l wanna be admitted to a mental hospital because l have depression and l need a break. Since l can remember which is since l was about 9 l have liked pretending l was sick in some way. On my ninth birthday l hit my head on something and pretended to all of my friends that l had amnesia. But recently it has gotten to the point where l have been looking up what plants are toxic enough to make you need to be inhospital. l have had depression since l was about 8 but was only diagnosed 3 years ago. I am 15. l have exams coming up and school will be finished it 3 weeks but l really feel like l need to be admitted. What should l do. Last time l told my mother this she talked me out of it saying that you do not wanna be there and stuff, even though l really wanted to. l have a history of self harming should l just do that again and say to my mum l am going to do it again l need to go? Please help. l need information on what to do really soon.
By the way l have counseling and have been to heaps of different ones. Been on heaps of meds. But nothing helps. It is not just because l want a break it is because my life is so stressful and l do not feel like l can handle living anymore that is why l wanna go also.
also while l remember is it hard to get a job as a nurse if l have been in mental hospital. l wanna be a nurse when l am older?

you should walk in to the hospital itself. tell them your story. tell them that you really need help right now. good luck man. l hope you get help soon and feel better

(((( Gloria )))))

You're just 15 & l really wish l could be there to sit & chat things over with you. l know there is a lot of things making u feel very unhappy which is why u keep harming yourself.

Perhaps the first question to ask is ''what do u want to get out of being admitted to a psych unit?'' Is it attention? Acknowledgement that you're really hurting? Maybe u want someone to SEE u & take u seriously. l am not judging any of these things, merely asking u to clarify what it is you're looking for because until u do, nothing will be a solution for you.

Please speak to a school counsellor if nobody else. Your mother clearly does not take u seriously or perhaps she is concerned how others will view the family if they discover you've been admitted.

There is no stigma to being depressed or needing help to get through things. Please reach out & speak to someone - before u hurt yourself.

Peps

if youve been admitted before, go back and try to ask for voluntary inpatient treatment

You do not go to a psych ward for a ''break''. are you serious?
Start by seeing a therapist. They are the professionals and they are the people who can admit you to a ward if deemed necessary.

im in the exact same situation.
i have my year 10 exams and ive failed the whole year, so l really dont want to do my exams.
you dont want to go into a mental hospital,
you will not like it there,
ive been there,
and its horrible,
i was in there for about 2 weeks and the whole time l was there l wanted to get out,
plus the food tastes really bad:)
stay home,
:)
its better
or just not go to school :)

go to school and tell the counselor your problems he or she will help you

'' l want to be admitted to a mental hospital because l have depression and l need a break.'' same here, but that is not why one goes to a mental institution! you can not go to the mental institution for that stuff, you, like I, could use therapy, to have a professional see what may be wrong with you, if any thing between the two of us, from what you have provided, l would be farther up the line!

Talk with your mom and let her know your feelings. Explain to her that you really need help now. Hopefully she will understand and take you to the hospital so you can get the mental health help that you need.

i've felt like you do now and have been admitted myself for the same reasons. it is not easy! tell your parents how you feel if they do not take you seriously have a friend take you to the hospital to get the help you need. l was in hospital for 2 weeks one time and it was a much needed break for me but it has made me stronger as a result.
hope you feel better soon.
take care.
good luck!

Somewhere deep, deep down inside u r really hurting, & l would not be surprised if somewhere in ur past someone has done something to u that u found very traumatic. You mind has blocked it out completely, this is why u can not remember anything before the age of nine.

A mental hospital is not the place for u because u r not mentally sick. If u go into one u will certainly become mentally sick, u will be given drugs, doped up, & the people who r drawn to work in these places r usually mentally sick themselves in one area or another.
They may appear to be sane but they have problems too, they just hide them better. We r drawn to what we r familiar or comfortable with.

Depression is joy turned inside out. All the joy has gone out of ur life & u need to find a way to get it back again.

When u r self harming, what u r doing is drawing the pain to the surface. What u really have to do is go deep into yourself & try & remember what it was that traumatised you, maybe physical abuse, or mental abuse or someone continually yelling at you, or whatever it was that was so bad, ur mind blanked it out. The pain remains though, until we release it.

You choose to self harm. You r also choosing to draw attention to yourself, because u r craving love & attention, & by pretending to be sick or acting out a sickness fantasy, u feel that this will give u the attention & love that u crave deep inside you. Your mother has not appeared to have the understanding of ur problem that she should & so u emotionally blackmail her by saying u r mentally sick & doing things that u feel the mentally sick do.

l would make a guess that the only time u felt some comfort & love before the age of nine was when u were actually sick, or had an accident as children do. Your subconscious has picked up on this & this is why u continually try & draw attention to ur mental state.

You r NOT mentally ill, u need help, but there is little in the way of professional help that r trained or understand the compartmentalisation of the mind. The only psychiatrists & doctors come up with r drugs, & that is not going to do u any good, they will make u ill in the end, & could eventually warp ur mind. KEEP AWAY FROM DOCTORS, PSYCHIATRISTS & their mind bending poisonous drugs.

You need to get some decent food into you, such as natural & organic chemical free foods. You need a good nutritionist, one that knows about natural, organic spray free foods. You need love, heaps of it.
Have u tried drawing or painting. Many people like u begin to draw, & it does not matter what u draw, it is actually physically 'drawing out ur pain''. You might find yourself drawing really weird stuff, but that is good, it means it is coming out.

l wish u luck & much love, because there r people who will give u the love u crave, but certainly not in a mental hospital. The worst place anyone can enter.

Life is wonderful & u just have not given yourself the chance to find the wonderful things in life that will bring u joy. The simple things like watching kittens an puppies at play & a million other small things that bring so much joy. Even helping someone less fortunate than you, & there r plenty, believe me, can bring a joy to ur heart. You r young yet & suicide is not the answer, u will just be sent back to do it all again.

Councillors just stuff peoples minds up & again drugs r their only . You have found out already that the tablets they give u r only a band aid over the REAL problem. These so called experts klnow nothing, only what they r taught by others who know nothing.

You r only 15 & can u imagine that when u r through this & out the other side, how many others like u u can help, because YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. You can only understand something when u have actually been there. These councillors have not been there so how can they understand, they r lying when they say they do.

You r going through this for a reason, & if u quit now, u r defeated, & the best way out is THROUGH. Go through ur pain, & let it happen.

Do not try to manipulate ur mother by threatening to self-harm. If u truly want some help, u r going to have to be honest with yourself, & ur mother. Anyway, it is a doctor who will decide if u need to be hospitalized - not you, not ur mother. These days the hospital psych wards r really crowded, & unless u r a serious threat to yourself or others, it is unlikely u will be admitted as an in-patient; more than likely referred to outpatient services. If u go to an emergency room, a psychiatrist will usually evaluate u & make a recommendation, but it does not sound like u r in a severe crisis, & u know u need help. A mental hospital is no vacation, but l hope u do get the help u need, just want to stress again that it is a DOCTOR who will make the decision on whether or not u need to be admitted into a facility, not u or ur mom.