What Happens When You Go To A Psych Ward?

Honestly the thing I hated most was them looking at my scars it was just traumatising.

As someone whos gone several times, this is very accurate.

My experience was nothing like this. I went voluntarily and was treated like a criminal, not a patient who needed help. I checked myself out so fast and i will NEVER go back to any psych ward or crisis center willingly, over my dead body.

My experience was awful. Children's psych unit in Alberta, Canada. The staff forced a strip search of all patients upon entry. They insisted on checking your nude body for contraband, and to check your body cavities for the same. If you don't comply with the strip search they WILL force it upon you. You're stripped of all your belongings, including your own undergarments (they give you a unit pair to wear, and no bras for the women). They even took my glasses for the first two days and I could not see more than a few feet in front of my face. I was on lockdown in my room for the first 24 hours as it was COVID times and it was required for quarantine. I was not allowed to contact my parents unless they visited in person, and I wasn't allowed visitors for the first week and a half. The nurses would regularly insult the patients in front of us as if we couldn't hear them. And they wonder why my second day there another kid has enough and got violent with the staff...

“Probably not as scary as you think” my ass 💀 Gonna re-edit this . If you need help do not use my comment as judgement to stay away from psych wards because some are good. But do research first bcs IT IS GOING TO BE SCARY, I just hate how the dude in the video worded it. Like, IT IS SCARY!! It helps some people but saying “it’s not as scary as you think” is gonna ruin peoples trust …

I got sent to one when i just had anger issues and my first day there my roommate hung himself in our bathroom worst experience of my life

"It is not as scary as you think" Brother i went to a psych ward in Raleigh North Carolina and got assaulted by two other males 17-16 and not one staff member do any instentive checks on me...

Lmao I lied to the hospital staff so that I didn’t have to go to a mental hospital lmao.

You get treated worse than an animal and traumatized and sent out worse than you came in. Period

I am NOT changing infront of strangers

uh lets not forget that they check every part of u for drugs,weapons,etc..

Being Involuntarily imprisoned will always be scary

its actually worse than you think. many people are traumatized for life from these kinds of hospitals.

Guys as someone who recently relapsed into self harm. Please try EVERY OTHER ALTERNATIVE. Because I was reminded that it doesn’t make you feel better. Doesn’t matter what time of day it is. If playing a video game distracts you from the urge, do it. If cooking distracts you, do it. Do everything you can to fight the urge. I know how strong it can be and people in your mind tell you to do it. They aren’t really there, so ignore them.

I was brought in a stretcher lol

This happened to me and it was freaking traumatizing. After that I can’t go anywhere without a stuffed animal or a comfort item or I will start crying.

if they tried made me take off my clothes i would actually be the first person to alt f4 in that particular day

Those chairs are super heavy me who got one thrown at me 💀

for me though, the people i was there with made it more traumatizing. they would jump the smaller girls and take their stuff and basically ran that place as patients. i have never been to psych ward with caring and understanding staff. i’ve never been comfortable or listened too. for me personally, psych wards drove me further into depression

"The chairs are super heavy so you can't throw them at people" bro I had a guy (13 year old) throw 5 of them at me and after that whole incident was done. I found out they were very, very easy to pick up like 13 year old me could overhead press them and I'm not that strong either the place I went didn't even have bathroom doors