Posted by kiddo on November 4, 2001, at 19:30:55
In reply to Re: breakdowns, posted by Gracie2 on November 4, 2001, at 19:08:54
Up, kiddo, back to hospital. It must have done you SOME good before, and it really wasn't such a bad place after all (there was an RN we called Nurse Ratchett, but the rest of them were kind).***
You think I should check myself in? Which reminds me..when I went before, I refused to lay on the beds-call me paranoid, but I had no idea who'd slept there before, I had one of my daughter's blankets, lying on the floor crying and one the 'nurses' came in and wanted me to sign a contract saying I wouldn't kill myself-that made me laugh..I asked what he would do if I 'breached my contract' and killed myself, sue me? What an idiotic thing to conjure up.> In fact, my roommate went to the mental ward for VACATION. She told me that whenever she needed a break from her kids and her abusive husband, she would cut herself so they would lock her up. I said, "Was your husband abusive to the kids?"
> She shrugged and said, "Sometimes."
> I just stared at her. Here was an abnormal person who thought she was normal pretending to be abnormal. And her poor kids! I would kill anyone who tried to hurt my kids, and she seemed to care less. I was shocked and disgusted.***
Yeah-I'd definitely take 'em out. You can mess with me, my house or possessions, but you don't dare cross my kids. She sounds like she really did belong there, unfortunately, her kids belonged somewhere else as well, but weren't.> Then she said, "Oh, if you see me passed out on the floor, just call the nurse."
> I said, "Uh-huh". I figured I would leave her ass on the floor - when she got cold, she would get up. What a strange person.
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Sheesh, I'd have left her there too. What some people won't do for attention. Major issues there, I don't need formal training for that Dx.> Sorry, don't know why I got into that. Generally the hospital was very helpful for me.
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I was there once, that was enough for me. I was definitely obnoxious (sp?). For kicks, one day I hid in the closet and it took them 4 hours to find me. Were they surprised when they came back to my room and found me on the bed. When they asked where I'd been, I looked 'em straight in the eye, as seriously as Freud himself and said "I've been here the entire time, why?" They told my pdoc I was the most difficult patient they'd ever encountered (especially when I drove the 'contract' guy out of my room and had him backed into the nurse's station.)
I told my therapist if they wanted it easy, they should be working in Cancun, not in a mental ward..I didn't know I was there to cater to them.
In case you didn't notice, I not only have a temper but a really big mouth to go with it. This time, I could become aggressive very easily, since this Tae Kwon Do thing...I've been wanting to test it out....
Sorry so long!
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