Originally Posted by
Devil Girl
I have had a bad experience in hospital cause I cut while in there. But the thing I remember now is - what if another patient got a hold of it? You know some are very paranoid and unwell and will attack other patients and staff (or themselves) from time to time....others very likely to harm themself's with suicidal intent.....
I think it is this that nurses look at - the risk that having something like a blade puts on all the community in the ward...
I was going to sneak blades into hospital last year.
on my way there i realised just this & so chucked them before going onto the ward.
personally, i feel it's, disrespectful(?) irresponsible(?) i'm not sure which word would ever be right, but just wrong to take blades & the like into a psych ward because of the large risk it posed.
then again, i did break a ceramic mug on the ward once & then had a nurse patching my legs up, she asked if i ever wore a bikini on holiday, i then told her i hadn't been on holiday in years, she suggested it might help.
& i never got a ceramic mug again.
i did get cheesecake though.