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sherlock holmes · 04-12-2008, 08:14 PM

Yeah, I was there last year. For me it didnt feel like a hospital at all, just like living in a house. Advice, give it your all. I wasted my admission going in and out of acute wards and fighting against getting better. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so give it your best. Do everything they suggest and negotiate (their word for 1:1 talk) every singe day! It's your opportunity to really let the staff get to know you and work through problems.

Don't break any of your provisos. Seriously, when they say report self harm within two hours they mean two hours right down to the minute. Getting sent home for a week because you've not reported self harm or removed steri strips and not told them isn't worth it. I even had a headache and took some nurofen and had to report it as "self harm" on a blue form.

Some of the rules sound strict but they're there because they work.

Here is the timetable:

It looks like a lot but there's actually quite a lot of time left in the day for watching tv, sleeping (I did that a lot) and smoking (that too!)

This was my room http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../media1234.jpg

And the blue forms which you have to fill out every time you self harm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...blueform-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...p/blueform.jpg

If you want to know anything else, just ask.

04-12-2008, 08:14 PM	#2
sherlock holmes do you like my potato? Join Date: Mar 2004	Yeah, I was there last year. For me it didnt feel like a hospital at all, just like living in a house. Advice, give it your all. I wasted my admission going in and out of acute wards and fighting against getting better. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so give it your best. Do everything they suggest and negotiate (their word for 1:1 talk) every singe day! It's your opportunity to really let the staff get to know you and work through problems. Don't break any of your provisos. Seriously, when they say report self harm within two hours they mean two hours right down to the minute. Getting sent home for a week because you've not reported self harm or removed steri strips and not told them isn't worth it. I even had a headache and took some nurofen and had to report it as "self harm" on a blue form. Some of the rules sound strict but they're there because they work. Here is the timetable: It looks like a lot but there's actually quite a lot of time left in the day for watching tv, sleeping (I did that a lot) and smoking (that too!) This was my room http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../media1234.jpg And the blue forms which you have to fill out every time you self harm: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...blueform-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...p/blueform.jpg If you want to know anything else, just ask.
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