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My Mental Hospital Experience

What is it like being in a mental hospital? First, let me tell you how I got there. As I was nearing 20 years old, the extreme high and lows of bipolar disorder began to surface again, leading to a bipolar breakdown ( https://youtu.be/1OGpF1DMhf8 ) in my second semester of my sophomore year in college.

I was placed in a mental hospital days after the breakdown. Stripped of bra wires, cell phone, pant strings, hair bands and all belongings, I felt as though I was a criminal. My crime was having bipolar II disorder.

I was not allowed to have any contact with my family or friends for the first five days at the hospital. I felt like I was being punished for being sick. I was taken to group therapy sedated and scared. I was prepared to be greeted by monsters. To my surprise, I was greeted by angels. I immediately received a warm hug from a fellow patient, cradling me as I wept. I did not feel alone anymore.

From 7 am to 9 pm, my fellow comrades and I spent every minute together. We laughed, we cried and we shared stories of pain and hope. We ranged in age from 13 to 70 years old, from all different backgrounds. Some were rich. Some were poor. It did not matter, we were all equals the minute we stepped into that psychiatric hospital.

I was there for over two weeks before a team of medical professionals felt I could be released into the care of my mother and father. I left with a diagnosis of bipolar II and an unforgettable experience that changed my outlook on life.

Every person has a different experience in a mental hospital. My experience was good, based on the people I was surrounded by. However, this is not the situation for everyone.

Before my admission, the stigma of mental illness led me to believe that patients in mental hospitals were monsters. This is far from the truth. The monsters are the ones on the outside of the white walls who outcast those struggling with a mental health condition.

In the comments, I hope you’ll share your thoughts and experiences about being in a mental hospital. They’re valuable for everyone. And if you think this video is helpful, I hope you’ll consider giving it a thumbs up. Thank you. Hannah
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Hannah posts every Monday morning on the HealthyPlace YouTube channel.

I’m Hannah. I Have Bipolar 2 Playlist: http://ow.ly/RR99305UIxg

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  1. @Kevinstocks-p1r on

    I was in a mental hospital in 2017 in Augusta county Virginia Western State hospital they gave me a pill intentionally and bragged they were going to do it before they done it and bragged after they done it they can get by with it and ain't nothing I can do about it because they government workers they tortured me 24 hours a day for 2 weeks straight they tortured me so barely more than anybody else has been tortured in American history I smelled like a wet dog hunting dogs have been in a box for a year without a bath they tortured me they don't care about human life or the mental ill or anything else all they care about is power Virginia government workers they're worse than Adolf Hitler was and I'll stand by this dictatorship that Virginia is in a court of law because they got violated they done it nobody cared Virginia is a dictatorship I don't care if it cost me my life they are dictatorship and I want none of that money because they had the opportunity to do something about this and they done nothing about it. Nobody cared this is how arrogant they are they told me they were going to do it beforehand and then they bragged when I left they done it.Ellen Jesus Christ got to die for 6 hours but I had to be tortured 24 hours a day for 2 weeks.

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  4. @ironboywonder2766 on

    I have austim I got to say this about this mental hospital I went almost a year visiting becuse for some reason advent health choses to send me oh boy my jeaus lord it f-cking nightmare I aint sleep all night worse they aint got bed watching TV all d-mn night like aint the hell scare I know there people with ptsd equisofrenic crazy ideas I would go on and on also the invoroment is terrible frinich went my parent pit me out was in outat terror I yell strong like the most strong yelling I ever dit the problem was that I happen to hurt my harms with knives all it was that I aint wanted to see an aunt of my becuse I having derise to see her becuse relationship issues with my mom at least I went again to advent health with the help of the cop and they heal me something for anxiety also I want to talk what I did see people like that have donde sinners bad stuff getting other terrorists or just climbing to there mind or some with they want to do something insane also I remember that a employee wanted to punch a young man with austim sir oldest yopeople are doing injustice u pi than me 28 that he also austim you injustice you are going to killed us with medicine or damage our brains you aint doing something good to God also a black employee say I with I could punch it can stand him becusee it could get suponede fair or don't pay me much or report him even stell to a employee staff send me to a different place the era of the place I also meet a youngter 24 year also with austim say his parent abusive to him he was angry rage parent obligates to go there becuse he can watch a horror terror movie like that we kind of became friends even the staff your parents shouldn't send you to this about my issues no longer have that becuses God save me from that will finding seeking for his while purposes life for great living I been meditation music for thne middle brain thought Eben meet interesting people say this horrendous even a doctor say you should go he nicely say kindly gently words Eben staff members that I was talking say be good I will also a girl disability wad frining of the place a young dude even say with have problems with family say you would be okay Eben say girls so depressed I felt bad to her people I would recommend sue this place 7 mounts since November 2020 trought July 2021 reflecting saying I shouldn't have ever go there the slow service is awfully the food is the best thing of the places by far even sir say to you too young why you doing
    Her puerto rico decent like me with little Spanish say I also meet a young dude employee with also puerto rico is an all night worse nightmare to past trought even watch lot movies that night wad fithing to sleep couldn't find a way it is what it is there also young fellas that also have the same case of me but you firing to do whst is right a friend seems him by I also talk with Filipino delivery to peoples Eben the bathroom sounds weird noices about 24 austim say I would definitely find lawyers on my case I was praying all evening night mornings on this place aint don't me something worse even drink lot water to stay calm ice cold one eating even fruits talking to people also one drink lots hansaniters bottles went to emergency service hospital hopelly God blessed who riding this I wish could use nolageted to people want to know about this my expirence it was goo depressing even almost forgot some workers aint that nice also almost forgot therew was a women that crying to heart I suffered becuse for some reasons couldn't see his sons hope lots of people likes also inform this talk to someone or know something that all I would must share to call remember the universe is the salvation redeem

