I didn't know where to put this post.
If anyone here has had inpatient psychiatric care, or been to a transitional living treatment center (basically been through any treatment that requires you to live there for a week, month, 3 months, etc.), could you tell me your story?
My therapist, friends, and boyfriend keep pushing the idea. They are frightened of my self-destructive habits and suicidal thoughts - I'm scared to. But I'm really nervous about living at a treatment center.
-I'd have to put my life on hold
-Its really expensive and I don't know who'd pay
-I'm really nervous about being without my loved ones, who I'm really dependent on
-I don't want to be medicated
Staying away from home has always been hard for me - just sleeping over a friend's house can be anxiety provoking because of the unfamiliar sleeping environment environment, nevermind my difficulties when I went away to college (I had to return home).
Besides all those concerns, the unfamiliar really scares me.
What was your experience of long-term residential treatment like?
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