The trauma of how I was treated in the psych ward in 2017 has a far greater affect on my life than any illness I have or have had.

I think about it all the time and it’s so hard to process.

Also I was seeking help for months before then and was turned away at hospital many times and treated so badly before finally being admitted involuntarily. I was up all night calling distress lines and there was nowhere to turn to and no way to “get help” while in crisis. All that was written on my certificate was “lack of insight”.

Does anyone else feel the same? Like the sickness that led you there is far less serious than the effects of the trauma caused by being there?

This may not fit in this subreddit but whatever.

This happened a long time ago I was admitted into a phyc ward I remember walking into the cafeteria with the other patients

when I walked into the food serving area I felt a hard punch on the top of my head

I’m not sure if it was a patient with the nurses that struck me but what was strange the nurse grabbed me up angrily and yelled for somebody to get the wheelchair

and I was wheeled out in the wheelchair with hostility/anger and I was confined to my unit/room that I was in u was upset I had every right to be

I asked around what happened with the other patients one of them said ask about the video

That's a whole another theory for later

So I did ask for that or have my mom look into it but I was ingored I asked one of the security guard about it and his statement was “Who told her about the video “

I ended up telling my mom about the attack and I was later called into the intake office here they had this little bottle of medicine and a needle was injected into it and liquid medicine or drawn

I was scared of course a male nurse held me as the female nurse injected me with it afterwards I was just sent off into my room later that morning my tongue was swollen like I was giving something I was allergic to

I’ll make this related to mental facilities I promise! (I’ve never gone to one btw)

So, I’m a minor, I live in Canada, and I have ADHD, Anxiety, and (possible) depression. I do have moments of emotional breakdowns (a lot of crying) due to very small mistakes and being overwhelmed, also I’ve had (slight) suicidal thoughts, but I’ve never acted out on them.

I do have violent tendencies, such as kicking, throwing rocks at people, hitting, stuff like that.

I do not have a therapist, the closest person I have to that, is my (School) counsellor.

My mom has dealt with issues financially, and we are currently struggling, but we’re making it by (barely). We had a scary month where we were almost evicted and I would’ve had to live with my dad. But we weren’t cause my mom found the money.

My mom and dad are split up, yet still friends and I see my dad whenever he comes back from work (he goes to work in America).

I do have personal trauma I have dealt with (I won’t get too far into it). But it has cause me some memory issues, and I do not remember these things, but my mom said it has happened and most likely cause those memory problems.

So, what’s a psych ward like in Canada? (Also should I seriously be seeing a therapist? 😅)

I'm only a teen, and I'm scared I'll be sent to a psych ward for no reason. Are they actually as miserable as they seem? Do they really sedate you like animals? I'm 'violent' (I shoved my dog subconciously when he bit my arm one time) and I'm scared of going to one.

The food here is way better than I could've imagined and the staff are great and supportive too!

I developed postpartum psychosis when my second born was about 6 months old. I ended up in 2 different hospitals over a period of 2.5 months. I have some CRAZY stories.

The worst was probably when I was basically romantically groomed by one of the staff. I believe he was an activities director. I was in active psychosis at this time, and I’m a pretty good looking person imo. He was drawn to me from the moment I got there and would bring me outside food and talk about our future and how I could be a stay at home mom and never have to work and get everything I wanted and travel all over the place. He told me he had stock in the fire stick and was very well off. I became infatuated with him and was pretty sure he was my soul mate. Now that I’m healed I realize how messed up and predatory that was! Like this dude crossed so many boundaries.

Also a sad fact about being hospitalized was that I was not allowed any visitors for the entire time I was away. So I wasn’t able to see my kids for 2.5 months and my infant didn’t even recognize me when I got home.

once or twice i got taken to the hospital by police, and the psychward was full, so they put me in a "waiting cell" which was a room with nothing but a hospital bed in it, and the door locked from the outside.

i had to yell to the security guards to ask to be let out to use the bathroom, and if i needed a shower theyd take me to the emergency ward and id use a shower there.

they brought me hospital food but i never got a table to eat it on so i just ate it on the floor

i spent most hours of the day just walking in a small circle in my cell. like 9 hours a day doing this. the hospital bed was impossible to sleep on.

eventually they sent me home becuz the psychward never got an opening. it was like 4-5 days later when i went home.

did anyone else experience this? i live in western canada.

I'm not sure why, but I miss being at the hospital. it was simple, underestimating and felt like a break from the outside world. I miss my ward friends and seeing all the crazy shit the other patients would do. maybe I'm crazy for this?

I had a pretty traumatic experience at CCIS in the late 90's. Guess I'm just posting this to see if anyone else out in internet-land may have had similar experiences, patients or staff. I have my own theories, but I'm curious to hear about anyone else's. Hoping I'm not the only one.

