Anyone here ever wanted to go the pysch ward voluntarily?

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2 weeks ago I lost my cell phone at a volunteer job, and I told my social worker I felt like going to the hospital because I felt more vulnerable due to my autism and because of being without a phone but she talked me out of it. Anyone here ever wanted to go to the psych ward for the wrong reasons?

Yes, in fact, I am planning a stay there very soon. I am having a surgical procedure done and I am going to stay in the psyche ward for awhile to recover right after my surgery.

Yep, it's not all that uncommon. Those of us housewives who have insurance go there for a 10 day stay, quite often. We've gotten so we recognize each other. It's not like people can get mad at us for feeling crazy. It's been about 7 years since I did it, though. So, I'm getting a little better at spacing out my 'cracations.'

Yes, because it was the only way at the time I could get away from my mother who was emotionally abusive at the time.

I'm going to need some sort of help if I want to avoid being put there on a mandatory basis.

I wouldn't say "for the wrong reasons." But yes, I have been a voluntary patient but I was admitted on the basis of necessity (i.e. safety reasons or severe symptoms). I've had 25 inpatient hospitalizations. Some were voluntary, some were not.

I did it because I was having horrible mental images of killing myself and of bad things happening to things around me (for example, if I looked at a picture of a flower, it would wither), and they increased in frequency to the point where I was seriously considering killing myself just to make them stop. That turned out to just be because of a medication I was on, and was quickly sorted out once I was there.

I went again three more times because of my self-harm urges and suicidal thoughts, and I didn't trust myself to be safe.

Thus far, not once have I wanted to get sent to 5150 and I am 36 years old

Autism makes you vulnerable

Not having a phone makes you vulnerable

5150 makes you even more vulnerable

If you want , Google "involuntary psychiatric hold horror stories"

If everyone that was autistic got sent to 5150, it would be disability discrimination

American Disability Act

If everyone, without a phone got sent to 5150 socioeconomic discrimination



Some counselors have been totally obsessed with 5150

A psychologist had the nerve to tell me that, he wanted to injure the president

He acted like he wanted to bait me into saying yes I want to commit that felony too (5150 )

Nevermind that the penis, was himself violating the Mandated Reporter law. excessive self disclosure


He tried and failed to make me, accomplice


f**k that ass hole


Every time, I tell someone I am"depressed", they ask "are you thinking about hurting yourself or someone else"





The Penal Code does not contain the word "hurt"


Every action and statement helps, hurts both or neither


You can't guarantee just the first one


Holier than thou attitude


Mussolini was helping the gestapo


If someone exterminated me, they would be helping the carbon footprint and helping homophobic precious lil "people"





Chaos theory



Anyways going to 5150 does not make you stop being autistic or give you a phone

What is 5150?

On second thought, I retract what I said. I don't want to have a psychiatric intervention in my records. That could ruin everything I worked so hard to build. It's better I find help in different ways.

What was your stress level at?

I went to the student health center twice for overnight stays: once when the neighboring party turned down the music per my request but I could still hear the base and I had an exam the next morning. And another time may have been Valentine's Day and I couldn't reach my boyfriend and my BFF was out of town. I was embarrassed but glad to be safe. I enjoyed the ginger ale.

Previously I had felt suicidal, so those two stays were me getting help prior to my feelings escalating that high. I think it helped me in the future because I knew I had a SAFE way "out" that helped relieve stress.

Wishing you feel safe.