Running into Pysch ward people
 

Does anyone here who has spent time in an Pyschiatric ward ever run into people for the ward ( Staff or fellow patients ) , I just ran into a nurse at Morrisons and my head doesn't know what to think , I'm triggerd but my day was possibly heading that way at any rate , I've been going through a phase on and off where I wished I'd been back on the ward pretty much for a year , I was back on it for 12 day early this year .
I don't know what I'm asking , I guess is it normal for my head to be all messed up with after seeing the nurse ? Any experiances?
I'm in a rough patch and don't need this extra confusion :(
sorry

i kept seeing a guy who i'd been in 2 separate hospitals i'd been in around the place i used to live for a while. i think he was homeless around there unfortunately. it was a bit triggering, cause not only did it remind me of being in the hospital, but it was sad to see that he hadn't gotten better cause he was pretty obviously strung out. i also saw a lady for a second time in a different hospital than the original and she was in a million times worse shape, than when i was a patient with her before. i know it helped me to write about it, i actually wrote a poem expressing how it made me wonder if we could get better and all seeing that i was not the only one with repeated hospital visits and worsening symptoms.

but that's not really my point, just getting your feelings out about it on paper or something and not bottling it up will help you feel less triggered. and that's a normal reaction to seeing someone in passing that is associated with such a negative time. it really will pass, but i do think the writing or expressing the feelings somehow can help.

Yeah, i ran into a nurse who was looking after me when i was sick on a psych ward while on clinicals on another ward different to the ward i was in. Ekkk...it was awakward and yah, felt really uncomfortable. But yah, i didn't really talk to her that much. Not sure how you wanna approach it, but i'm more of the reserved type and prefer just a hi and that's about it really.

It feels very, very uncomfortable when it happens to me and triggers of a lot of different feelings, so you're certainly not alone in how you are feeling right now. Sometimes I try and ground myself after it happens, remember I am not in hospital any more, and move on and focus on something (anything!) else.

I'm sorry this happened to you and I hope you're okay & that writing about it helped.

It's happened a fair few times and it is always leaves me feeling a bit...odd?
Suddenly everything feels like it did again and just the thinking of it starts up again...
As said, try to let go of it. You were there, you are no longer, you have 'moved on'.
Write it out, talk on here, talk to your care team about it (if you have one).

I have ran into nurses in the street a few times, once i was on the way out to a night club with my friend and we had a little chat because i felt i was better but another time i was with my best friend who i met in hospital and they didnt approve of us meeting up so i just kind of shouted her name and we both ran away. but it was pretty awkward both times!
ive also seen old nurses when inside another unit and i didnt talk to them just kind of ignored them because i felt ashamed that i had not got better and i was still inside hospital and got really paroniod they would go back to all the other nurses on my previous ward and told them all i was still a mental loser.
when i have seen paitents from the wards i have felt pretty positive about our meetings because it makes me happy to see them out and about

so mixed experiences from me really

i have ran into both staff and patients that i knew while in the wards. seeing the staff made me feel so mixed. they helped me so much when i was there, but i just couldnt help but wonder if they saw my (new) scars because it was summer and i was wearing a tshirt. when i ran into the fellow patient it was in target, and it was just really uncomfortable and i walked away.

I have, one of the nurses in the psych ward also works at my uni. I avoid where she works (I really do not have to go there very often) and if by chance we do meet up. Nothing is ever brought up about it, she is good like that, probably from seeing other students in the psych ward as well. It was really awkward on the days I had to work for her.