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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 707957" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Pigless...that was a haunting, beautiful, realistic post regarding schizophrenia, the cancer of mental illness. It makes bipolar look like the sniffles</p><p>.</p><p>Although i am fortunate enough not to have had a loved one with this mind robbing illness, years ago i spent ten weeks in the psychiatric ward of a major university hospital for suicidal depression. Tbe nurses liked me...i was young and pregnant and pretty smart...and they would sit with me explaining the various mental illnesses, even telling me which illness various patients had. This was way before HIPPA. They also gave me textbooks and I studied with interest.</p><p></p><p>It did not pass me by that the patients who were the sickest and most out of touch with reality were schizophrenics. Some were so smart. One lady spoke seven languages and had a Masters Degree. One moment she'd impress us by speaking Italian. The next she'd be stripping in the hallway screaming that "the man over there" (there was no man) was holding a gun snd made her take off her clothes. I thought how sad and horrible it was to live that way.</p><p></p><p>Some schizophrenics improved with medications during my ten week stay. Some never got better. There are more medications now. A common reason for being admitted was that the patient started believing the medications were poisen so they stopped taking them.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, yes, it steals the once loving person's mind. Some can come back with help. Some never are well enough to accept help. Some get help but still get sick and end up hospitalized once a year.</p><p></p><p>I have a healthy respect for what schizophrenia has the potential to do. The hospital's security guards were called several times while i was there and after ten weeks it saddened me more than scared me to see patient fights.</p><p></p><p>I have so much compassion for anyone who faces or faced this monster...</p><p></p><p>Love to victims of this terrible disease.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 707957, member: 1550"] Pigless...that was a haunting, beautiful, realistic post regarding schizophrenia, the cancer of mental illness. It makes bipolar look like the sniffles . Although i am fortunate enough not to have had a loved one with this mind robbing illness, years ago i spent ten weeks in the psychiatric ward of a major university hospital for suicidal depression. Tbe nurses liked me...i was young and pregnant and pretty smart...and they would sit with me explaining the various mental illnesses, even telling me which illness various patients had. This was way before HIPPA. They also gave me textbooks and I studied with interest. It did not pass me by that the patients who were the sickest and most out of touch with reality were schizophrenics. Some were so smart. One lady spoke seven languages and had a Masters Degree. One moment she'd impress us by speaking Italian. The next she'd be stripping in the hallway screaming that "the man over there" (there was no man) was holding a gun snd made her take off her clothes. I thought how sad and horrible it was to live that way. Some schizophrenics improved with medications during my ten week stay. Some never got better. There are more medications now. A common reason for being admitted was that the patient started believing the medications were poisen so they stopped taking them. At any rate, yes, it steals the once loving person's mind. Some can come back with help. Some never are well enough to accept help. Some get help but still get sick and end up hospitalized once a year. I have a healthy respect for what schizophrenia has the potential to do. The hospital's security guards were called several times while i was there and after ten weeks it saddened me more than scared me to see patient fights. I have so much compassion for anyone who faces or faced this monster... Love to victims of this terrible disease. [/QUOTE]
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