Ask away

that’s mental

how is it?

What room does SecondClass stay in?

Wait, are you visiting one or are you checked in?
If it's the former, I hope whoever you are visiting improves. If it's the latter, I hope things get better.

You ok, hun?

Yours allows you access to the internet? Lucky.

come to think of it, none of them probably should

You ok, hun?

I'm hanging in there. Before going to the hospital, I was isolating myself and withdrawing from everything which led to my downward spiral. I'd like to stay longer but unfortunately my insurance will only cover my stay here as long as I am suicidal, which sucks because I don't feel like I'm ready to leave yet. Hopefully I'll get into their outpatient program so I can avoid isolating and relapsing again.

Quote from: Dan on December 22, 2019, 01:27:28 PM

Quote from: Aria on December 22, 2019, 11:27:39 AM

Yours allows you access to the internet? Lucky.

Yep. Have you been to a psych hospital?

Once earlier this year, although mine was involuntary. Miserable experience altogether; cost me thousands of dollars I didn't have, and they barely did any counseling because it was over a weekend. I was basically forced to watch Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell movies for 10 hours a day. Would have been better for my psyche to just send me home tbh.

It was involuntary but you still had to pay?

Quote from: FatherlyNick on December 22, 2019, 02:40:32 AM

You ok, hun?

I'm hanging in there. Before going to the hospital, I was isolating myself and withdrawing from everything which led to my downward spiral. I'd like to stay longer but unfortunately my insurance will only cover my stay here as long as I am suicidal, which sucks because I don't feel like I'm ready to leave yet. Hopefully I'll get into their outpatient program so I can avoid isolating and relapsing again.

Get the most you can out of it. Outpatient is a good choice if you're still struggling.

Quote from: Ingy on December 22, 2019, 03:21:22 PM

Quote from: Aria on December 22, 2019, 01:51:43 PM

Quote from: Dan on December 22, 2019, 01:27:28 PM

Quote from: Aria on December 22, 2019, 11:27:39 AM

Yours allows you access to the internet? Lucky.

Yep. Have you been to a psych hospital?

Once earlier this year, although mine was involuntary. Miserable experience altogether; cost me thousands of dollars I didn't have, and they barely did any counseling because it was over a weekend. I was basically forced to watch Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell movies for 10 hours a day. Would have been better for my psyche to just send me home tbh.

It was involuntary but you still had to pay?

Yep. Before insurance, the 4 day stay was $5,000. That's not including ER, either ambulance, doctor, bloodwork, etc.

Wow that’s really fucked up
They’re forcing you to pay for being mentally debilitated

How are you handling it

I see guys you are trying to send Dan further deep into depth of his psyche with all this Pikachu

It almost seemed coordinated tbh

This is why I hesitate to visit the hospital. The cost of medical care in the US is astronomical. I had a seizure a couple of months ago most likely due to an electrolyte imbalance and it cost over 5K even though I only stayed a couple of hours. I think the ambulance ride alone was probably 3K. And I didn't have insurance at the time so it's all on me to pay.

It's such an awful thing to do for people with mental illness. Slap someone with a bill for thousands, that surely won't make them any more suicidal than they already are.

While insurance """helped""", between two separate accounts I was still responsible for something like 20% of the cost (around 2k). Fuck anyone who tries to argue that the average person can handle interactions with insurance coverage when these companies go out of their way to make it difficult as possible to get things covered.

And yeah; my primary emotion the first couple of days was regret. I regretted doing what I did to cause the entire chain of events, but I also regretted getting help. I felt like I was being punished for choosing life, which is not great. And that was BEFORE I got the bills.

Wow that’s really fucked up
They’re forcing you to pay for being mentally debilitated

How are you handling it

I am paid up now thankfully, unless I get a surprise bill for some random tylenol I took when I was blacked out. All it took was wiping out my savings and any extra money I made over the latter half of the year.

Quote from: Aether on December 22, 2019, 04:28:41 PM

This is why I hesitate to visit the hospital. The cost of medical care in the US is astronomical. I had a seizure a couple of months ago most likely due to an electrolyte imbalance and it cost over 5K even though I only stayed a couple of hours. I think the ambulance ride alone was probably 3K. And I didn't have insurance at the time so it's all on me to pay.

It's such an awful thing to do for people with mental illness. Slap someone with a bill for thousands, that surely won't make them any more suicidal than they already are.

While insurance """helped""", between two separate accounts I was still responsible for something like 20% of the cost (around 2k). Fuck anyone who tries to argue that the average person can handle interactions with insurance coverage when these companies go out of their way to make it difficult as possible to get things covered.

And yeah; my primary emotion the first couple of days was regret. I regretted doing what I did to cause the entire chain of events, but I also regretted getting help. I felt like I was being punished for choosing life, which is not great. And that was BEFORE I got the bills.

Quote from: Ingy on December 22, 2019, 05:08:54 PM

Wow that’s really fucked up
They’re forcing you to pay for being mentally debilitated

How are you handling it

I am paid up now thankfully, unless I get a surprise bill for some random tylenol I took when I was blacked out. All it took was wiping out my savings and any extra money I made over the latter half of the year.

Glad that’s not hanging over you at least