Visiting Hours
In honor of K.R., B.L., D.C., R.R. & R.F. I had been inpatient all of three days. In three days Jesus died, was buried, and raised again. In three days I […]
Tag Archives: Psychiatric Unit
Of Beldam & Truth
“The rattling of chains, the shrieks of those severely treated by their barbarous keepers, mingled with curses, oaths, and the most blasphemous imprecations, did from one quarter of the house […]
Why I don’t pray like I use to, Part 1
In a behavioral health unit group can refer to any scheduled meeting with doctors, therapists, chaplains, and even dogs. We patients can’t be bothered with more descriptive titles, so group suffices. I […]
Electroconvulsive Therapy, Part 4
“The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past.” Sylvia Plath (Poet & […]
Electroconvulsive Therapy, Part 3
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And […]
Of Lent and Deserts…
It was my third time, I could now “officially” refer to myself as a “frequent flyer.” I knew the intake nurse, could name a number of the security guards, and […]
