Comments on: A pink bracelet

By: Irina

Irina — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:46:52 +0000

I have been in the psychiatric ward twice in my life. It’s never as relaxing or warm or comforting as you hope it will be. I think those images are more from films. Reality is they check you ever 15 minutes to see if you’ve attempted to off yourself. They do pump you full of drugs. There is no one-on-one time with a therapist. Someone once told me that they make it unpleasant so that you won’t want to stay long, so that you’ll make the effort to get yourself out. Still, warmth and comfort and therapy, even for just one day, would be nice.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:29:25 +0000

“A life that’s up and down, and still in progress.”

I think that’s a very beautiful sentence.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:33 +0000

you’re an amazing writer. Your story was so sad and painful. I hope you know what a gift you have. Thanks for sharing and please keep writing.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:44:18 +0000

When the love of my life, my little Holstein-cow looking sheepdog, got congestive heart failure, they put him in what the veterinary ICU staff called the “golden bubble” – a cage that had oxygen pumped into it. I think the “golden” just related to the price. Anyway, I come to visit him on the second day and they’ve put a laminated sign by his name reading “Cage Jumper”.

Because why would he want to stay there anyway?

By: Jez

Jez — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:52:57 +0000

I spent time in a mental ward when I was 13 after I tried to kill myself. After a week in there, I wanted to kill myself just to get away from them. Nothing about that experience was helpful or “healing” at all. Absolute hell. The mental health profession is seriously fucked.

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:21:05 +0000

This is so bullshit. Your hospital stay, ANYONE in that state should be wrapped in blankets and encouraged to talk it all out.

Of course you’d tell them whatever they want to hear by day three. Hell, I’d tell them I was the Easter Bunny.

But I do believe that you have proven me right. I told you love was waiting for you. You are loveable. Every woman deserves a partner as fabulous as you.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:53:15 +0000

have u ever checked these folks out? http://theicarusproject.net/

By: concrete_bubble (kelly)

concrete_bubble (kelly) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:53 +0000

Don’t worry, it was a good cry

By: concrete_bubble (kelly)

concrete_bubble (kelly) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:56:38 +0000

This made me cry so hard my dogs howled. The mental health system is fucked.

By: James Bobik

James Bobik — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:18:48 +0000

I rather enjoyed reading this. I would not want to be you but from the writing it seems its good for your inspiration. You are a very good writer. Sara seemed to be right for you. Quite an adventure in the hospital. Mundane, True and Captivating. Ever think about writing a life story from your perspective?