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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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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