Psychiatric hospital

cena · 21-02-2014 01:07AM #1

Have you ever been in one of these places?

I went into one once to see my dad and I really couldn't go back onto it. It just creeped me out.

wazky · 21-02-2014 01:08AM

I was in one for years.

But I was 'released' in the middle of the night and left through a unlocked window.

My name is URL · 21-02-2014 01:09AM

wazky wrote: »

I was in one for years.

But I was 'released' in the middle of the night and left through a unlocked window.

Was there a large Native American with you at the time?

wazky · 21-02-2014 01:12AM

My name is URL wrote: »

Was there a large Native American with you at the time?

No a huge red dragon called George, he opened the window.

Cantremember · 21-02-2014 01:13AM

Fail.

hfallada · 21-02-2014 01:18AM

My teacher used to tell us stories about his mother working in one. That all the patients just smoke and are given free cigarettes to keep them Calm and it's the only place not covered by the smoking ban.

But the photos of the old hospitals creep me the **** out. Metal beds, walls with peeling paint and cracked floors. But the most disturbing thing is that Ireland had twice as many people in pyschartic hospitals per capita than the next highest country which was Russia. It's disgusting to think more Irish people were in those hospitals than the USSR with its abuse and messed up policies

21-02-2014 01:18AM

I was, and yes they are extremely scary places.

Stained Class · 21-02-2014 01:21AM

Yes. Many a time.

Not as a patient, just visiting mad relatives.

Years ago, a lot of alcoholics were in the same wards drying out.

In later years, I saw more people in there with MI issues brought on by recreational drugs.

Saw lots of people in there that I never thought would ever need psychiatric help.

Surprising stuff.

tim3000 · 21-02-2014 01:21AM

I think I was in one before, or something like a day hospital for patients and referrals. A family member was going through some rough times. I expected one of those brown therapist couches where a man with a large forehead would write intently in a notepad. Instead I was treated to a very uncomfortable experience listening to things that I had no business being privy to. Staff were very friendly and sympathetic though.

SimonQuinlank · 21-02-2014 01:23AM

Yeah,been a patient in one of the main ones in Dublin (briefly) and have visited relatives in quite a few.My family on both sides are predisposed to mental illness unfortunately.

Always found staff and facilities decent enough.Just troubling seeing people in various states of distress or highly medicated and unable to sit still,or doped out of their minds in a drooling stupor.Still had a smoking room in the hospital I was a patient in.

Been a patient in day hospitals too,which were fine for the most part.

Davarus Walrus · 21-02-2014 01:23AM

No one wants to end up 'down in Ballinasloe'.

finix · 21-02-2014 01:25AM

I assume you have never visited the 5 star St Patricks Hospital Then ? Where was your dad ? St Ita's in Portrane ? Vast difference ! I think you relived your experience from a movie. What did you see ? Padded rooms ? White coats a plenty ? Were they all screaming while spit was flowing from their mouths ?
Maybe you should just go out more !

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 01:25AM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

No one wants to end up 'down in Ballinasloe'.

It has a great horse fair though.

cena · 21-02-2014 01:26AM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

No one wants to end up 'down in Ballinasloe'.

It is a scary looking place when driving past it. It looks like it could be hunted

123balltv · 21-02-2014 01:27AM

Yes with my Mam took me with her when visiting her Sister even tough I stayed in the reception I could feel a tense, scary atmosphere I was only 9 I'll never forget it.

dharn · 21-02-2014 01:27AM

A lot of very stupid stereotypical opinions being expressed here, think of people young and old that need psychiatric help at present,

My name is URL · 21-02-2014 01:28AM

cena wrote: »

It is a scary looking place when driving past it. It looks like it could be hunted

Everything in Ballinasloe can be hunted.

cena · 21-02-2014 01:29AM

finix wrote: »

I assume you have never visited the 5 star St Patricks Hospital Then ? Where was your dad ? St Ita's in Portrane ? Vast difference ! I think you relived your experience from a movie. What did you see ? Padded rooms ? White coats a plenty ? Were they all screaming while spit was flowing from their mouths ?
Maybe you should just go out more !

Some place in Dublin.

oak5548 · 21-02-2014 01:30AM

Psychiatric hospitals are for the most part, the exact same as normal hospitals.

I think what a lot of people are referring to are the psychiatric units for people with SEVERE mental disabilities and issues that cant be solved in their lifetime.

cena · 21-02-2014 01:31AM

My name is URL wrote: »

Everything in Ballinasloe can be hunted.

