartbreaking.
This needs to change. Like wtf.
Humans can not ever be trusted with power
My first hospitalization was not infected with glamorization. I have thought possibly glamorization is a way to deal with the pain of mental illness. I'm the type to glamorize because I have been very foolish in some respects. I have had some pain that I cannot glamorize even though it was brief. And I can't wish it upon anyone.
I literally was held for 3 months after I was supposedly clear. I was forced to go there by my parents because I had accidentally overdosed on a drug that the doctor had given me. I was scared and helpless and I didn't know what was happening. I was in a coma for two weeks after and I had almost died if one of my bunkmates hadn't have said something. I had succumbed severe blunt force trauma to the head, and I was given sedatives that were way too high in dosage. after the ordeal I was severely malnutritioned to the point of almost starvation. keep in mind I had just woke up there and I had no idea where I was. I didn't see the sun for two weeks after I was supposedly "checked in."
If you are Autistic or have ADHD or have ehlers danlos you will get no accomodations whatsoever. They lock you out of your room all day long, they FORCIBLY draw your blood at 5AM the first day, and a man will shine a weird green light on you multiple times throughout the night. The only thing I looked forward to was eating, and when there was Art or Music therapy. Some day we just sat in the ward with the tv on and could sit or color. The lack of stimulation was horrible. I remember having to pace up and down the small hallway where the rooms were, several times in a row. Another scary thing that happened to me was that the first day I was there I got diarrhea from being in a new environment with a lot of people, so the nurse put me on some anti-diarrheal, put the stuff was so strong I couldn't poop for many days. At one point my lower body and sphincter actually got really cold, and it was scary. The worst part is no one seemed to care. I also was having some kind of reaction from a concussion and asked to go to the hospital and none of the staff took me seriously and they just said "you are at a hospital" and then they said that they didn't have anybody that could examine my head to make sure I was okay and they wouldn't transfer me. They wouldn't even let my mom take me out. One more thing I'd like to mention is that I told them I was having trouble sleeping so they put me on trazodone (which I don't recommend to anyone) it knocked me out so bad that I passed out while sitting at a table and no one cared, they also didn't seem to care when I was falling asleep during group that they made us do every morning. That stuff was really strong...
MY wife went throygh breast cancer treatent, and got emotiona, at an appointment. They dragged her off to a psche ward and put her on antipsychotics. resrained isolated and is a vegetable now
THANK YOU.
I’m being sent to one this month possibly and I’m really nervous and it’s kinda awful when I’m on TikTok and stuff and people are saying crap like ✨💖OMg I’m going to an psych ward I’m so silly 😜😜✨✨💖 it makes me sick.
Your psych ward sounds horrible. Everyone on my unit was playing footsie, throwing hands, and playing slap ass. It was like being in middle school again
I feel like it’s more UA-cam that glorifies it unfortunately
The adult psych ward probably isn’t as fun as the one for adolescents…
I have no idea about the Adult ward But i will say the kids ward..is still traumatizing. We did nothing but Watch children shows (it could be worse) couldn’t go outside we had cameras in out faces while we slept (they didn’t work but still terrifying) Staff lied when you went home (was supposed to stay for 3 days but got 7) they told me me for 5 days that i was going home (never happened) beds sucked. Nurses were assholes SO YEAH
I know inpatient care is something I need (I possibly have schizophrenia) and I hope I don't have as bad of an experience as you did. I'm sorry you had such a terrible experience. I went to an autism unit and it was terrible so I hope my second experience isn't as bad.
The only time being in a psych ward would be remotely enjoyable is if you were admitted at the same time as your friend. Which is feasible.
Going to hospital is not a holiday or a picnic. Please practice meditation & take a sedating anti histamine to sleep if you are upset. Most problems are better when you get some sleep.
Best wishes
I hope you have better days ahead
I thought it was simply a case of the kids posting what they were going through, as it seems like kids do that these days.
The reason I say that is because I have seen a lot of these, and the perception I have from them is that the psych ward is not a good place.
Why does everyone seem to invalidate and stomp over everyone's experiences based on their own or what they've heard etc?
This world isn't black and white. There are compasdionate caring staff and patients, then there are abusive, neglectful, violent etc staff, patients and facilities. I'm so gladdened when someone actually got help or had a positive experience. Where I live though, the vast majority are left hopeless and traumatized or even just a negative experience that wasn't helpful.
I'm so tired of others losing their minds when actual patients suffering share their experiences that were harmful. I can't even go anywhere inpatient wise because it's so triggering to me. I've been in long term state hospitals and a million other inpatient settings. There is so much immoral and unethical things going on in these places and it NEEDS awareness and to be talked about. Stop trying to silence victims.
Novel of a rant, over.
Also best of luck to OP and anyone else who is disabled/and or has extremely debilitating mental illnesses.
