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Posted by zonked on December 25, 2014, at 15:19:04
I can't check email from here due to a recent password change.. I don't have access to my phone.
It's been really hard for me since Thanksgiving, and I'm in the hospital missing my Mom (who passed away several months ago) really bad. Can't remember being this depressed in a long time.
Why is it, at least in my part of the country, it seems like hospitals exclusively offer group therapy? I'm pretty familiar with all the concepts by now. I just get frustrated. I'd rather sit in an office, in private, and express how I feel. Is it cost?
I'm supposed to be released tomorrow. I am feeling a piercing loneliness where I am, and I don't know I can convince my remaining family (who couldn't stop singing my praises until Mom died, then dropped me like a hat) that I may need to live near them because I don't know what's going to happen to me, now, without someone checking in on me regularly.
I've been made to feel guilty here on top of the grief I already feel but what's the point of going to groups if they just make me squirm until they're over?
bah.
-z
Posted by ClearSkies on December 25, 2014, at 17:16:53
In reply to not doing well--in the hospital, posted by zonked on December 25, 2014, at 15:19:04
I am so sorry, Zonked. What an enormous loss. My sincere condolences. (I do believe that the group's in hospitals are cost efficient, yes.)
Is there any follow up planned before your release - like what your out patient support looks like. The hospital NEEDS to know that it's not at all in place. That will, at least, necessitate a discussion between the hospital and your relatives.
Please forgive me for extending a cyber hug: (((Zonked)))
Posted by Phillipa on December 25, 2014, at 20:20:14
In reply to not doing well--in the hospital, posted by zonked on December 25, 2014, at 15:19:04
Zonked I remember when you posted of your moving to be with your Mom who was so ill. So sorry she passed away. As for the hospital. Talk to your pdoc and let him know what happening with relatives and how alone you feel now. Love Phillipa
Posted by Zyprexa on December 26, 2014, at 5:29:14
In reply to not doing well--in the hospital, posted by zonked on December 25, 2014, at 15:19:04
Do you work? I find it can be an effective form of therapy, if you work with a good group of suportive friends. Not all jobs are good, I will say.
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