Thanks for this article Sometimes! It really is thought provoking. I guess my issue with it is the assumption that meds/hospitalisation = a return to normal life, when that is not always the case. If I had to choose between getting my previous life back through meds and hospitalisation vs continuing as I am, then I would probably choose psychiatry, even though hospitalisation was one of the most demeaning experiences of my life. But I haven't found meds worth the side effects or hospitalisation worth the trauma, so to choose between feeling as I do now in hospital vs out of hospital, then I would NEVER allow myself to be hospitalised again. I'm not sure I will be able to get over how traumatic I found hospitalisation and forced ECT, and the fact that they expected me to be grateful for their 'help' is particularly galling.

*Willow*