Jeez kind of hard to stop glamorizing it when I’m going back voluntarily for the third time
I was laughing so much the last time they started getting worried
It’s a lot of fun
w backround seems chill
It's like prison.
6:56 i may be going to a ward soon and this specific part really scared me. i don’t have a diagnosed eating disorder but i do have troubles sometimes, and this i know would probably trigger me (my dad got aggressive when i didn’t eat fast enough) and i’m scared that this might happen, does anyone have any opinions or tips for anything because i’m pretty scared?
Personally I wouldn't go. These places aren't here to help, only punish
@@kingofichigo man fr a few days after i commented this i was sent to the psych ward and oh god it was awful. luckily they didn’t force us to eat fast or anything but i felt like i was going insane there
I'm probably will never go to a psych ward, but if i do i just hope it's worth it.
Did you ever have a really nice nurse there or not
I have had nice nurses but some of them were not
@@barrett_wg Have you ever had a favourite nurse
This is a shame to hear. The obvious power imbalance is even worse with the gendered power imbalance where four adult men strip one young anorexic vulnerable person/girl and give the boot juice by baring their ass. Just the description of this screams downright SA, it's incredibly unsafe. It sounds like there is no mechanism there to actually protect the vulnerable patient there.
I was in the physc clinic i hated it so much
Need to reform the psych ward... these are not the 1920's
Thanks for sharing
I've been 5 times. Not great at all.
Great video. Thank you for making it.
Though some are bad and it can be scary/traumatizing, if you need to get help, that is up to you, and you shouldn't let yourself be controlled by the stigma against the psych ward.
That is not help, stop lying.
does pretending you just all of a sudden completely fine from day one get you out quicker? just making notes incase i dont succeed in well i dont think i need to say much more
No it doesn’t usually I tried that on the first day of my 6 month long admission, clearly it didn’t work lol
@@barrett_wg uh why did you get admitted for 6 months???
@@reddbendd because of safety risk
@@barrett_wg that seems extremely excessive and totally unnecessary.. I’m sorry you had to go through that
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As someone whose had extensive inpatient experience (13+) I can tell you this girl literally was treated like everyone else and didn’t have good experiences bc she was violent and a danger to herself… don’t trust her bc these are the types of people who blame everyone but themselves for their issues. So sad.
I was in restraints legit like 4 times a day and my arm was blue and losing circulation due to the mistreatment from the staff for tightening them so tight and leaving my arm above my head and I couldn’t move it even though I had been calm for a while. One of my stays I had no off unit passes for months. Yes I have been a danger to myself and yes I’ve been violent but at the same time I never understand why I do it. It doesn’t feel like it’s me doing it. People can trust me. Everyone in that shit hole was treated poorly every time I’ve been there. I’ve been in and out of the ward since I was 12 and I’m 19.
@@barrett_wg wow, thanks for admitting to a being violent with no control over yourself and needing restraints… that’s probably why you were bruised. Restraints don’t cause loss of circulation, the straps can’t close that tight unless you’re obese. You were probably fighting them so much you became sore. If you’re that violent you leave no choice for them to readjust the position bc you’re constantly fighting. As well… if you were violent and in straps so much how would you really know what was going on the unit. If you can’t even trust yourself… how can we trusts you. You obviously can’t see how this was your own fault even while admitting as much.
Also do you realize that off unit privileges are a fucking privilege‽ Most people do not get to go off the unit ever bc most countries do not allow it. Stop whining and check your privilege dude. 🙄
Psych wards are some of the worst places for a person suffering. What she said is true. Many nurses and psychiatrists don’t give a damn about their patients.
Psychiatrists are quacks, who sit in a cozy office, don’t have to touch you, or perform any tests, listen to your problems, and make a determination if you’re suffering from a specific emotional problem…all while making a nice salary. They know nothing about the brain.
we dont like you here you probbably a pschy nurse a mean girl who didny grow up
Found nurse ratchet!
no sa taught me a lot
Obviously there’s no logic behind it, and it’s a shitty “excuse”, but how could assault be misconstrued as safety??
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE IT OUT TO BE A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE. GET HELP IF YOU NEED HELP! ! !
what wrong with telling the truth
@@koalafromtomorrow5656 becaose everyone is not going to have the same experience you had. spreading negative vibes is going to keep people from getting the help they need when they need it the most. you go in with a negative attitude expect a negative experience.
No babe it’s equivalent to jail 😂
@@THEZARABI for you maybe
@@THEZARABI And im not your babe. dont act like ive never been.
Was it male staff that would watch you shower ?
Get a forced g-tube if you don't want to eat their food because it sucks.
Do cops ever watch these videos of people testifying to the crimes committed against them in those government institutions.
Don't they know or care ?
I guess they think its okey, until it happens to them. Then they realize what is really happening.
I am sorry for all the horrible thing that were done to you. You need some good friends to help you through this. Do you have any ?
That's sad 😥