07-28-2006, 12:46 AM
Quote: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.
As far as being beaten goes, if you get out of line you often get roughed up quite a bit by the large, burly orderlies, as they drag you into a solitary cell with padded walls...and sometimes they strap you to the table in said cell if you get too rowdy; it assists in ease of medication (intravenous sedative).