The Mental Illness Thread

[Angrboda]

I've been hospitalized many times. I don't know what to say about it. Usually it's a bunch of rooms contained on one floor. What type of treatment you receive may depend on why you are there. Some people are there to protect them from injuring themselves. Some are there to change the course of their medication or treatment under controlled circumstances. Some are there for a supportive environment around them until their symptoms improve. (Once I was experiencing such severe confusion that I couldn't figure out how to pull up my pants. I needed help on a day to day basis until they got that confusion under control.) Other than that, I don't know what to say. Mentally ill people, even when in a crisis requiring hospitalization, are for the most part "just folks." Most are too busy coping with whatever brought them into the hospital to engage in any kind of problematic behavior. It does happen, but it's the exception rather than the norm. My prevailing experience with being hospitalized is that it is very boring being contained on a closed ward with little to do to pass the time.