Is it normal i want to be put in a mental hospital?

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So, a little background about me is that I was diagnosed with depression, general anxiety, and OCD almost three years ago. Before I started getting help, I struggled with suicidal thoughts and even attempted a few times.

Ever since then I've had this weird want to be admitted into a mental hospital. I'm not sure why I want to, but I was just curious if I'm the only one who has ever wanted to. So, is it normal? I'm really curious.

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Based on 56 votes (31 yes)
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  • snarkygirl
    8 years ago | pl

    I've been non there as a teen and it was scary. Plus there's really crazy people in there possibly dangerous and you can't take normal showers or have razors or toothpaste or anything with alcohol...its kind of humiliating. When I got admitted I had to stand named while two nurses inspected my body and made notes of any marks. I'd say, don't.

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    • deepdankstickygoo
      8 years ago

      The nurses just wanted to see dat ass....and also check it closely for notable markings...

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      • 12eahtsdrateri
        8 years ago

        it is not a fun thing to happen to you when you are at your weakest mental state especially when you are anxious or like your privacy like i do.

        Its not funny because it feels nasty i felt violated when they stripped searched me not once but twice when going into a holding cell.

        Personally i hate it when the go all google , google my body.

        Not cool

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        • deepdankstickygoo
          8 years ago

          I know what it is like. You obviously cannot take a joke and are overly sensitive. Maybe you should go back to the hospital. I do not think you are fully treated of your mental conditions.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    I've been in psych wards 6 times in the last 25 years, the last time being 2008. Ultimately, they are very boring places to be. No smoking anymore (at least they used to take you outside to smoke) and only decaf coffee. Meals were the only thing I looked forward to.

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  • deepdankstickygoo
    8 years ago

    Psych wards are just places to milk the hell out of your insurance until it is almost tapped out. Those hospitals earn a couple thousand dollars per night per person and per room. Your length of stay is about how much your insurance is willing to shell out. The better the insurance you have the longer your doctor is going to make you stay...it does not matter how sick or how well you are in that case. You will stay the maximum time that your insurance is willing to allow and cover. If you have no insurance they will kick you out to the curb within a day or two..even if you are still gravely a danger to yourself or others. Thats what it boils down to. Money, not the welfare of the patient.

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  • Eric118
    8 years ago

    People like you might find mental diseases funny, but they are not! You have no idea about the sufferings they go through, get a life!!!

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  • RoseIsabella
    8 years ago

    Cracking up ain't all it's cracked up to be.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    I've heard mixed things about psych wards. On the good side it would be helpful to find the right meds and receive daily therapy. On the bad side patients are often treated poorly, such as being strapped into gurney, given bad meds, and being persecuted. Overall I'd rather not go and enjoy freedom.

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    • snarkygirl
      8 years ago

      Have you ever been in one?

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      • [Old Memory]
        8 years ago

        I spent the night in crisis triage once. It was boring and not an actual hospital. I have avoided being institutionalized.

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    • 12eahtsdrateri
      8 years ago

      you sound like an idiot to me right about now.
      They over medicate you and ruin your life.

      Once they label you , you are screwed for life.

      The only time i wanted to be admitted to one was when i nearly went to jail.

      The beds are more comfortable than prison ones that and the psych wards are easier to break out of than jail.

      The only down side is your self-esteem takes a beating and the label never wear off. that and you have the watching you every minute of the day.

      Just like jail only you get drugged up.

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  • GrayHulk99
    8 years ago

    don't let them get you.

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  • aliencreaturex
    7 years ago

    I think it's normal, i've been admitted twice and i miss it tbh, i felt really safe and always had someone to talk to

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  • theseeker
    8 years ago

    I don't think that's the answer for you. This might sound bad, but I think I would kill myself before doing that, and NO I'm not saying kill yourself. I'm saying a mental hospital is a bad choice because I don't think you're that crazy, but a mental hospital will actually make you literally bat shit crazy. There's a better solution. Don't give up.

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  • 12eahtsdrateri
    8 years ago

    psych wards are not cool on the lame scale they are a 10 / 10.
    It is like jail for the mentally ill.
    i came out worst than i went in thought i was crazy then i came out insane.

    That and i found an endless loop hole for avoiding jail due to the label it is easier to break out of a psych ward than a jail.

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  • Steve2!
    8 years ago

    Then tell a psychiatrist and get yourself locked up into one, then.

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    • thegypsysailor
      8 years ago

      OK, now I get it. What you are calling your penthouse is really the psych ward in a mental hospital. In Boston for real, or is that also a delusion?
      Now EVERYTHING makes sense. Poor stevie, poor pitiful lying stevie. Perhaps an electrotherapy program might help with your delusions, stevie boy. Tell a psychiatrist and get yourself into one then.

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      • i.am.a.pervert
        8 years ago

        Dead Sailor 2016

        "because tobacco is his Gawd."

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  • Bragga
    8 years ago

    I was there a few years ago and I had a great experience. I guess it just varies by hospital.

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  • jethro
    8 years ago

    Nothing is stopping you from committing yourself. Give it a try.

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  • xfg14
    8 years ago

    I would suggest a lobotomy while you're there.

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  • Wolverine99
    8 years ago

    stay away from mental hospitals. there's nothing to experience there except being alone and scared.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    Well I for one don't care to have my tax dollars support you for the rest of your life, in some institution.
    Go out and take a bit of responsibility for your life and maybe, just maybe you will achieve some self respect and your life will turn around.
    Giving up solves nothing.

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