Experiences with hospitalization - Depression Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
My husband ended up going to the hospital. He was there for two weeks and he actually thought that it was a great experience for him. He was able to have therapy every single day, talk to a psychiatrist to find his medicine, and get medication in the spot that was helpful. And he was also able to make a safety plan for his way home, or for when he got home, and was able to kind of remember all the social support that he has with his friends and his family. And it was just a good way for him to re-find himself and figure out what needed to change for him to have a better hold on his depression.
Video 2 Transcript
My junior year of high school, I was going through probably the worst of my depression. I was basically crying all day every day. I was so sad and I was getting really bad suicidal thoughts and one night it got really bad. I didn't even trust myself to be alone and so my parents and I decided to go to the hospital, see if they could find anything that would help me like immediately because it was really scary. So, it was a really hard time and I felt really really alone. One thing that helped me a lot was just knowing that a lot of people go through this as well and a lot of people can overcome it even though it's super hard and I felt like sometimes nobody else knew what I was going through. A lot of people do and a lot of people have gone through it and gotten over it and even if it seems impossible sometimes it's not and just reaching out towards God and just asking for help and asking for peace in a hard time like this.
Video 3 Transcript
The medical fees kind of suck, but they saved my life, so it's worth it. When I went to the hospital, I was feeling very suicidal, and so they took me to a... Shoot, what do they call it? Like a mental health center-like sort of place where I received therapy and was put in a situation where I couldn't hurt myself. Like standard procedure, they had to take me out on like a gurney or whatever, but was it traumatic? Yeah, a bit, but it wasn't... I'd say it was definitely necessary, and it certainly helped a lot.
