Have you ever had to stay in a psych ward?
Yes, a few times throughout my 20's for psychosis. It was perhaps a safe place for me when my mind was in a vulnerable state, but I don't think they really helped me any. They just suppressed my dopamine levels with their zombifying pills and told me that everything was going to be ok, and not to worry about the things I was worried about.
I've had mixed feelings about being there. I'd wanted to go, but as soon as I got there, I wanted to leave. I felt like a lab rat which they were studying, which I liked in a weird way, and a bit true I guess, but I also found it frustrating. I feel like they learned a lot more from me than I did from them. The last time I went, they actually wouldn't let me stay, and so off I went homeless into the street in a bad way, until I eventually, and miraculously, found my way to better days by self determination and a will to survive.
I don't feel as though they helped me understand myself or my "brain chemistry" and what it should be in any real way.
What are your experiences with psychiatrics , if any?
I've had mixed feelings about being there. I'd wanted to go, but as soon as I got there, I wanted to leave. I felt like a lab rat which they were studying, which I liked in a weird way, and a bit true I guess, but I also found it frustrating. I feel like they learned a lot more from me than I did from them. The last time I went, they actually wouldn't let me stay, and so off I went homeless into the street in a bad way, until I eventually, and miraculously, found my way to better days by self determination and a will to survive.
I don't feel as though they helped me understand myself or my "brain chemistry" and what it should be in any real way.
What are your experiences with psychiatrics , if any?