I relied on magazines, when I was in the hospital (in the States). Hope you feel better – I absolutely hated the hospital. We couldn’t have phones, TV, music, coffee – they didn’t even allow me to have my atlas to look at lol
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Sounds like it could work. You should still apply for the unemployment benefits even if it is not enough. Something is better than nothing. I’m really hopeful that you’ll find something you can sustain.
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We have tv in a shared room in most hospitals near me and they have coffee
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Oh I will 100% apply for unemployment benefits probably once I’m out of the hospital
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That sounds nice. We had a basketball court, a nice one actually, where we could go shoot hoops/pace around/decompress a bit. I’d say that was the nicest part of it. I’ve only been to the hospital once though, so I’m sure there are some better ones
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Oh you’re lucky. I think I’ve been hospitalized 9 or 10 times since 2018
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I’m sorry to hear that 
I also agree with bringing comfy clothes. So glad I had a set of my own clothes I could wear. I think who you share a room with also factors into the experience (if you do share a room). I had a couple no-so-good roommates haha
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The hospital I’m planning on going to has private rooms
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Here in Serbia they have different look on phones. Where I was, no phones, but bih room with tv where you can sit and smoke long in the night.
I wasn’t brought to hospital, checked in voluntarily. They didn’t restrain me as first time, although i wasn’t aggressive.
But what bothered me is that a lot of people claimed insanity not to be prosecuted by law.
And rooms were crowded, there is not your cell.
Luckily they allowed me shaving.
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Everybody’s heard of Stanford University, right? I was in their psyche ward in 1989, it was nice. This was before PC’s and cell phones but we had a TV, a pool table, a ping-pong table, a basketball court, a volleyball court, a shelf full of board games and puzzles and they kept a 5 gallon container of ice cream in a freezer that we could help ourselves to at any time. It was clean and nice and there was zero tolerance for violence. It would have been a nice place to take a vacation in but the only problem was that if I’m in a hospital I’m suffering and will not enjoy my time there. They also let us out to go to AA meetings in another part of the hospital and let me out to take walks around the building and took us on outings to Stanford Mall to have coffee.
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Lol every ward ive been to has the board games but everyone is unplayable with missing pieces, damage, and scribbles on them
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One ward had a computer that I used one time then a patient poured a cup of water into it and it never worked again
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The psyche ward was called NOB, it had NOB on the front door in big block letters .The two cute teenage girls at the group home told me before I went in that it stood for ‘Not Out Banging’. When I went in a year later I saw the letters NOB and I was dying of curiosity as to what they meant. The nurses answer was kind of mundane, NOB stood for “North-wing, 0 level, Basement.
I find hospital traumatic and I don’t like unwell delusional patients.
If you can avoid going there, try to.
But best of luck.
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I’m seriously thinking about going into the hospital to get away from my dad. He’s driving me crazy he’s so freaking mean all the time.
Last time I learned to ask to go to their non emergency ward. A lot of people in deep psychosis when your not is stressful.
Sweater and slippers
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