So I came here after developing the Big Sad over the last 6 months. The level of care here is really amazing, I will basically only go to Northwestern for medical care from now on. The facility is really nice and I have my own personal nurse.
I am friends with a train who is actually NOT mentally ill (she had a bad reaction to marijuana) and an older gay socialite who is obsessed with me. The socialite makes sure everyone knows he's "very well known in the city", is in the social pages, etc. He's constantly name dropping people I've never fricking heard of as if I should know who they are lol Everyone is pretty cool.
My days are basically either recreational activities (I've made tons of bracelets and things that might be mistaken for "art") or therapy groups + meeting with your psychiatry team, social workers, taking your meds, nurses checking in on you, etc etc.
I did make the world's ugliest bracelet on purpose to give to my sister when I'm out. Because it was made in the psych ward she has to be like, "OMG IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE IT THANK YOU!" lol So I'm still trolling from inside okay.
I'm prob going to be here a few more days because they are titrating my meds up. After that I am NOT going home. I am going to enter something called PHP (patient hospitalization program) which is like residential therapy. After that I do IOP intensive outpatient therapy where I might be able to work during the day and go to the hospital in the evening. Details are really sketchy right now, this only just got brought up as an option.
Anyway I hope y'all are doing well. Let me know what's going on in your life.
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Darn psych ward sounds fetch like summer camp for grown-ups. I want to go make friendship bracelets!
Can we order gifts to the ward for you? Or is that forbidden because we might bake an escape file into the pie?
Anyway feel better, FroCho!
BTW, I'm reading a book you might like: it's called The Disconnect and it's by this Irish woman about how the internet drove her to madness.
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If its a bunch of stunted millennials and zoomers then yea.
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Good luck!
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Pathetic L post of the day here
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My life is too boring. What do I have to do to land myself in a psych ward instead of jail?
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Tell them you have a history of suicide attempts, come in crying and say you have a plan. But only go to a good hospital....hopefully a big academic medical center or at least a rich people hospital. HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE. I've been in all kinds of psych wards and some are like a vacation and are some are like prison. This one is like a vacation.
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Based on a friend of mine
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I'm glad you're feeling better. I've spent a lot of time in those places for what are probably similar reasons.
Everything is generally okay as long as I stay on top of treatment and stuff. But when unmedicated, things can quickly go off the rails.
For what it's worth, you should consider becoming a full soberchad (assuming you arent already).
I don't think it gets talked about enough in the psych world.. that like, to properly diagnose and treat issues you really need to be off everything for a good amount of time.
That way you can tell like what is your actual baseline without any outside stuff interfering with it.
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I've been sober like 3 weeks now! Your comment really touched me. It's wonderful to hear how you have handled it. I definitely am going to do similar.
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Congrats, being sober is the best. The longer you go the easier it gets.
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Happy for you fam. Stick with it, it gets so much better.
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I'm sorry, I should
have known the pressure to purchase me Gucci 
jeans 
would 
lead to such dire consequences 
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How many paper stars have you made?
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PHP is actually "Partial Hospitalization Program" not patient. You'll do 6hrs/day for 5 days/week in a PHP. IOP is 3hrs/day for 3 days/week. Neither are inpatient/residential so you may not be going home but you'll either be in a hotel or apartment-type accommodation that might be organized by the program. In case you're unaware, you're not leaving without at least getting referred to one of the two programs. Just because they refer you doesn't mean you actually need to attend either program though.
You're super lucky you have internet access though. I could only check out a non-wifi MP3 player I brought with me or read books I brought along. Have you picked up/intensified a nicotine habit while there? All the cool kids went to ciggie breaks where I was. I advise ordering at least two vapes. They're only checking to make sure you return something at the end of smoko and you can pretty easily pocket another one for some sneaky puffs.
Important Edit: Did you get grippy socks?
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Thanks man, yeah I only just was told about it and didn't know the details. They said PHP is 5 hours 5 days a week and IOP is 3 hours 3-5 days a week.
