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08 May 2007, 5:55 pm

I support full hospitilization->


For NTS! :twisted:



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08 May 2007, 5:55 pm

Danielismyname wrote:
No...they talk too much there.


lol :D They do, but I usually tend to ignore the people that try to talk to me or just give them one word replies untill they realise I'd rather be castrated with a rusty butter knife in my back garden in winter than continue the conversation. Usually works.



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08 May 2007, 5:56 pm

I support full hospitilization->


For NTS! :twisted:



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08 May 2007, 7:12 pm

I spent time in a hospital twice. Once from May 1978, to the end of August,1978, and again from November 1979, to April 1981. It's not a good idea. The hospital that I was in, was basically in storage, with some marginally adequate schooling, and occaisional activities. --Therapy was virtually nonexistant.

Do NOT commit yourself to it.


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08 May 2007, 8:31 pm

When I was a teenager, and even through college and graduate school, I was afraid I would have to be institutionalized one day. It scared me to death. Things have turned around considerably for me then. I no longer have those fears.



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09 May 2007, 2:04 am

Valhalla wrote:
Fair points, I guess that my idea of hospitialisation is pretty far from the reality of it, and I guess what I truly want is to be left to live in my own wee world rather than face real life. :roll:


Totally understand that!

I agree with others. I was hospitalized as a teenager and it was a HORRIBLE experience. Did me no good other than realizing I had to not let others know how I was feeling. VERY traumatic. I don't do being caged up well.



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09 May 2007, 2:09 am

Face it, a hospital is just another large institution filled with random people that stress you out, and authority figures that limit your freedom.

NO THANK YOU.


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09 May 2007, 2:11 am

sometimes I feel like I should be in one, more and more

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09 May 2007, 2:17 am

ahayes wrote:
sometimes I feel like I should be in one, more and more

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Give the forest a try first.... :)



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09 May 2007, 3:02 am

The forest is only good when it's summer and you have all sorts of camping gear and a fire. You also need somebody to go kill the yellowjackets that get in your tent (in this scenario you are deatly allergice to yellojackets) and to go with you in case there are rattlesnakes.



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09 May 2007, 3:14 am

You do not want to be in a psych hospital in this country. The 'profession' know jack sh!t about autism and frequently interpret autistic behaviours as manipulative/psychotic/other. You could end up on some horrible drugs. I was a psych nurse for several years so I know what I'm talking about, I'm afraid. :(


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09 May 2007, 11:23 pm

scrulie wrote:
You do not want to be in a psych hospital in this country. The 'profession' know jack sh!t about autism and frequently interpret autistic behaviours as manipulative/psychotic/other. You could end up on some horrible drugs. I was a psych nurse for several years so I know what I'm talking about, I'm afraid. :(


I'd suspect the same situation in the United States, too. Although the difference might be that after screwing up your life, they hit you with a $20,000 bill :lol: