07-28-2006, 12:31 AM
Quote:FYI, you have some serious misconceptions about mental hospitals; they're not nearly as cheerful and friendly as the standard hospitals you've been to. Think prison, except with psychiatrists as well.
The perception of mental hospitals is good to bring up, and to a degree you are correct about them not being as much of a cakewalk as they may be commonly made out to be. But at the same rate, there is still a very large difference between a psych ward//mental hospital and a state pen.
In a mental hospital you don't have to worry about your roomate being a mass murderer, about alliances/gangs that form or are already formed, about being stabbed by a makeshift knife, or gased/beaten by guards if you step far out of line. Granted, your roomate may actually be a murderer, but they're most likely loaded on a bunch of medications (as well as you) that leave you in a pretty catatonic state.
That alone makes the difference pretty chipper, even if the psych ward isn't much of a party.
Cheers,
Munk