The week of November 29th through December 4th
was spent in the hospital at 3E, for those who know what that is, I’m sorry it's a place I wish no one had to go to, and for those of you that don't know what it is be happy that you haven't had to go there.
3E is the behavioral and mental health ward at St. Lukes for children and adolesents. People get put in there for many different reasons, such as drug addiction, behavior problems, or the reason I was in there depression and suicide attempts. While your in there it's really hard on everyone. Family, friends, school, even though you go to "school" while you are in there you still get really behind in your class work.
In my room, me and my room mate had a little radio that the nurses that were in there gave to us. We always had it on, music was the one thing that kept me from going completely insane being locked up in there all week. We were always singing or dancing around the room trying to keep ourselves occupied when we weren't in groups or in "school". Cause there's not much you can do in that place.
While we were in groups or "school" many times there wasn't any music playing an having to talk with the people who were also there for sometimes the same reason made it even harder to concentrate. We all just wanted to get out of there and see our friends and family and as much as I hate to say it we all wanted to get back to school.
So I guess moral of this post is music is a great thing, for me it helped me get through a really rough time, and even now that I'm out of the hospital I almost always have music playing when I can. It is one of the biggest coping skills that I used in the hospital and that I use now that I'm out. So if you're ever feeling stressed put everything away and just listen to music and focus on the words and nothing else. Music can be a life saver.
3E is the behavioral and mental health ward at St. Lukes for children and adolesents. People get put in there for many different reasons, such as drug addiction, behavior problems, or the reason I was in there depression and suicide attempts. While your in there it's really hard on everyone. Family, friends, school, even though you go to "school" while you are in there you still get really behind in your class work.
In my room, me and my room mate had a little radio that the nurses that were in there gave to us. We always had it on, music was the one thing that kept me from going completely insane being locked up in there all week. We were always singing or dancing around the room trying to keep ourselves occupied when we weren't in groups or in "school". Cause there's not much you can do in that place.
While we were in groups or "school" many times there wasn't any music playing an having to talk with the people who were also there for sometimes the same reason made it even harder to concentrate. We all just wanted to get out of there and see our friends and family and as much as I hate to say it we all wanted to get back to school.
So I guess moral of this post is music is a great thing, for me it helped me get through a really rough time, and even now that I'm out of the hospital I almost always have music playing when I can. It is one of the biggest coping skills that I used in the hospital and that I use now that I'm out. So if you're ever feeling stressed put everything away and just listen to music and focus on the words and nothing else. Music can be a life saver.
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