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Re: Judy-please get help

Posted by S. Howard on November 8, 2000, at 9:54:36

In reply to Re: Judy-please get help » S. Howard, posted by judy1 on November 6, 2000, at 15:45:02


I'm sorry about your hospital experience, I assumed you were like me and had never been because you were scared. Now just seemed like a good time for you to go as, aside from the problems you were having before I believe you must also be suffering from what I think they call "simple bereavement" because of your miscarriage. Of course there is nothing simple about it, I'm guessing it refers to grief that anyone would feel under the circumstances.
Is there another hospital in the area or at least some kind of support group you can attend? This board is good evidence that reaching out to other people with similar problems is a comfort.
When I was first admitted to the hospital, I was frightened and then angry that I couldn't leave.
I caustically referred to the ward as Nuts R' Us and isolated myself from the other patients because I wasn't "like them". Of course, while a few of the patients were doing the old "thorazine shuffle" around the hallways, many of the people there were JUST like me. Stressed, overwhelmed, depressed, sometimes self-destructive.
My son brought me a teddy bear and I sometimes carried it around with me (now where else can you do that?) At one session, the woman sitting next to me - who happened to be an executive at a Fortune 500 Company - broke down and started crying like her heart would break. I gave her my teddy bear and she clutched it like a drowning person. (She got it soggy, but he went through the wash nicely). Another time I stayed up with a woman who had somehow become addicted to heroin while she was going through medical school. She was having a bad night - all I could do was talk to her and hold her hand, but it seemed to help a little. I'm not particularly a "people person" so these were, you know, touching things for me to do. At the same time, it made me feel like I was not so alone in the world.
Anyway - sorry so long - whatever you decide on, I wish you luck. SGH


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