TW: Police & Hospital
Hello @Appleblossom @TAB @Former-Member @maddison @tyme
Thanks for Ur comments
It isn't so dignified, is it @TAB ? Lots of fuss.
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@Appleblossom my psychiatrist called them because I said stuff about not wanting to be here and cancelled my appointments
He then didn't make me pay for the (ultimately extremely long) session because, in his words, "it's not so nice that you get sectioned AND have to pay for the session.."
Then I came home and police came and escorted me to the hospital.
I had a lot of requests which felt scary for me as someone who feels conflict.
I asked that the female cop ride with me in the back rather than drive, because I warmed to her more.
When I got to the hospital I was seen by a psych Registrar. He seemed a bit odd too me, very overbearing. So I asked the nurse to sit in. He turned out to be a lovely guy but it took me a while to relax. In the end we actually had a really good chat for 20 minutes.
This morning the proper psych came and followed up the Registrars notes from the discussion the night before, asked a few more qs, and discharged me.
I slept the whole night in a little cubicle.
They brought me breakfast in the morning at 7 but I slept for another 2 hours and only woke at 9am when the psychiatrist showed up, with his assistant, to assess me.
I was probably a bit delirious and exhausted and noticed the oddest things.
Every one who I saw, nurses, drs, psychs, was so young, like 28 years old. I wandered why. Also they gave me two blankets, I guess one to sleep with and one spare. The spare one felt fresh from a dryer, it was so warm, so I put it at my feet like a hot water bottle. It felt really soothing to me having the warm blanket near my cold legs. I remember thinking how weird it was to feel cosy and warm and safe even in a seemingly terrible situation.
I'm so glad I'm home.
