Feeling Sooo Trapped

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I’m in a nursing home, physical therapy taking sooo long with me. I wish I’m back in the hospital, in the hospital they let me stand on my good foot. I hate it at the nursing home, they are some nurses I don’t understand, one nurse is rude & refuse to listen to me. When I’m talking to nurses if they don’t understand me, they say something else & think I said it. I wish I can move. I feel like crying ALOT.

There are some nursing homes that have been the centre of real life horror stories. Thankfully, the information era allows all kinds of people to exploit corruption. If you suffer serious abuse, you have to report it to somebody. These kinds of people find it hard to get away with these days.

The way to get out of there is to do your exercises as much as you can without hurting yourself. Most people don't do enough of them which is puzzling because there isn't much to do.

It is like I can feel your situation here where I am because being in hospitals and institutions are something I find hard to do too. There are many things about it that are challenging and I have sometimes wished that the nurses and doctors understood how hard it was. After getting diagnosed with Aspergers I feel that also my issues with being in hospital are being clearer. Sometimes I have wondered if I should let it be known that I have Aspergers in case it would help and that the nurses would understand. Do the nurses know about you being on the spectrum? If they do, do you find that it helps?
As a very young child I was in hospital(I operated my eyes) for a longer period and one of the things I remember from it is that I learned the differences between the different nurses. Some were kind and calm and I felt safe when they came in to the room. Others were harsh, strict and unfriendly in their tone and I was scared when they came in to the room. I wish nurses knew the impact their attitude have on the patients. Especially on highly sensitive patients.
Now as an adult I have mostly experienced that nurses are very busy but that they try to be nice but it becomes a bit superficial so I end up feeling very alone with my issues and don`t find ways of telling anyone how I feel and if I have any specific needs. If they don`t understand what I am trying to explain and don`t make time to try, I unwillingly go mute and lose the ability to express myself and things will just be done the way they say. It is so troublesome. Then I know if I should encounter a nurse acting directly unkind, I would fall apart and shut down completely!

Luckily my medication for my condition is working so well that I don`t have to go to the hospital that much anymore. Only some check ups every year. But when I read your posts about the hospital and nursing home my body reacts to it. I really wish you the strength you need to hang in there! Cheering for you!

It impresses me how you manage to deal with your situation! It will be nice to hear from you the day you go home. We can celebrate then I send you a big hug for every day you have left at the nursing home!

...I wish you well, Kitty .

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One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
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