Fear of hospitalization?

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worriedguy90

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My trigger was when I was in church. I was sittin next to a kid, and then more people came so we got squished a little bit. I still had space, but like probably an inch away from the kid, so he was in my comfort zone. I felt my anxiety bulding to the point that I had a thought of a psychiatric hospital. Don't know why, normally when my emotions get built up, I just feel the need to let it out. After I got out and my anxiety went down, my mind still kept on rewinding that thought to the point it became obsessive. Now I am constantly thinking if I should go to a pshcitaric hospital and I don't want to. My emotions seem fine or relatively stable except for my anxiety which is due to that fear, but I just have the fear that what if I need to go. I would get the compulsion to check and anylyze everything I do and feel. How do you know if you need to go to a mental hopsital?
 
Noca

Noca

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Hospitalization for anxiety is rare, its mostly for depression/psychosis. I've been there 4 times for suicide attempts. I've stayed a total of about a month in a psych ward. Seek treatment through other means, unless you feel suicidal and cannot keep yourself safe any longer.
 
lyricalliaisons

lyricalliaisons

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My old therapist wanted to hospitalize me for anxiety. The amount of anxiety I was experiencing must have alarmed her because she was going to have me hospitalized me. Luckily, I had to meet my mom somewhere later that day & she would have been completely alone had I not shown up, so she let me go. But I barely got out of it. At the same time, the thoughts your having seem to be purely OCD & have no real validity. Your OCD is just making you feel this way. You most likely will not be put into a psychiatric hospital.
 
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2isthesquarerootof4

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worriedguy90 said:
My trigger was when I was in church. I was sittin next to a kid, and then more people came so we got squished a little bit. I still had space, but like probably an inch away from the kid, so he was in my comfort zone. I felt my anxiety bulding to the point that I had a thought of a psychiatric hospital. Don't know why, normally when my emotions get built up, I just feel the need to let it out. After I got out and my anxiety went down, my mind still kept on rewinding that thought to the point it became obsessive. Now I am constantly thinking if I should go to a pshcitaric hospital and I don't want to. My emotions seem fine or relatively stable except for my anxiety which is due to that fear, but I just have the fear that what if I need to go. I would get the compulsion to check and anylyze everything I do and feel. How do you know if you need to go to a mental hopsital?
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I would say if you truly feel you are a threat to yourself or others, you may want to go to one and talk with the staff on call, they can make that assessment. Do you have a regular provider you see?
 
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