thank you all for your help.
She was moved to PICU at a cygnet unit on Thursday as she is just far too chaotic.
Iwent to visit her today (its 2.5 hours away from our uni town but i came to visit my dad for the weekend and its only 30 min away) but thye couldnt facilitate the visit. I had booked it in advance but she stripped herself off and was being violent towards the staff so they advised against visiting her. I'm booked in for tomorrow but I'm gonna ring the ward before I go to see if she's alright for me to go.
Questions about psychosis...
What do I say to her when she says stuff that is obviously not true? I have read that you shouldnt agree with them but you shouldnt disagree either. So what do I say? Some of the things she is saying are (i spoke to her on the phone):
- the nurses slammed her fingers in the door so they're all broken
- she has blood poisoning (this is her main thought at the moment)
- the man who raped her is coming after her
- the nurses are beating her up
I know she has to "ride this out" but it is so frustrating seeing her like this :(
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