Posted by fallsfall on November 17, 2003, at 7:21:20
In reply to hospitalization - how do you know when?, posted by Waterlily on November 16, 2003, at 19:24:34
I go to the hospital when I scare myself. When I am afraid that I will do something to hurt myself and that I won't be able to stop.
I send my friends to the hospital when they scare me. When I worry every day that I won't see them the next day.
Hospitals can be very helpful places. Research your area to find out which hospitals are good and which are not so good (talk to anyone you can find who has been in. Find someone who has been to many different hospitals, they can rank them for you. Ask your therapist and pdoc which are the best.) Go for a visit so that you have a picture in your mind of what the place looks like and sounds like. Find out what their daily schedule is (what groups do they have, can you get one on one time). This way you don't have to be scared of the unknown (hospital) while you are scared of yourself.
It is not a failure to go to the hospital, anymore than it is a failure to be hospitalized for pneumonia. Your husband and children will rise to the occasion.
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