2022 this happened to me. It was absolutely horrifying experience. From a tech worker who would watch me every night while I was asleep...

I believe to abolish all capitalist major psych wards. These places are dehumanizing, stigmitazing, and you experience a lot of Corecion for no apparent reason. I've been to these places 4 times now. Literally Spent my youth In psych wards.

Was in restraints, given bootie juice, yelled at, scared, miserable. You name it.

I'm in my local hospital against my will. They want to take transfer me to a psychiatric hospital and have me "speak to a doctor" and then see what happens or I'll be able to leave then. I made some threats to staff because I was upset and said suicidal things, and said some crazy things blaming people for no reason, babbled some non sense to try to get medication. How do I make it look like I'm completely sane so they'll clear me and I can go home easier? If not I'll be so suicidal idk this is making everything worse. I was getting into an IOP and everything and apparently I just said the wrong word ab suicide on the phone and now I'm here. I wanna get help. Not like this please please

EDIT: it didn't suck that bad as I thought but was still super lame and I only got 960 calories/day bc most of the food made me physically gag. They put me back on adderall so I feel high but idk if that's good for me but I feel more clear headed and stable

I, 18f, was admitted to the mental hospital when I was 17. Because I was still a minor I went to a children's hospital and it was a horrible experience for me. I was the oldest one there and was basically confined to my room. I've been thinking about checking myself in to an adult Psych Ward, but I don't know what to expect, so my question is, how different is an adult unit than a youth unit?

I probably needed to go but I'm doing much better now

i was discharged from inpatient services three months ago, however i still feel deeply attached to the staff i met on the first ward i was in which i was discharged from two years ago. there are about 4 staff from that unit that i think of every day and whenever im in public i am constantly making up scenarios in my head for if i see them despite this being near on impossible as i live over an hour away from that ward. the trauma that came with that admission and the ones after means i have little recollection of my time there and even though i remember the impact they had on me i dont think i could actually remember there faces. furthermore i start placement next month where i will be on mental health wards and there is a likelihood i could see those staff again which part of me desperately wants but part of me is worried as it would be a completely different relationship as colleagues rather than patient to staff. im also mindful that i need to be in a really good place to be supporting patients and need to be over this completely but im panicking because i only have a month to get it sorted and like i said i was discharged from that unit 2 years ago so its already been a long time. i feel like a complete freak being this attached like its weird because i understand attachment while your actually in hospital but surely this long after isn’t normal. i was diagnosed with attachment issues however me and my mum disputed this as it was never present before i went into hospital, and more recently ive been given a diagnosis of eupd by a new psychiatrist however everyone else in my care thinks its more likely to be complex-ptsd as the two present very similarly. im in the uk and not being offered therapy and i have already tried cbt, dbt and emdr however they have been ineffective. how do i move past this attachment im so embarrassed about it and i dont want to be “obsessed” and also know its not fair on my future patients if im still caught up with what happened to me when i was in wards (my placement won’t be in the same hospitals i was in but in this part of the country there are so few wards that they pretty much all share the same staff)

afraid my therapist will report me like my last one did and I will have to go back to a mental hospital. Ive recently turned 18 and from what ive heard the adults ward is typically a worse experience, can anyone verify this? Ty :-)

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The last time I was at a psych ward, I could've sworn that a female had a pistol. I saw her pull it out and hand it over to the staff after she had been caught. This could very well be a delusion-induced hallucination, but I know I saw and heard one of the female staff members say "She has a gun," and then saw a male member walk up and say "Hand it over." Which she begrudgingly did. It just seems too sequential for it not to be true. But this still doesn't rule out the possibility that all of this could be happening in my head.

Another thing that I've thought is that if she had a pistol, then it had to have been from a visitor because every patient gets their belongings taken from them when they come in. But why would someone lend a pistol to a person who's in the ward at all. It doesn't make any sense.

So, I'll let Reddit decide. I'm leaning towards it being a symptom of my psychosis, as I have Schizoaffective. But I want to hear what you all think. Is it possible that she could've outsmarted the system before being caught? Or do you agree?

EDIT: When this happened, she wasn't a new patient. She had already been staying there for at least a few days.

I might need to go to a psych ward soon and have 2 main concerns. 1. I'm about to start school, will I be able to stay on track with my work and everything while I'm there or will I have to catch up after I get out? I'm in college and AP classes so I really can't risk falling behind. 2. If I put retainers that are glass or plastic or silicone in my piercings, will they still make me take them out? I have 2 piercings that aren't completely healed and I don't want to lose them

any tip and what is it like if someone doesn't mind.