July 26th 2014. Day 17 at the Mental Health Clinic.
Discussion
As per the title.
Am being given a lot of freedom outside of around 7 - 9 hours of intense therapy of all kinds during the weekdays.
Saturdays and Sundays are downtime, played some Kerbal Space Program this morning. Have a walk in the woods with llamas planned for tomorrow.
Not sure what else to do.
Am not allowed to drink alcohol or take drugs - too bad, there's a huge festival going on in the town 2 clicks down the road that you cannot possibly go to sober.
Food is great, have turned vegetarian without regretting it. Never thought this would be possible. Considered myself an alpha male carnivore before and relished in the taste of meat and blood.
Also, vegetarians don't pass gas it seems. Can we end global warming by refusing to eat meat ?
Reevaluated my priorities tenfold.
Miss my son. Not going to see him for at least another 6 weeks, possibly 10. Little man is all I've got. Top priority as always, but difficult to be a father when you're 500km in what is, in the end, an asylum.
The therapists are amazing and the other patients are, for the most part very nice. For the first time in months, can confirm that I am closer to the ground than to heaven. Feels strange.
Some hot lasses here as well, though they wouldn't be here if they didn't have some hyper-advanced and evolved form of the crazies. Have to tread carefully. Most of my problems stem from the female kind of crazy.
Three things you can't run away from - yourself, the tax man and an ex-wife's wrath. Can feel this here too.
Anyone got any pointers as to how to spend the time when you're practically in isolation ?
Anyone got some dirty jokes that can take my mind off some of the boredom ?
Help appreciated.
Thanks.
Am being given a lot of freedom outside of around 7 - 9 hours of intense therapy of all kinds during the weekdays.
Saturdays and Sundays are downtime, played some Kerbal Space Program this morning. Have a walk in the woods with llamas planned for tomorrow.
Not sure what else to do.
Am not allowed to drink alcohol or take drugs - too bad, there's a huge festival going on in the town 2 clicks down the road that you cannot possibly go to sober.
Food is great, have turned vegetarian without regretting it. Never thought this would be possible. Considered myself an alpha male carnivore before and relished in the taste of meat and blood.
Also, vegetarians don't pass gas it seems. Can we end global warming by refusing to eat meat ?
Reevaluated my priorities tenfold.
Miss my son. Not going to see him for at least another 6 weeks, possibly 10. Little man is all I've got. Top priority as always, but difficult to be a father when you're 500km in what is, in the end, an asylum.
The therapists are amazing and the other patients are, for the most part very nice. For the first time in months, can confirm that I am closer to the ground than to heaven. Feels strange.
Some hot lasses here as well, though they wouldn't be here if they didn't have some hyper-advanced and evolved form of the crazies. Have to tread carefully. Most of my problems stem from the female kind of crazy.
Three things you can't run away from - yourself, the tax man and an ex-wife's wrath. Can feel this here too.
Anyone got any pointers as to how to spend the time when you're practically in isolation ?
Anyone got some dirty jokes that can take my mind off some of the boredom ?
Help appreciated.
Thanks.
Ki3r said:
Can I ask why you are in there?
A family friend is looking likely that they'll be sectioned some time soon if I'm honest.
If you would prefer to do it via email thats not a problem .
You can ask, I have no problem talking about - the more is said about it, the more people might become aware, which might help prevent some suicides.A family friend is looking likely that they'll be sectioned some time soon if I'm honest.
If you would prefer to do it via email thats not a problem .
PTSD, eating disorder, hypersentivity, bipolar personality disorder, depression with suicide attempt. Got 8 weeks total, but 12 weeks is looking more the norm.
JulianHJ said:
Read some good books, play something like Civilisation V (I could lose days to that game), take up yoga, pilates, tai chi or similar...
Reading a lot about buddhism and spirituality, and CIV V is on my hard drive though KSP is my go-to game at the moment. Might get back to CIV soon though. Just one more turn, promise...Also got into meditating as well as Yoga, Qi Gong, therapeutic Karate, a lot of exercise (running, gym).
Oakey said:
Haven't you been in before? Or was that someone else?
Also, pretty sure vegetarians pass wind.
Wasn't me mate, my first time.Also, pretty sure vegetarians pass wind.
The farting thing was kind of tongue in cheek, though I really have to say the amount of wind passing has gone down most drastically (though also since I became lactose intolerant and stopped eating dairy a year ago).
littlegreenfairy said:
Take up knitting. It really does work to take your mind off a lot of stuff.
I suck at knitting, and no course is offered unfortunately Tribal Chestnut said:
Exercise, books and rainbow looms.
Check, check, and what are rainbow looms ??Thanks guys for all the kind replies!
If you are in to walking/hiking, read up on some alpine treks - some good blogs about and might be a good thing to plan towards.
Also this guy is worth reading:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Some great pics on his thread.
Also this guy is worth reading:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Some great pics on his thread.
Have you tried writing down on paper about your experiences? Apparently it's meant to be quite cathartic.
Doesn't matter if you're any good at writing or not (no grammar Nazis in your head!) but it may be a way of getting things out of your system and latter on you can look back on how far you've come along.
Also a good way to waste a few hours.
Doesn't matter if you're any good at writing or not (no grammar Nazis in your head!) but it may be a way of getting things out of your system and latter on you can look back on how far you've come along.
Also a good way to waste a few hours.
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