Posted by noa on May 3, 2004, at 19:29:15
In reply to T pushing for inpatient- scared, very scared, posted by Poet on May 3, 2004, at 14:55:16
You won't necessarily be on a locked ward or if you are, perhaps not for long once you are feeling more stabilized.
Hospitalization can be a way to contain and hold until you feel safer.
Can you ask to find out more about the hospital before you agree to go? Would that help--to have questions about the unknowns answered first?
I was hospitalized once a long time ago--I checked my self in, really. And I thought about it seriously again just a few years ago. I was in a rather mediocre hospital, actually, but even that helped me get through a major rough spot when I was in despair and not safe.
I'll be thinking about you. Take care.
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