@crookedcigarette: Surviving the mental health crisis is one thing but leaving the hospital with a brand new trauma… is another. Like yeah, throw a bunch of mentally ill strangers from all walks of life into one locked unit… what could possibly go wrong?! #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth #storytime #psychwardstories #letstalkaboutit
hated each time because they treat you as a body not a person. I had just got my arm injected birth control and they tore my bandages off and let me bleed for three days and were rough taking vitals and refused to give in help.
2026-07-19 03:14:58
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Caylynn :
Psych wards are used to regulate you. They are not meant for long term treatment
2026-07-21 14:44:19
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🪻Kayla🪻 :
Me getting an extra day added because I was sobbing about missing my 6 month old daughter🤩🤩🤩🤩
2026-07-19 14:08:13
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ೕ zun !! ♡ೕ(˃̵ᴗ˂̵ ๑) :
help am I the only one who genuinely didn't despise my stay at the mental hospital like I was never bored they gave me an iPad and I was so happy...
2026-07-19 04:44:16
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Kerri Lynn 🖤 :
I had a worker tell me to clean up my own puke.
2026-07-19 22:18:46
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Sav :
i had a girl that would shit and piss herself. she was catatonic she didn’t speak, we all (nurse and tech’s included) extremely concerned as she would “see” something and start screaming. well we found out her parents brought her, which just added to the confusion. we were bunk mates (this place one room had 4 beds closest to the station which come to find out was the “crazy room” yea i was in there lmao) she came into the bathroom while i was showering, i let her in as we were all trying to be nice to her as we had a other girl that was trying to run fades, play imma kill you music, etc and the techs loved that girl. back to me, she pisses herself. i’m butt ass naked in the shower and she’s standing right over the drain in the middle of the room. i go “it’s ok, i’m done i’ll go get someone” then she puts her finger over her mouth and goes shhhh it’s ok and walks towards me like a fuckin zombie giggling. i’m backed against the wall and i hear another mate who was awesome. i yelled for help which stopped her before she touched me and i ran. that whole situation was incredibly traumatic. that’s only a small story of that 10 day hell
2026-07-19 01:36:38
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Julie Degolier :
there was a guy in psych ward obsessed with me and trying to kill me. felt so unsafe
2026-07-20 06:29:27
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Mickey Komtra :
psych units always make you worse
2026-07-19 11:25:10
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Ziggystrdst :
I’ve been lucky and enjoyed my two stays at the grippy sock
2026-07-19 01:36:10
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Amanda P. 💜 :
God I hated being locked in the psych hospital. It gave me a fear of being chained/locked up. If someone tries to lock me in a car I hyperventilate. I have to be free.
2026-07-19 02:27:42
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Sentient Polly Pocket :
I just came back from a grippy sock vacation. Made some new friends out of it though. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
2026-07-19 01:42:00
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Angelica Paris Petrie 🏳️⚧️ :
America psych wards are the worst
2026-07-19 06:48:28
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c a s e y 🌻🦎🪼 :
my experience was sooo bad, wouldn’t ever go back. everrrr
2026-07-19 02:18:29
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Morgan 🌈 소율 :
I always wondered why people wanted to go back cause......not me
2026-07-19 03:28:28
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darthmemewalker :
no no, you're right they were more traumatic then theraputic, speaking from experience, also sorry that happened to you
2026-07-24 10:47:11
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Elizabeth Scout Beam :
Omg 🙈 😳
2026-07-27 01:33:16
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silentnight5one❌️ :
I Totally get it. I have been in 4 of them. But one of them was like a country club. 😁
2026-07-19 05:04:17
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Ben H. Clément 🇨🇦 :
I spend one night on a urgency corridor bed and I'll never want to live that again. Was the longest night of my life, did not sleep actually.
2026-07-19 01:49:31
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Danielle Rios :
My daughter went about 7 times and each one was traumatizing 😭
2026-07-19 03:53:37
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Ashley Rakestraw :
The one place I've ever seen and most nuts people was in jail behind the glass.Not really too much inside words.Although one guy started a fight to try to impress me
2026-07-19 04:08:23
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lexieholgate :
During my stay in the psych ward I got news that my wife killed herself and while I was having my horror-filled reaction, the security guard just kept eating her chicken pot-pie and never glanced in my direction once
2026-07-20 11:42:39
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MardieH :
I'm not sure what kind of hospital you were at but none of that would have been allowed, including smoking, would have been allowed. What state are you in? My state has a posted government holiness you can call when you believe your rights are being violated. Have you seen a lawyer? Seems like the hospital has a huge liability. I'm so sorry for all the things you have been through.
2026-07-19 06:49:03
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Pinkcheekz :
Agree
2026-07-19 01:51:54
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Macreads :
Yes. I cry every time i go. They have to drug the fuck out of me to calm me down. I’ve had people threaten me, it always smelling horrible. I hate that place
2026-07-19 04:49:13
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