  5. @matthewknapp9425 on

    Ill tell you a little about my experience on it(Risperidone). this might not be your experience but it definitely is mine. here we go

    how I got on Risperidone?

    I had one bad year and a Minor Manic Episode and got put into the ward in the hospital. I wasn't speaking to rationally because I had a complete meltdown and went through some serious stuff but the doctors put me on the medication even when I had some rest and time to sort things out they wouldn't listen to me coming to reason it seemed like they were trying so hard to convince me I had a serious problem the said I had serious type schizophrenia…… I wouldn't suggest it at all even to my enemy's

    it messed me up good… I lost all motivation all my drives are shot. my energy levels are dead. and I got the worst case of foggy mind. I cant think well or concentrate. I have trouble talking to people and I hate going outside and talking on the phone more then ever now..

    its not the end of the list. when I eat I feel like IM chocking cause my throat muscles wont go full power anymore. I am tired but restless. I take 3MG per day for a little over 1 year. I miss my emotions and I miss being able to have a libido drive. I feel it took away from me that are essential to life or living.

    IM also getting bad blurry vision and going to the bathroom a lot and its harder on #2… always now.

    and come to think of anything else to say about it? I both lost and gained weight. I lost muscle but gained fat. im not really to overjoyed with the results.

  9. @thenightstalker8095 on

    Thank you Luna, you were my guiding light this whole time. Thank you. Being attached to evil gods who I didn't feel connected to anymore has been causing scary things to you. And I never realized that. Please forgive me

  10. @toribalbantin2927 on

    I was in a hospital and I had good days and bad ones I mean I have some awesome memories from that place it truly helped me but when I was there I got threatened and someone tried to πŸ”ͺ me with a spork it's a long story I haven't quite Been able to tell anyone yet but I think I'm ready to Share my experience

  11. @darrelltinsley on

    I just recently spent 6 days in a mental hospital in upstate South Carolina I am so thankful for everyone there were so helpful although I was pretty agitated the first day but they gave me lithium and it seems to be helping emotional side of my bipolar 1 and my PTSD. I know that I will have episodes but I am going to try my best Thaxs for sharing your experience with us.

  12. @mickelpic6361 on

    they did my head in in those mental hospitals they messed up with me really because they have turned me into a slobbish 37 year old thats got no ambition… they put me in seclusion and made me worse and now all i have is age and time to tether…

  16. @dogshowish on

    I have been in a mental hospital 2 now I keep ringing them back just to talk and play music but now they are are trying to stop me because they busy I have awful life

  17. @louisruffin6808 on

    The very first time I was admitted to a mental hospital was at the age of 16 years old. Most kids were driving, I just really started driving at the age 46 years old. 😐

  26. @justmadeit2 on

    I was in one for 3 weeks a month or so ago. In there voluntarily here in England. Was there because of severe depression. I’m out and still pretty much the same. It’s terrifying to feel like this

  28. @InstallerInSlippers on

    I was in a psychiatric hospital for about 8 months. It was hard. We had phones banned and the food was terrible. All you could do was go back and forth and the worst thing was that no one knew when he would get out. Bars on the windows, bad attitude towards us. One of the orderlies molested me. He said, "Do you want to suck?" He also threw chairs at a sick invalid and called everyone "fucking monsters". One boy was even beaten up as a joke, but he was beaten up. There's a lot of people with a bad fate. One person spent 5 years there, another 7, another 7. One of the patients was an old man of 55 who spent 35 years of his life in prison. There was a man who was deceived by his neighbor and forced into guardianship, he took his apartment and got his pension and only rarely brings him cigarettes, and the patient spends years in the hospital, he was sent to a home for the disabled. They didn't want to let me go until I was on disability. There's a lot of bad stuff in there. A doctor once started reading my diary in front of me. One example of a meal was pasta soup. The worst. Just pasta soup with a little bit of meat floating in it. The internal currency was cigarettes, sometimes tea or coffee. All the work was done by the patients, although it was supposed to be done by the orderlies. Everyone washed for cigarettes. 1 cigarette for washing something. And we were given only 2 a day for nothing. It's terrible that if you have a diagnosis you can get to this hospital for fighting, for example, or if your neighbors complain about you. As I understand it, many people get in for drunken disorderly conduct and the police send them there. It's horrible. Now in a fight you have to run away or get beaten up to avoid going there.

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