Surviving Atrocities at a Mental Institution

Hospital calling basic human needs "privileges" breaks my heart.

Your parents failed you. They didn't put you first. I'm so sorry you had to endure this. 😔

This guy is incredibly eloquent, self- aware, intelligent and meticulously descriptive. He is emotionally expressive. He is a winner in life as he is narrating an episode in his life. He is not a victim but a survivor and thriving. God bless him.

That’s not mistreatment, that’s torture. So sad. I’m so sorry you had to endure that.

For a 52 yo who has gone through all that crap in his youth….he looks really good! 👍🏻

Being mistreated after being sent to a hospital for treatment is ridiculous. The hospital staff took advantage of the fact that they knew no one was present to support you.

I’m always shocked at how inhumane psych wards are. People often leave worse than they came in. This man overcame great odds.

My “mother “ tried to have me put in an institution when I was 16. I got to the doctor and told him what was going on at home. I had a manipulative mother and narcissist at that. If she didn’t have her way in all things she would make our lives a living hell. Make up things and create scenarios,lie and she would try and get people to go along with her schemes. After this Dr. heard my side of the story he immediately called her and said”shes ready to go home “! Hearing this she immediately flew into a rage. The Dr. calmly said, “There is nothing wrong with her maybe it’s you that needs help”! Parents came and got me and it was a very uncomfortable ride back to their house indeed. I graduated high school and went into the Air Force. At last I was on my own! I’m 76 now and it still hurts me to think family treated me like that. You went through much worse than me. I commend you for succeeding with your life. God bless you and your wife.

No punishment on earth is enough for the doctors, nurses, administrators and others involved in this horror. The fact that the doctors tried to sue him for defamation after the law suit against them shows what monsters they are.

No child deserves to treated less than being loved, housed, clothed, fed and protected. AT ALL TIMES.

I was in a facility similar to this in 2011 after a suicide attempt at 14. Kids tied to beds, no outside time, endless screaming. When I got out, I felt like it had been more of a punishment than treatment. I felt like I had been abandoned in my darkest hour, left to deal with the aftermath of a traumatic event in what was essentially a prison. I thought, "never try to kill yourself again, because if you fail, they'll put you back in that hellhole." It's been thirteen years and I still have a hard time talking about it, or even thinking about it.

People have to stop calling kids "man of the house". That phrase alone just comes with so much pressure..

I can relate to so much. I was hospitalized at a mental hospital at age 17. My parents were very provincial. Doctors were next to God. I am now age 70. I believe to this day the "professionals"made me more ill, over medicated me and kept me there until the insurance ran out, (months). Evil.

I hope this man is no contact with his "family", what a betrayal

I like that, "people that are wounded tend to find each other", & ," our wounds, when we share them, unite us". Great sentiment.

The way that this guy is so emotionally intelligent and emotionally literate shows that 1) he's highly intelligent 2) he's highly sensitive and God bless him. He's amazing and I'm so sorry that he went through this. I'm glad he's sharing it with other people.

What I am hearing is that if you aren't crazy before you go IN a mental hospital, you surely will be when you come OUT of one!

A mental hospital is no place for a kid. They are still growing their brains and to put them in such an unnatural place is damaging!

He is the youngest looking 52 year old I have seen. I wish him a really happy life.

It’s insane that anyone would treat a troubled teen like this and expect any kind of improvement.