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Topic	so I need to talk about something extremely heavy and personal (TW)
Johnbobb 01/24/21 11:07:16 PM #64:	Wanna take a moment to talk about some of the other people there because really, everyone there was good. Part of me fell for the scary stereotype of a mental patient that you'd see in movies and such, and there just wasn't anyone there like that. The one most in need of help was a young guy who'd use all his phone calls to try and call 911 and would pretend to faint and would refuse to stay in his room at night. Still a friendly guy though in his moments of clarity. The guy I was roomed with was in his 70s. Really friendly guy, though clearly his mind was going just a bit in his old age. I was roomed with him because we were the only two people there using CPAPs. He talked a lot but wasn't very easy to understand. At one point he really kind of freaked out at one of the staff (who was being condescending to him), yelling about how he'd been there four months. One girl had been there even longer. There were a lot of 18-year-olds, probably about 1/3 of the people there, all who had just barely missed being put in the separate facility for minors. It broke my heart to see them there. ALL of them were just kids that needed help, not locked up. Eating disorders, sexual abuse, parents that just didn't give a shit about them. The person I was probably closest to in my time there had already been there over 2 weeks. She was 18, and was there because she was a foster kid that was just sort of tossed around from home to home and facility to facility her whole life after being abused and abandoned as a kid. She didn't have a real need to be there, but was there as they were trying to wait for a spot in a group home to open up. She had a really shitty life but was still the friendliest person there, greeting everyone as if they were friends. Her coming up and talking to me made the experience much easier than it could've been, as I'm not exactly good with new people. She kind of reminded me of my little sister, and it broke my heart to leave with her still stuck there. I really, really hope things get better for her. One girl was a vegetarian who passed out in the hallway due to low blood sugar. She barely ate due to nausea from having her stomach pumped and because they kept trying to give her meals with meat despite being a vegetarian. One man was a very religious recovering addict who was literally exact what I imagine a 20-something Jesus would look like and one night he got really into Piano Man and it was probably the best moment I had there. The relationships I formed in there are going to be sitting with me for a long time, and it kills me not really knowing how things are going for them. I managed to get in touch with 2 of them after, but most are just going to be memories. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:949886570] in so I need ... [t:79256640]...</cite> <quote>Wanna take a moment to talk about some of the other people there because really, everyone there was good. Part of me fell for the scary stereotype of a mental patient that you'd see in movies and such, and there just wasn't anyone there like that. The one most in need of help was a young guy who'd use all his phone calls to try and call 911 and would pretend to faint and would refuse to stay in his room at night. Still a friendly guy though in his moments of clarity. The guy I was roomed with was in his 70s. Really friendly guy, though clearly his mind was going just a bit in his old age. I was roomed with him because we were the only two people there using CPAPs. He talked a lot but wasn't very easy to understand. At one point he really kind of freaked out at one of the staff (who was being condescending to him), yelling about how he'd been there four months. One girl had been there even longer. There were a lot of 18-year-olds, probably about 1/3 of the people there, all who had just barely missed being put in the separate facility for minors. It broke my heart to see them there. ALL of them were just kids that needed help, not locked up. Eating disorders, sexual abuse, parents that just didn't give a shit about them. The person I was probably closest to in my time there had already been there over 2 weeks. She was 18, and was there because she was a foster kid that was just sort of tossed around from home to home and facility to facility her whole life after being abused and abandoned as a kid. She didn't have a real need to be there, but was there as they were trying to wait for a spot in a group home to open up. She had a really shitty life but was still the friendliest person there, greeting everyone as if they were friends. Her coming up and talking to me made the experience much easier than it could've been, as I'm not exactly good with new people. She kind of reminded me of my little sister, and it broke my heart to leave with her still stuck there. I really, really hope things get better for her. One girl was a vegetarian who passed out in the hallway due to low blood sugar. She barely ate due to nausea from having her stomach pumped and because they kept trying to give her meals with meat despite being a vegetarian. One man was a very religious recovering addict who was literally exact what I imagine a 20-something Jesus would look like and one night he got really into Piano Man and it was probably the best moment I had there. The relationships I formed in there are going to be sitting with me for a long time, and it kills me not really knowing how things are going for them. I managed to get in touch with 2 of them after, but most are just going to be memories. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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