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Originally Posted by *Beth*
I wish I could, in good conscience, encourage people to go IP. That it will help. Maybe at some point years back, it did. But for me at least, all 3 of my IP's were upsetting. Another patient trying to smother me during the night, having clothing stolen, herded into a room to watch TV all day, mean staff members and (every time) rotten pdocs who didn't do jack.
I'm glad you avoided having to go IP, Kit.
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Thank you Beth. My IP experiences have been pretty awful. I'm not saying I would never go IP. Like maybe if I were really suicidal or something. But I'm not at that point.
I told my T last session that when I have really needed to go IP and I go to the ER and ask to go IP they send me home. When I don't need to go IP and I have to go to the ER for SH or something, I get put IP. She said, "Wow, we are really failing as an industry." I don't remember is she used the word industry but that's the gist.