Were you ever put in a psych hospital?

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I think it's f****d up that so many harmless autistic people who haven't hurt anyone and have done nothing wrong get put in psych hospitals repeatedly while Trump threatened Hillary's life and hasn't been put in a psych ward or jail.

Yes. After I had my son. I found being pregnant very difficult to cope with and was extremely depressed during the pregnancy. The experience of giving birth was very traumatic and a few months later I found myself in the local psychiatric hospital against my will (not sectioned, blackmailed by my GP - 'go there or we'll put your son into care').

At the hospital they told me I had a depressive personality and sent me home with pills. I was only there for a few hours. I was never offered any kind of talking therapy, there or anywhere else. If I had been, maybe I'd have figured out I was autistic long before I did. After that I was left with what I'm pretty sure was PTSD and a deep fear of medical professionals.

Before, during and shortly after my diagnosis I was put in the psych ward several times. It was a horrible experience and I have lost all faith and trust in mental health care.

The only people who showed me any sympathy or kindness were the other patients. I was in a constant state of terror and had meltdowns and rages constantly. I thought I was going to be in there forever, and was going to die. One time they took me off all my meds as soon as I checked in for absolutely no reason, and it was awful. Any emotional distress was seen as "violent" and they'd just shove pills down my throat or jab me with needles. One staff asked me how someone like me could possibly draw cute and happy-looking cartoons. Another once said I had to act like all the other people, including the ones with bipolar or schizophrenia.

In psych wards they don't want you to get better. They just want you to not be a danger to yourself and others.
I hate them, I hate psychiatrists, I hate caretakers, and I hate the whole stinking pile of feces known as mental health care.

I haven't been in one but I know of 2 people who were in one because they said they were gonna kill themselves. One was my niece and the other was a the sister of a girl I used to go to high school with.

Thank goodness, no. That was always my worst nightmare.

three times when I was 21 and once when I was 29

A couple times, briefly, for suicide watch. Didn't enjoy it!

No, I had to stay at regular wards, first a children's when I was a young teen, then an adult's when I was older, due to mental health problems. I was also sort of, shall we say, forcibly removed from my house at a later point and driven to the local mental health branch in my town, after an altercation. Each incident was very upsetting for me, and my family's unsupportive, ignorant attitudes at the time made them a whole lot worse.

I was admitted to the psychiatric ward in the hosprtal twice. Both for my general inability to function and increasing suicidal thoughts after repeated meltdowns due to depression. I only stayed briefly both times.

First time was in the adolescent ward in a french hospital. I can understand a decent amount of french but cant speak it much. There was only one other person there and the only way we could communicate was through drawings because he was extremely french and i am extremely english. He gave me gross dark chocolate. For the first 24 hours i had to wear a hospital gown which was hard because i hate the feeling of skin on skin and the hairs on my legs after that i was able to wear my own clothes. I didn't like being told what to do there, they told me i couldn't stay in my PJs all day and had to make my bed and stuff. They were very controlling and i don't do well with that.

Second time was in the adult ward in the english hospital (i live in french canada and our hospitals are separated by language) there were much more patients there, id say a good 20. All were very very nice. I had much more freedom. I didn't have to wear hospital clothes, i also didn't have to stay in isolation for the first 24 hours. I was able to walk around and talk to other patients. There were also televisions and a smoking area ( i don't smoke) one thing i didn't like was that they gave me drugs without telling me what it was and it made me very drowsy. I slept an entire day after taking that drug, but also i had a huge meltdown the day before and didn't sleep at all the nigh prior. So that probably played a role too. I could also choose when to leave.

Overall it was a nice relief when life got really heavy and i was on my edge. I only had to worry about getting better instead of worrying about food or feeling alone.

Not "put" in, but I checked myself in twice for being suicidal. It helped, especially the second time, which was at a different place. I was there for 5 days.

Never been, but I've come close a couple of times. First time, my stepmother wanted to commit me, but never did so. Second time, I was being hospitalized for anxiety, and while I was in the hospital for a couple nights, they judged that I wasn't enough of a danger to myself to ship me off to a dedicated psych facility.

Late 70's went in for assessment - they had no idea what was wrong with me.
In the 2 weeks I was there only had one consultant interview where he asked me who my heroes were - I thought carefully as it was Ghengis Khan at the time as I want to unleash hordes of destruction on the world with cries of "No prisoners!!" - I said "Jim Morrison" and he seemed happy.

Been diagnosed with hyperactivity, anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, endogenous depression, laziness, drug psychosis, more laziness, nervous debility, ADD and finally chronic depression caused by experiences from undiagnosed (until 1999) Aspergers.

I work in the mental health field and can assure you the NHS does not want people in hospitals - it is too expensive!

I was in a psych ward, I almost committed sucicide, I wanted to overdose on my medicine.

Was committed to psych wards on several occassions as a teenager. Screwed up my adolescence. Has led me to avoid hospitals at all costs.

Here is another letter from The Messiah about the Psychiatric-Industry... I now quote...