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Originally Posted by Wingnut13
What is it like in a psych hospital? Can my T make me go? If I go on my own can I leave whenever I want to? Think my T is getting worried cause I told her my thoughts of ending it have turned into fantasies of how I would do it. Something happened that has triggered this,something very bad. It is sexual and is so bad I don't know how to deal with it. I should've told my T but didn't.
Someone very close to me did something(to me) she shouldn't have.
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I don't know if a T can "make" you go but they can report you to the police who can force you to go to the hospital. At least that is how it works in Canada.
I have not been in a strictly psych hospital but have been on the psych ward twice now. The last time was in September and it was an OD that lead me there. I was committed by two doctors and was to be committed for one month. The weekend pdoc released the commitment (after 1 week) saying that it was better for me to be their voluntarily.
As for the ward itself, it was not much different then any other hospital stay. I did group therapy daily, talked with the pdoc (and his student) daily. I was not allowed to leave without my husband there. Not some place I really want to be but it was not scary or anything. I was in for 12 days. I actually stayed a couple of extra days as I was scared to leave at first (the pdoc ok'd the extra time). I was going to be released suddenly ("want to go home today", I panicked).