There's no smoking allowed. At least at this place. We aren't allowed outside. I actually stopped vaping like 10 days ago (was too depressed to go buy more lol.
YASSSS I got grippy socks!!!
Glad you are out and thriving. <3 Thank you sm for your comment.
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You really
shouldn't be online 
this much, I'm starting to doubt 
you're in a facility
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We can go on the computer from 7-9, from 12-1:15 and after 4PM iirc? Idk I'm usually going to group. I have been in 4 facilities and 2 have had computers. You can google it, many have computers. I am going to breakfast now. I can show u proof when I'm out.
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I'll be waiting!
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I can't believe normal people work 40 hours a week to subsidize this bullshit existence
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I sure am glad I have private health insurance so I'm paying only for my own needs.
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I bet I'd get a 20% discount on my premiums if we just sent these losers to labor camps instead.
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Lately I've been feeling a deep sense of self-satisfaction. I thought it was because I got a job and have been pretty productive with other things, but maybe our spirits are entangled and I can't have joy without sending you into despair? Sorry.
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If ur employed, has your work place had any interaction with you since you have admitted?
Only asking cuz I have a report who is also having some sort of mental crisis and I'm not sure if reaching out would help, or if it's better to leave her alone
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f they are inpatient, don't bother bc it'll be hard or impossible to reach them anyway. If they are NOT inpatient in a hospital YES reach out and ask them how they are holding up. My boss has been really supportive and when you're depressed you need all the support you can get.
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Maybe it's not the same because I think this person may have been involuntarily committed in the hospital. I'm not really sure, as HR is mostly handling it
Her last texts to me were asking me to call the cops because her son was drugging her at the hospital
(why me)
Not sure if texting her will make things better or worse
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Oh yeah she won't even see them. They take your phone so you don't take pictures of other patients. Don't worry about it and check in on her when she is out.
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Is your dog taken care of?
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Yes my BIL flew in from NYC and collected him. Chewy is a New Yawk Dog now.
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Get better soon!
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OMG YOURE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is this the real FroCho? I'll assume it is.
But you've been drama maxxing that whole time. How could you be sad
It's a heckin wholesome uplifting forum 
This you Queen?
https://rdrama.net/post/228511/can-you-fix-her
So do they give you special smartphone time in a secluded room?
Get well soon
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they have 3 computers that are open to use when there isn't group stuff going on.
And thank you sm
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Oh I never heard of that.
Lol at the thought of logging into rDrama in a psych ward
Be careful. If they get one look at the screen, you're never leaving.
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Carp, badge for logging into rDrama in unique locations?
Mental hospital has to be a top location.
And it would cheer up FroCho to get a new badge
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Logging in to rDrama from the Pentagon
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sorry, I've been a bit swamped and this slipped my mined. while it looks like there could be something interesting here, I have a general heuristic of "if the Daily Beast of all outlets won't touch sexual harassment allegations, then it's more sensitive territory than I prefer to tread on." to be confident about releasing anything, particularly with legal concerns present, I'd need to devote a lot of time to the story - it wouldn't be as simple as 'just get barpod to platform the person looking into it'. hope their hunt bears fruit regardless. Hometown
I think I hate rehabbers the most, but junkies are just the equivalent of bpd broads.
Is this the real FroCho? I'll assume it is. But you've been drama maxxing that whole time. How could you be sad It's a heckin wholesome uplifting forum This you Queen?. So do they give you special smartphone time in a secluded room? Get well soon
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WhatAFrickingN's law (proposed just now) states that the longer any online community exists regardless of topic or scope, the probability of being usurped by transgenders or transexuals approaches 1.
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I notified my LoanServicer of this situation.
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What?
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Why you reply to me
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im no longer homeless
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that's good
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Thanks for the update, hope things keep going well and you get everything figured out. Make some cool marsey bracelets too. all i've done lately is make these two marseys, take them
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