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#1
Apr 14, 2010, 12:11 PM
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Tomorrow my sister will be admitted voluntarily into a psych hospital. It will be the her first time. I'm really happy she is finally getting the extra help she needs and she will get all her medications adjusted. Still, I'm a little anxious.
Please keep her in your prayers and thoughts.
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Apr 14, 2010, 01:32 PM
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I'm glad your sister will be voluntarily getting the help she needs. That's a very smart decision she's making. She will be in my thoughts.
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Apr 14, 2010, 03:41 PM
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Wishing the best for your sister. May she feel the strength and support of the Community.
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Apr 15, 2010, 07:50 AM
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I'm glad she is going voluntarily.
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“In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the...feeling felt as truth...that no remedy will come -- not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute. . . . It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.”-William Styron |
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Apr 15, 2010, 09:01 AM
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At what stage does one get admitted non-voluntarily?
The reason I ask - the very first time I went to see a psychiatrist he wanted to admit me; I was really just battling with a bit of depression. After some discussion, I agreed to go a few days later. I then tried to OD a few weeks later, and took myself to hospital, more because I felt physically sick. Now, unless I let people know how I am really feeling, or start acting REALLY strange, why would anyone force me to go to hospital? I do wish your sister all the best ((HUGS)) |
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Apr 15, 2010, 09:54 AM
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Sugahorse...how ARE you really feeling?
Does your therapist know, or those close to you? I used to keep things hidden...but it felt best to keep them out in the open, to write about them here in the least.... We love you, PC loves you as you are  
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Apr 15, 2010, 10:14 AM
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as my mood says - Twisted. I try and put my thoughts in a mail to a friend, and i think I do a good job.
My therapist and I do not have a decent relationship yet, as she's new and I've only been to see her once. Well, when I say therapist, she's my psychiatrist |
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Apr 15, 2010, 10:16 AM
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PM me sugahorse, I will share a lot about me too, we can share with each other
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Apr 16, 2010, 08:05 AM
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Well, I feel kak!
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Apr 16, 2010, 05:37 PM
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HereIamBp--I hope your sister finds the help that she is seeking
and I hope your anxious feelings are put to rest.best to you fins
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Apr 16, 2010, 07:33 PM
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Sugarhorse my understanding concerning non-voluntarily admittance into a hosp happens when a person is a danger to their self or a danger to others.
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Madness does not always howl. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "Hey, is there room in your head for one more?" One Step Away From Being The Crazy Cat Lady |
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Apr 18, 2010, 07:39 PM
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The involuntary commitment laws require a confluence of mental illness or alcoholism and a showing of a danger to yourself, others or property.
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Apr 18, 2010, 09:49 PM
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They also require that you be unsuitable for admission in any other way, i.e. volunatary
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Apr 20, 2010, 02:02 PM
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How is your sister doing? I recently spent 2 1/2 days & 3 nights in a psych hospital, & I volunteered to go. I'm glad I did, because it helped! Please keep us posted!
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