some of my experiences in the mental health system

by **pheonixrise** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:06 am

ajrocker8 wrote:but my mom didn't want me to go into treatment.

This is probably a completely different topic, but this angers me so much. I told my Mum about my first few suicide attempts at around 12 years old, and that wasn't enough to get help. I stopped eating, that wasn't enough. She took the rest of my siblings to child psychologists to get them diagnosed with the various things they have between them, but forced me into therapy years after knowing something was wrong with me because I was self harming. Still didn't take me to a doctor, or a psychologist, or any of that, just forced me into counseling.

But that really is a completely different topic!

) that i like found me and she called the cat team (psych after hours Emengecy number) they said there is nothing they can do and if it gets worse call the cops (they want you to call the cops because it makes there job easer) so when she got off the phone she called the cops they took me to ed i saw the doctor that discharged and he admitted me again

i will probably be in a few weeks or more this time as it has beed diced by all my workers going back to my current accommodation is a bad idea and will lead me to end up back in prison and i dont think i have much choice in it but i agree and i dont want to go back so now i have to waite for them to find accommodation that meats my needs and is on my own because going back to a shear house will just have the same problem

by **Comingoutofmyshell** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:08 pm

So want to give you a hug...

Sorry about whats going on, wanna talk PM me I'd gladly do anything I can to help.

Coming x

by **jessicaborthwick** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:00 am

the only good think about hospital is i got out of court for this month i have to go in next month it may be for sentencing cant remember if sentencing is next month or the month after that

by **crystal_richardson** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:05 pm

SuchIsLife91 wrote:My experiences were crappy too. I'm not diagnosed with BPD, although i definitely fit all the criteria for it. But i have enough other Personality Disorders.. >_<.

The first time i got sent to a psychiatrist is when i killed the family cat. I was young, and it always seemed to stare at me, i thought it was spying on me.( I realize that it was a crazy thought now, but i convinced myself ). There solution was to start basically calling me crazy saying that i need constant check ups. They told my mother i could be potentially dangerous, which led to strict rules, and curfews, etc. How was this meant to help?

Second time i went to go and see my doctor voluntarily about my paranoia. It was getting extreme, i really wanted help so i went to a NHS doctor and told him. He was convinced that i was on drugs.. and in the end he sent me a way with a few sleeping pills and told me to get a good night sleep.

Third time was when i got institutionalized, I uh, swallowed a bottle of pills right in front of my mum, which i guess wasn't the smartest idea. I then ran off, i must of collapsed somewhere because i woke up in a hospital a few hours later. The shrink and everyone else thought it was an act of attention seeking, which wasn't the case. I wanted to die, but i also wanted to know it was my mothers fault. I didn't take too kindly to being called an attention seeker, so i said "Alright, give me some more pills and see what happens", unfortunately this only backed up their theory >.> !

Now i go to regular therapy, and every new problem i tell them about they seem to give me a new disorder. They don't seem bothered as to why these problems exist, or even how to help them. They just throw diagnoses and meds at me. I don't even have a personality anymore, all my traits are explained by disorders.. I definitely think that the mental health system has made me worse than i was before. I was normal in my head before the first time, and ever since i've thought i was crazy and got even worse.

/rant.

You don't sound crazy to me SuchisLife.

by **SuchIsLife91** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:17 pm

crystal_richardson wrote:
You don't sound crazy to me SuchisLife.

Well thanks :-)

That's mainly due to being able to think before i "Submit", as opposed to in real life where i just blurt out random crap !

by **crystal_richardson** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:54 pm

Hahaha... I'm that way too sometimes..

by **jessicaborthwick** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:59 am

i sometimes wish there is a reverse button you can push and go back to what you said and can change it

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