The “low stimulation rooms” at Rush Hospital
4 days ago
Last Friday people from Thresholds took me to the ER because I wanted to put myself into a coma or commit suicide I was expecting to be put into a normal hospital room and have a psychiatrist come visit me. But nope. I was put in a room with nothing but a hospital bed and concrete walls. When I was in there I thought to myself. If someone really really wanted to kill themselves, wouldn’t they just bash their head open on these concrete walls, or break the window on the door and slash their throat open? they just left me in that room and took most of my Objectum partners away from me. I packed them up thinking this stay was going to be overnight. I begged them to fully tranquillise me so I would pass out and no longer be aware of the place I was in. But all they gave me was this calming injection that took so long to kick in they had to give me a second dose. My parents were yelling at the person at the desk and the security guards because they also knew how terrible this treatment was.
I had four heart surgeries in the past, and one of the times, they refused to let me have my needed support items. For me, it's usually a plush animal, plush hand puppet, backpack, or sometimes a character pillow that helps to reduce my anxiety. Other times, they let me hold onto what I need, and everything goes smoothly. I generally calm right down, and my anxiety stays low, as long as I can keep what I need with me, but some hospital workers have no understanding of such simple things.
Hopefully, you can the need for hospitals as much as possible, so these terrible things can't happen.