Posted by wishingstar on February 3, 2007, at 18:28:36
In reply to Hospitalization, posted by toojane on February 3, 2007, at 11:10:28
I guess I didnt really answer part of your question. My time there was so brief I guess it's hard to say, but overall I think it was harmful. I was at a place in my life where I'd had a lot of choices taken away in the recent months (a poor termination with a therapist most noteably) and being forced into the unit against my will, when I know it really wasnt the right place for me, was hard to accept. Being treated like I didnt know anything, like a little kid, was hard to accept also. In some ways, I felt like I'd had all my rights as a human being taken away, and I KNEW I wasnt crazy and didnt need that kind of treatment. I dont have many friends or family that is involved, so I went through the entire process alone, and it was very scary. I cried my eyes out in the ER when they told me I wasnt leaving because I was just so afraid of it all.
I do have to say though, there was one positive effect. My mood actually improved some when I was released, just because I'd been released! I guess that isnt their goal though. Thank goodness for the director of the day program is all I can say, because even though I knew it was a bad place for me to be, there was no way they were going to believe that without someone elses word.
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