My psychologist told me that I should make a schedule for my day, using about 30 minute long blocks. Due to some days being really slow and boring. Anyway, I thought I will make a post about this to show what my "regular" or "normal" day at the mental hospital looked like.
I picked just a random Thursday (which list I actually made and wrote down to my bullet journal). Also it is the day where I did not get ECT , as this is done under general anaesthesia and you are not supposed to eat or drink anything beforehand and for us, it was usuallt between 9 and 11.
Example of my activities.
07:00 - 08:00 waking up, brushing my teeth and getting dressed, washing my face and making my bed
08:00 - 08:30 breakfast and medicine
09:00 - 09:15 smoking break, or for me, walking around in the yard
09:20 - 10:00 filling my bullet journal and reading "Self-compassion", a book my psychiatrist lent me
10:00 - 10:30 coffee (I had to have decaf) time and youtube or just social media time
10:30 - 11:00 colourin book
11:00 - 11:30 just internet time, looking for jobs (I have to say there were lot of times where I just didn't do anything and even played Candy Crush)
11:30 - 12:00 listening to the music
12:00 - 12:30 lunch
12:30 - 13:15 reading "The Nightmare" by Lars Kepler (criminal book)
13:15 - 13:30 walk-break
13:30 - 14:00 reading "Anorexia Workbook", borrowed by my psychologist
14:00 - 14:30 looking for some fun ideas on pinterest
14:30 - 16:00 art therapy
16:00 - 16:30 drawing something by myself, working on bullet journal
16:30 - 17:00 dinner
17:00 - 18:30 sister visits, we go for a little walk outside and store
18:30 - 19:00 shower
19:00 - 19:45 drinking tea, talking to others, fill my tea-journa
19:45 - 20:00 snack time (it is a bit sad that I have added "at least try to communicate others here)
20:00 - 20:30 daily recap for myself
20:30 - 21:00 getting ready for bed, brushing my teeth
21:00 medication time and going to sleep after that
As you are able to see here... it was rather difficult to come up with stuff sometimes. Still I did feel very safe and good there. Everything was just flowing in it's own rhythm, no sudden changes or unplanned events.
Thursday was also the day where doctors visited their patients with their personal nurses. It was time to get feedback from them, it was time to complain to them.
On other days we had a little more to do, for example we did something similar to guided meditation (relaxing exercises with breathing technics) and listening to the music together. Sometimes there were also small concerts or such (I never attended those). But yeah, you can see they did try to make some events for us.
Why last 3 weeks were especially difficult for me, was because they cut my right to go out during breaks or even with other people, because I was not gaining enough weight.
I picked just a random Thursday (which list I actually made and wrote down to my bullet journal). Also it is the day where I did not get ECT , as this is done under general anaesthesia and you are not supposed to eat or drink anything beforehand and for us, it was usuallt between 9 and 11.
Example of my activities.
07:00 - 08:00 waking up, brushing my teeth and getting dressed, washing my face and making my bed
08:00 - 08:30 breakfast and medicine
09:00 - 09:15 smoking break, or for me, walking around in the yard
09:20 - 10:00 filling my bullet journal and reading "Self-compassion", a book my psychiatrist lent me
10:00 - 10:30 coffee (I had to have decaf) time and youtube or just social media time
10:30 - 11:00 colourin book
11:00 - 11:30 just internet time, looking for jobs (I have to say there were lot of times where I just didn't do anything and even played Candy Crush)
11:30 - 12:00 listening to the music
12:00 - 12:30 lunch
12:30 - 13:15 reading "The Nightmare" by Lars Kepler (criminal book)
13:15 - 13:30 walk-break
13:30 - 14:00 reading "Anorexia Workbook", borrowed by my psychologist
14:00 - 14:30 looking for some fun ideas on pinterest
14:30 - 16:00 art therapy
16:00 - 16:30 drawing something by myself, working on bullet journal
16:30 - 17:00 dinner
17:00 - 18:30 sister visits, we go for a little walk outside and store
18:30 - 19:00 shower
19:00 - 19:45 drinking tea, talking to others, fill my tea-journa
19:45 - 20:00 snack time (it is a bit sad that I have added "at least try to communicate others here)
20:00 - 20:30 daily recap for myself
20:30 - 21:00 getting ready for bed, brushing my teeth
21:00 medication time and going to sleep after that
As you are able to see here... it was rather difficult to come up with stuff sometimes. Still I did feel very safe and good there. Everything was just flowing in it's own rhythm, no sudden changes or unplanned events.
Thursday was also the day where doctors visited their patients with their personal nurses. It was time to get feedback from them, it was time to complain to them.
On other days we had a little more to do, for example we did something similar to guided meditation (relaxing exercises with breathing technics) and listening to the music together. Sometimes there were also small concerts or such (I never attended those). But yeah, you can see they did try to make some events for us.
Why last 3 weeks were especially difficult for me, was because they cut my right to go out during breaks or even with other people, because I was not gaining enough weight.
