Perks of going to the Psych Ward

This may have been one of your best and most important videos. You’re an incredible person, Illy. ❤

Great vid Illy!

I lost my little sister in 2020. She was one of the few members in our family that we didn't think we needed to check in on. The "People will notice. People will miss you." line is so, so real

i was sent to a mental hospital, and all of the patients were really nice. The nurses, however, clearly viewed us as sick and hardly even people. I wasnt clearly struggling, and one of the nurses looked at me and said 'it must be hard to be surrounded by all this sickness.' When I was interviewing for partial the lady who was interviewing me treated me like a child. People really dont understand that a lot of the times its not the patients who are the scariest part about psych wards.

When Illy said, "People will care if you disappear one day, they will notice, they will miss you more than you will ever know" I actually burst into tears, I really needed to hear that.

"Half of us are gay, Susan!" 😂 I loved that comeback.

My great grandmother had schizophrenia and she spent her life in and out of hospitals. She had horrible treatment, and our family believes my great aunt was fathered not by my great-grandfather, but a worker at one of the hospitals. She was a wonderful woman according to my mum, not violent just troubled. She just heard voices, she loved her family. She passed when I was a baby, but I’ve been told her funny stories my whole life. I’m proud to be her relative, what a strong woman she was and how the cards she was dealt were so cruel. She spent her last 10 years of life hospital free, comfortable and surrounded by family. I’ve been quite depressed lately, and I remind myself of how my family has fought through mental health again and again. She found happiness, and so can I. No shame in being admitted, but I know there’s strength within me.

I love watching Kallmekris’s videos of going into “haunted buildings” like the old asylums because she always shows so much respect and compassion for the people who were taken there.

hi notification pals (: thanks for being here early!

This is such a powerful video and it’s so relatable

As a survivor of attempted suicide, I can really relate. I’ve stugged with depression since I was ten and suicide since eleven. Always know that people do care, and don’t be afraid to call 988 (aka the mental health line) and talk to a professional about anything you need. There are always people that love you. Stay strong♥️

Remember tho, it’s only been around 13 years or so that many pscychiatric hospitals stopped treating patients like animals. Around the 80’s - 90’s In Brazil for example, a man called Austregésilo Carrano Bueno was locked up in a psych ward by his parents for smoking weed and was abused by the staff. He went through shock therapy, he was not allowed to visit his family, he was beaten, thrown in the solitary on many occasions, given medicine he was not prescribed for etc. This is an actual event that happened to an actual human being less than 50 years ago. His story was documented in a movie called “Bicho de 7 Cabeças” so if anyone wants to learn more, that’s a nice way to go. He also published a book called “Canto dos Malditos”, so that’s also a really good way to learn more abt his case.

as someone who ended up in the psych ward after a seriously damaging suicide attempt, I thank you, illy. keep spreading your kindness. edit: thank you all for your concern, i'm doing much better now! remember that you are loved. ❤

“seeking help doesn’t make you a burden, it doesn’t make you an attention seeker. You are not being overdramatic or too sensitive” thank you, thank you, thank you. Cried through the second half of the video, currently still crying. Thank you

This is an INCREDIBLE video. I went to a pediatric psych hospital after a s*icide attempt in 2008, and I still remember it fondly. Thank you for spreading this word.

I have been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression and as a result I have been to the psych ward a couple of times. It was tough being away from the people I loved and in the end I became stronger than I was at the start of my sojourn in the psych ward. I just wanted to give my thanks to Illy for shining some light to people who only think of psych wards in the context of horror movies. Thank you for being such an incredible person Illy

“Seeking help doesn’t make you a burden, it doesn’t make you a attention seeker your not being dramatic or over sensitive what your feeling is real its sad and its scary” Really made me burst into tears

I almost cried when you said, "People will care if you disappear one day, they will notice, they will miss you more than you will ever know." I needed to hear that! Thank you for helping to destigmatize mental health hospitals, and for having the strength to tell your story! You seem like an amazing person! ❤️

As a 24 year old who spent most of my teenage years in the psych hospital and going through residential stays as well. I don't even have to watch further than the intro because that was absolutely accurate. We were ruthless to some of the staff.

My first intake, the nurse kept demanding to know why I was crying the whole time and wouldn't accept "I'm scared" as an answer. Ducking Susan.