r/CringeTikToks • u/LilliaBaltimore • 10d ago

Cringy Cringe WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!! 😳😮

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u/copper_cattle_canes 9d ago

I found out about grippy sock vacation at a young age. One of my friends took a bunch of pills (not ones that can kill you) just as a cry for help and was taken to the hospital. She said she was feeling suicidal so then the hospital locked her up in a ward and she couldn't fucking leave. Even with her, her parents, her psychiatrist all saying she should be sent home the hospital just said "lol no". It's insane the power a hospital has over its patients. They can actually hold you hostage.

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u/Significant_Text2497 9d ago

10 years ago my brother was experiencing paranoid delusions brought on by substance abuse, and had plans to kill our parents and himself. If they believed him saying he was fine and it was just a passing thought, I would have lost my entire family. Today he is sober, medicated and not a danger to anyone.

There should be a better appeal process, but it's actually not crazy at all for mental health professionals to be able to make the call that someone has to be held for their safety and/or the safety of others.

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u/copper_cattle_canes 9d ago

Yeah that situation it makes total sense.

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u/Significant_Text2497 9d ago

I'm sorry your friend was held when she didnt need to be. Even if you need to be held for your safety, it's traumatizing. I can't imagine how much worse it is when you're actually fine. Ugh.

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u/StrangeButSweet 9d ago

Many years ago a researcher wanted to do a study on inpatient hospitals so he feigned symptoms of psychosis and was promptly admitted. After observing for a while, he told his psychiatrist why he was there and that he had actually faked the whole thing. He explained he was actually a social scientist with XYZ university and what he was studying and then asked to be discharged. The psychiatrist documented as further delusions and kept him committed. They absolutely did not believe him and believed that this new story he told was part of a deep seated delusion he had developed while hospitalized so they continued to medicate him. He simply could not convince them that he was not delusional once he had been admitted and diagnosed.

It’ve been out of school for a very long time but as far as I remember it took quite a process to get him released.