econommicalspence

Having stayed in a mental hospital myself for various issues, i can tell you all from first-hand experience. Everything in this post? Is true. I watched, daily, as patients...my peers...attacked staff violently. Outbursts. Cries, threatening murder and harm. I watched one kid suffering psychosis grab our staff leader by the neck and slam his head repeatedly into a staircase. 15 staff. It took 15 staff to subdue him.

I was in my unit room, top bunk, as i heard a cry for help from a female staff member. One of my peers had sexually assaulted her, then when she refused his advances, he bit her ear. Off.

But patients attack each other too. Apparently, two male patients had engaged in an oral sex act. One of those male patients began to tell the other patients about it, subjecting the other to harassment and torment. He came up to him during class time and punched him once, hard, in the face shattering his eye socket.

Violence and improper treatment is RAMPANT in mental institutions. I did well during my treatment, i helped however i could and i offered my condolences and my aid to those peers, patients and staff who needed it. I became a leader during my time there and probably saved a few lives too. I was discharged earlier than expected and was able to carry on with my life. To my knowledge? Most are still. there.