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Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

I don't think that there are many, if any, long term psych hospitals that you can just check yourself into in the US. That's why there are do many mentally ill or disabled people who are homeless, or in prison.

I've only had one stint in a psych hospital, but it wasn't fun at all. Everything the goon above me said is pretty close to what I experienced, and I was apparently at the nicer facility in the area.

A lot of inpatient psychiatric facilities really are just for emergency stays while the patient is stabilized and holy poo poo did I want to leave as soon as I could. I didn't really have any responsibilities, no, but it was just very uncomfortable, boring and really unnerving to be around schizophrenics and violently suicidal people all the time. And oh boy, the bill for a four day stay was my yearly income, even after insurance.

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turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

OP imagine this guy except he's your roommate.

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