Faked it til I made it
I was told you can spend anywhere from three days to a couple weeks at a mental health hospital for suicidal ideation and such. I had my reservations once I arrived there. I was already nervous and anxious. I'd never done it before. I was wondering what the other patients and caretakers thought of me being there. I guess they never really had an opinion. I'm not that interesting for others to think about what I'm doing in a place at any given time. It’s conceited of me to even think so. They mentioned group therapy sessions when I first checked in. I thought it would be what it said on the tin: speaking with someone qualified and sharing our thoughts and experiences. But it was more of a recreational thing. We colored, played board games, listened to music the activity worker brought in, played cards, etc. There was never truly a therapy session with a licensed therapist. I think the closest we got was talking to the psychiatric doctor for about 5 minutes before he left to...