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Apr 23, 2012, 01:00 AM
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Ok, this will sound weird...but ever since my last hospitalization over 11 months ago, I have only been able to take baths and not showers. I never questioned it until recently, and then realized it's because showers reminded me of all the showers I've taken at the psych hospital throughout my 9 admissions.
It's not that I'm afraid of showers themselves...but just the situation, even the thought of showering reminded me of the hospitalizations and all the tough stuff that happened there. Well, today I took my first shower in over 11 months and it went great!  I forgot how wonderful they feel, how much cleaner I feel afterwards than a bath...the feel of the hot water on my skin. It didn't trigger many thoughts of the hospital either. It may sound small, but for me this is a huge victory. |
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Apr 23, 2012, 01:17 AM
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 Yay! Stories like yours give me additional incentive to plan ahead for talking my way out of inpatient offers. Been effective so far! Hospital sounds like hell. Damn be the day they get me! |
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Apr 23, 2012, 01:25 AM
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Congratulations!!! A job well done!
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 That which does not kill me makes me stronger. |
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Apr 23, 2012, 01:27 AM
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Good job Melissa!!! I'm really proud of you. You are coming so far, even since I've been here.
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Apr 23, 2012, 01:57 AM
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Small victories beat the heck out of no victories. I thought I'd done something really great when I managed to take a shower last time I was inpatient. Crammed into that little tiny stall with the suicide-proof shower head and the off every 10 seconds push button for hot water. Did it though, felt a lot better and cleaner afterward.
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Apr 23, 2012, 07:47 AM
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 So proud of you Melissa! Everyday you grow more and more, and everyday you make some progress. A victory is a victory is a victory
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Apr 23, 2012, 07:49 AM
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Congrats! To celebrate, you should buy yourself one of those rain shower heads. They are heavenly!
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age: 23 dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis |
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Apr 25, 2012, 02:51 PM
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Congratulations on overcoming that difficulty. Hospitalization can be traumatic. I've been hospitalized three times.
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Apr 26, 2012, 05:51 PM
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I hear you. Our hospital had cold showers that didn't warm-up until the afternoon and looked old.
Worse than that is if you timed in when roll-call came and they opened the door to check-up on you  .....or the poor old gentleman that had Schizophrenia that wandered the halls talking and opening up doors.I now why....but I would have loved bathroom doors that locked so you could at least go in peace. |
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