In bad country . . .

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    When I was in a psychiatric hospital, they gave us a big foam block with waterproof coating, so we couldn't bean ourselves on the corner or damage them with urine or faeces. No bedframe or anything. Also no locks on any doors including bathroom doors. Also my room mate was really weird.

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      You got a bathroom door? I got a bathroom flap of leather that didn’t stay closed right

      Also how fucking insane is the concept of having shared bedrooms in a psych hospital. Whoever the first person to say “Yes, put two beds in this room, patients can share!” should’ve been promptly shot in the head.

      I don’t really think anyone should be forced to share a bedroom with anyone aside from their partner for an extended time, but a mental hospital especially.

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Proper doors in mine. The amount of access patients have to each other is pretty wild. The nurses pretty much only came out at meal times or to cool off altercations, and I saw a psychiatrist once a week (no therapist). The amount of attention each patient needed was way more than that. We just kinda milled about. Someone lent me a 40k book to read, which I didn't enjoy.