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Originally Posted by purpledaisy
What is inpatient like?
Does it vary according to the individual hospital?
Can you take your computer? Your cell phone?
Do they really ban things like sneakers because of the strings?
What do you do all day while you're there? Constant therapy? Group? Time to rest and deal?
Do they let you have visitors?
What if the one person who triggers you more than anyone else in the world wants to come and cry and tell you to just snap out of it, as she has done for years? Will they keep people like this away?
Do you interact much with other patients?
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I haven't been myself, but my sister has, and my 2 older children (this is in U.S.). I think it may differ somewhat if you're a child or adult.
Yes, the hospitals are all different with rules, visiting hours, their therapies, what if anything visitors are allowed to bring.
No computers or cellphones to my knowledge.
Yes, they take strings off of everything - shoes - sweatpants - sweatshirts.
They have a lot of group therapies, coloring, reading, journaling, hang out tv time. The best hospital I saw was in San Francisco, they did yoga with the kids.
I recall some of the places let my son sleep during the day if he wanted. Some places lock all bedroom doors unless it's sleeping hours, so you can't go in. And at night they go around and check on everyone every 15 mins.
Yes they let you have visitors. Different hospitals have different times, usually 6-7pm. There was one I liked because they had 2 visiting hours in the day. So I was able to visit my daughter more, brought her lunch and dinner, she's picky about health food.
Sometimes they let me bring my kids food and we'd eat together, some places do not allow you to bring food.
If the potential visitor you would want kept away is your parent, I dont know what the rules would be. But I think you should have a say so in who visits you. You could call the hospital and ask them.
I hope this might help you, and hope you're ok.
