I was at the unit for 3 months… I remember at Halloween putting up decorations and thinking I better not be here in December putting up Christmas decorations. I was…
The unit was lovely and in the end I came to realise the staff were just as lovely too. Towards the end I no longer needed to see the medication coming from the box before I took it. I no longer thought I was being followed or there was a conspiracy against me. My mood had lifted and I wasn’t actively suicidal.
I was discharged in the new year and best of all I could look forward to going to the toilet without being interrupted by staff checking I was alright. More importantly I made friendships in the unit that would become lifelong. We had shared experiences and memories- some of which we would want to forget but on the whole there were more worth remembering.
Psychologist and Patient 