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[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 78 points 10 months ago

Yossarian had everything he wanted in the hospital. The food wasn't too bad, and his meals were brought to him in bed. There were extra rations of fresh meat, and during the hot part of the afternoon he and the others were served chilled fruit juice or chilled chocolate milk. Apart from the doctors and the nurses, no one ever disturbed him. For a little while in the morning he had to censor letters, but he was free after that to spend the rest of each day lying around idly with a clear conscience. He was comfortable in the hospital, and it was easy to stay on because he always ran a temperature of 101. He was even more comfortable than Dunbar, who had to keep falling down on his face in order to get his meals brought to him in bed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22

[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 27 points 9 months ago

Kinda related, I had surgery a few years back and it required a 3 day hospital stay. It was a glorious, relaxing vacation. No one asked me to do anything, people took care of me, fed me, etc. Recovery pain was worth it. I still remember it fondly.

Comparing it to my regular life is depressing, lol.

[-] CustardFist@feddit.nl 6 points 9 months ago

Damn. You’re really selling it to me. Now I want my appendix to rupture. ะเ

[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

The bill afterwards was not fun, so I recommend being in a non USA country.

[-] skulkbane@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

This is exactly why I run around with an egg in my pocket and say weird things, you are not seen as normal with an egg in your pocket and say weird things... palimpsest

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

how do you not break it? fleepygeebers

[-] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

can you like just go to one of those hospitals for a holiday?

Edit: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1306369370/ if anyone wants to 'improve' one of their rooms

[-] XEAL@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

Suicide attempts are a good way to end up locked up a few days in the psych ward.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Take this advice with a grain of salt, the doc might not let you out after just a few days, and that weekend might be a good bit of a year if they feel the need to tune in psychofarmaka before release

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Anyone who has ever been in a long term psych ward as a visitor or patient (where I come from anyway) would not want to go there for any reason. Half those guys don't even know how to play cribbage.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And those who has been and want to go back are usually in need of more help than just a weekend off "normal life". I just wanted to warn against trying to use a suicide attempt to get the holiday off in case anyone got that idea.

I know that before I started to work on my autism I sometimes took things too literal without regarding all possible consequences. Suicide is too dangerous to both the individual and all around to try to "fake" an attempt for any reason, and if you feel that suicide is a viable option to get out of a life situation please reach out to family, friends or even a hotline or a "soul care giver" just to get it out in the open. To try and bear the pain alone does not work that well.

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

In all seriousness, a person I grew up with tends to enter into psychiatric care around time of year either voluntarily or not because its a time around their first "attempt" and is very hard for them (one reason I know what's it's like to visit a ward).

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ive been in a similar situation and it took me about 10 years of work to get mentally healthy, and I am now 36 and been working in the mental health sphere (both young people primarily with neurodivergence and elder people with a combination of physical and mental issues) for a few years where my experiences are a great asset.

Your person might have it super rough, but each time he/she admits herself rather than being forced is a great step to mental health and it should be focused on with positive light. It is never too late to get better, and a misstep is only a failure if the person gives up, otherwise it's just a hiccup and those happens.

Remember to also take care of yourself and make sure to have healthy boundaries. A close person are never a professional mental health worker with responsibilities and need to remember that so they don't drown. A person need to be in a good position to be able to help, or it will just devolve into another person feeling unwell.

If you are interested in helping your person or anyone else with mental health, I recommend practicing enforcing personal boundaries as much as possible and when you (you as in anyone reading) feel secure and safe with your boundaries take a course. There might be MHFA courses or similar where you live.

MHFA:

https://www.firstaid.se/en/info/mental-health-first-aid-mhfa/

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So this goes back decades and we are no longer in each others lives. I hope your advice helps other people.

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I wonder how many kidnappers have purchased from that seller

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

Yes but it's far cheaper to take a regular vacation.

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Klinger

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

thats our word... but u can say klinga

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Ngl those padded rooms seem like they'd be fun. Like a bouncy castle

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Boy, that was funny.

[-] CustardFist@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago

Thanks, bud. :ر

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Duckman- A Room With A Bellevue

https://youtu.be/3wNe1Oo6BFI?si=ixFtLal0IoO0Nqtb

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

If you saw my previous reply then it wouldn't make sense because I accidentally replied to your comment instead of the one I was meant to reply too

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I was secretly hoping that the SAG-AFTRA strike would run a little bit longer...

[-] ziggurism@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

the word is "normalcy"

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

The word normalcy is normalcy, yes.

But normality is quite normal.

https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?q=normality

[-] ziggurism@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

I did not recognize that form and assumed it was not a word. I stand corrected.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

You are very wise.

[-] ziggurism@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Here’s wiktionary:

Although sometimes used, normalcy is less common than normality in American English. It is very rarely used in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is frequent in India and Zimbabwe however.

So it’s a regional thing.

Although the claim that in US English the “normality” form is more common does not match my experience as a speaker of US English.

[-] all-knight-party@kbin.run 6 points 9 months ago

I believe Normalcy was pioneered as a word in a presidential speech by Warren Harding in 1920. The titular "Return to Normalcy". Before that, it was only normality. Since then normalcy has overtaken normality to become the more common word to use.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing that, I stand partly corrected, too.

[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

What a very cumulative word

[-] Carrot@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, sure, normalcy also works here, but normality also fits here just fine.

[-] JanoRis@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Is the company Microsoft?

[-] CustardFist@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

Hmmm. Doesn’t look like a Washington license plate on the van, so… no? ;ر

[-] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

There is an 's' in Microsoft, friend. It's the one shaped like a ssssnake.

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