About to go into hospital... TRIGGER WARNING

Please don't staff is pretty good about finding the phones and it does cause problems when we do. Also you are there for help and more often than not having the phone actually causes more harm than good. I know it is hard to imagine but it is the truth.

Hope you get the help and rest you need. Writing may substitute for not having electronics.

hi everyone, thanks so much for your kind words. i spent last night in the general hospital and the intensive psych service are coming straight here to assess me and find a unit. i won't be allowed home - its straight here to the unit. which is sort of depressing in itself.

i managed to buy wifi at the hospital but i doubt it will be the same at the unit. for what it's worth, a possible one i might go to is the Priory Roehampton... where all the celebrities like kate moss, amy winehouse went for rehab, lol.

hope i can talk to you guys soon, you won't mind if i keep you updated? i'm not telling any of my friends i'm here so PC could be my substitute...

I was in a different priory hospital a few weeks ago and if its anything like where i was chances are you will not be allowed to keep your electronics. But, we were allowed to use them for a while if we sat outside the nursing station. Obviously yours could be different but thats how it was for me.

I hope that hospital gives you the help you need and you start feeling better soon!

Thanks so much secretwhisperer

Please keep us updated. We will be waiting to hear from you. Take care. I hope they can get you the help you need. Talk to you soon.

Thanks gayle

Have been admitted to an adolescent psych unit. They are claiming it will be a short crisis admission but a sinking feeling in me thinks that this isn't a crisis- I might be like this for a while... I get my own bedroom at least. Although I will have to do school there despite it being the Xmas holidays

Sending Warm Thoughts & Well Wishes Your Way!

Thank you Pfrog! BTW I loved your newest poem 'Sad Winters'. It was so relatable and you write very well.

Good job getting help. Thinking about you. (If I were a therapist, I woud definitely care about what was happening to you.)

May this be the beginning of a fresh new start for you

I'm so glad you're in a safe place.

Sending lots of strength your way!

I am glad that you are safe and are with people who can help you heal. Hang in there! I wish you all the best now and throughout the new year!

Big hugs 8888, thinking of you and wishing you lots of strength and hope
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hey everyone!

just wanted to say, I've been in the unit for 13 days now and it's okaaay. well, of course it's horrible feeling caged up and medicated. I've taken a lot of pills here. but I think this is the safest place for me to be. the other patients are lovely.

talk to you guys soon!

love 8888

Thank you for checking in, 888. I'm glad you're safe.

Thanks for letting us know how you are 888.

that's okay. I feel crap today, idk why. my parents are coming to see me. and my therapist is visiting me on Monday! I cant wait to see her.

Hey 8888, sorry you're not so good today, but I'm glad that it's going okay overall. Hugs xxxx

Thanks for the update 8x8. I've been wondering and worrying about how you're doing.

I'm glad that you are safe! Take care!

I'm so glad to hear from you. I've been thinking about you. Keep up the good work.

thank you so much everyone. it truly lifts my mood to see that I have friends on here thinking about me. you have helped me an enormous amount.

I've been in here for 3 weeks now. they said I will get discharged in 4 weeks or less. I saw my therapist on Monday and it was the most amazing thing. she was so lovely and kind and supportive, it somehow managed to kick me out of the dark hole and motivate me.

I want to get better. I'm not suicidal anymore, thank God. I've chosen life. I've decided that if I'm going to live, I will live properly. and I believe I'm no longer a risk to myself or others. the antipsychotic has taken away my voices and I've had a diagnosis of PTSD. I don't want to kill myself anymore, I want to be here, and I want to go home and see my therapist and be with my dogs and learn to live again, and it is such a massive relief that finally, finally I can say that.

I haven't been restrained or IM'd (injected in the arse while being pinned down) for 2 weeks.

I really badly want to leave here now. psychiatric units really hit home how much I will appreciate my independence and freedom once I'm out of here.

so yes, hopefully i'll be out in a few weeks.

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