Posted by Craig on February 5, 2007, at 3:53:09
In reply to Re: Hospitalization » Craig, posted by toojane on February 4, 2007, at 9:54:54
I was in six different hospitals. The first two hospitalizations were involuntary in the sense that I was under 18 without legal rights. The other admissions were usually coerced and then once confined, I usually was not permitted to leave. The power that psychiatrists and their minions hold is unbelievable. “Patient rights” is a crock of sh*t. You can’t call anyone when you don’t have phone privileges. And good luck finding legal representation while they’re jabbing your *ss with a hypodermic needle and throwing you in 4-point restraints.
Yes, some hospitals were better than others, but it’s kind of like choosing the lesser of evils. In the end, the people who work there and the patients you’re in with determine the type of experience it is.=============================
> Hi Craig,
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> > I’ve had 12 psychiatric hospitalizations, beginning when I was a minor.
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> Twelve. I can't imagine twelve. It is such a huge number. You must be a very strong person.
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> Were your hospitalizations voluntary or involuntary? Maybe a mixture? If you have experienced both, did you find a difference between the two? Were all admissions to the same hospital? If you were in different hospitals, were some better than others? What kinds of things made one better, if one was?
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