It is a weird town

Nonoperational · 21-02-2014 01:31AM

Many times, and despite the after hours thirst for scandal, they are not half as bad as you would think. Mostly just a group of people who have a few issues and are working through them. And they don't get free cigarettes either!

B.A._Baracus · 21-02-2014 01:31AM

I visted someone in "Unit 9" of James Connolly Hospital few years ago. It is not a nice place to visit, let alone be placed within.
Like I am not talking about the standard of care and anything like that. Just the nature of the ward.

Gremlinertia · 21-02-2014 01:33AM

Been to loman's in Mullingar to visit a friend, scary place. Worked in ballinasloe on and off. Not as scary inside as it looks from outside.

21-02-2014 01:36AM

finix wrote: »

I assume you have never visited the 5 star St Patricks Hospital Then ? Where was your dad ? St Ita's in Portrane ? Vast difference ! I think you relived your experience from a movie. What did you see ? Padded rooms ? White coats a plenty ? Were they all screaming while spit was flowing from their mouths ?
Maybe you should just go out more !

even the '5 star St Pats' has a padded room

_Whimsical_ · 21-02-2014 01:37AM

I went to visit a friend from college there a few times. It seemed ok. Everybody seemed in strangely fantastic form. People were playing snooker, board games were being loudly enjoyed, other people watching tv and there seemed to be a constant flow of tea. It was a kind of recreation area we were in I think.Maybe it was different in the more "hospitally" side.

It's the only place where I was ever wolf whistled at

Sad but true.

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 01:38AM

One should appreciate ones mental health and well being.

Chattastrophe! · 21-02-2014 01:39AM

cena wrote: »

Have you ever been in one of these places?

I went into one once to see my dad and I really couldn't go back onto it. It just creeped me out.

I remember being in an isolation ward with my father when he was receiving stem cell treatment for multiple myeloma (a terminal form of cancer.)

Jesus it was f*cking horrible. Some of my worst nightmares stem from being in that place with him.

But I was there with him at the very lowest point of his life. He got through it. (It's still a terminal disease, no changing that, but he has a good quality of life for now.)

I was there with him in St James for his heart attack as well, when he was whisked up there by ambulance from the other side of the country.

I was there by his side in Galway as he received treatment for prostate cancer (we live in Sligo, they don't have the necessary services there, so he had to travel to Galway for his daily radiation treatment.)

I'm not looking for any sort of award for any of this. It's normal. It's natural. It's what you do for someone you love.

Saying you're creeped out by it ... god ... do you not think he's creeped out by it?! Whether his illness is physical or mental isn't really relevant. His own child staying away from him is hardly going to help.

the_syco · 21-02-2014 01:41AM

hfallada wrote: »

It's disgusting to think more Irish people were in those hospitals than the USSR with its abuse and messed up policies

Once such policy was putting the "unclean" women into the asylums, as unlike prison, there is no "get out" date. I'm sure the USSRs policies were just as bad.

cena · 21-02-2014 01:42AM

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

I remember being in an isolation ward with my father when he was receiving stem cell treatment for multiple myeloma (a terminal disease.)

Jesus it was f*cking horrible. Some of my worst nightmares stem from being in that place with him.

But I was there with him at the very lowest point of his life. He got through it. (It's still a terminal disease, no changing that, but he has a good quality of life for now.)

I was there with him in St James for his heart attack as well, when he was whisked up there by ambulance from the other side of the country.

I was there by his side in Galway as he received treatment for prostate cancer (we live in Sligo, they don't have the necessary services there, so he had to travel to Galway for his daily radiation treatment.)

I'm not looking for any sort of award for any of this. It's normal. It's natural. It's what you do for someone you love.

Saying you're creeped out by it ... god ... do you not think he's creeped out by it?! Whether his illness is physical or mental isn't really relevant. His own child staying away from him is hardly going to help.

He didn't know I was their. He has alzheimer's and dementia

Photo-Sniper · 21-02-2014 01:42AM

Did a photography project on St Kevins in Cork... Creepy creepy place. Completely derelict and ilegal to trespass on, but the Security are friendly and if they see you are there for a reason they usually let you have a snoop. The place is completely untouched inside...still old documents, desks etc... Terrifying yet remarkable gaff.

whirlpool · 21-02-2014 01:46AM

Photo-Sniper wrote: »

Did a photography project on St Kevins in Cork... Creepy creepy place. Completely derelict and ilegal to trespass on, but the Security are friendly and if they see you are there for a reason they usually let you have a snoop. The place is completely untouched inside...still old documents, desks etc... Terrifying yet remarkable gaff.

Why does a completely derelict place have security?

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