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This thread is going to be about items that are forbidden from being brought into a Crisis Stabilization Unit, or CSU. It can include commonly banned items, or really bizarre rules specific to one place. Off-topic as specified by OT, but this can be very useful for those of you CSU virgins, should you ever consider inpatient care.
Lessseeee I'll start us off
-clothes depicting alcohol, drugs, weapons, or sex
-no pillowcases
-NO SHOESTRINGS, or hoodie strings, or strings of any kind, this goes for most institutions
-several places I've been to have put a strict limit on the number of blankets or towels any one person is allotted
-razors, which I've seen handed out to people, on the condition they are given back. this one doesn't make sense to me but I digress.
-hoodies? hoodies.
-makeup sometimes
-makeup just in glass pots
-hair products
-hair dryers, straighteners, etc. more for the windy cords than the possibility of electrocution
-caffeine of any kind
-ipods, phones. etc. anything of the apple variety.
-fine-tooth comb
several weird item stories:
-stuffed animals. when I was in the Adolescent Ward a few years prior there was this kid who hid under a table because they tried to take his stuffed panda.
-everything was taken from me in the holding unit of the state hospital. I had to ask for a dollop of toothpaste to be put on my toothbrush.
-this one's embarrassing. in the suicide watch room all my belongings were confiscated and I wasn't allowed to rustle through them to fish out fresh clothes. I was given some 'hospital donation underwear' after a shower the second or third night there and... my god. they were the granniest of pannies. loooool.
Quick rules: don't mention ways 'around' the rules. even though most are pretty obvious honestly and... why would you, for short-term...?
Lessseeee I'll start us off
-clothes depicting alcohol, drugs, weapons, or sex
-no pillowcases
-NO SHOESTRINGS, or hoodie strings, or strings of any kind, this goes for most institutions
-several places I've been to have put a strict limit on the number of blankets or towels any one person is allotted
-razors, which I've seen handed out to people, on the condition they are given back. this one doesn't make sense to me but I digress.
-hoodies? hoodies.
-makeup sometimes
-makeup just in glass pots
-hair products
-hair dryers, straighteners, etc. more for the windy cords than the possibility of electrocution
-caffeine of any kind
-ipods, phones. etc. anything of the apple variety.
-fine-tooth comb
several weird item stories:
-stuffed animals. when I was in the Adolescent Ward a few years prior there was this kid who hid under a table because they tried to take his stuffed panda.
-everything was taken from me in the holding unit of the state hospital. I had to ask for a dollop of toothpaste to be put on my toothbrush.
-this one's embarrassing. in the suicide watch room all my belongings were confiscated and I wasn't allowed to rustle through them to fish out fresh clothes. I was given some 'hospital donation underwear' after a shower the second or third night there and... my god. they were the granniest of pannies. loooool.
Quick rules: don't mention ways 'around' the rules. even though most are pretty obvious honestly and... why would you, for short-term...?
allowed 3 days clothing only. no hoodies here also..so now id be running nekid its all i own. lol
no take out unless a visitor brings it and takes it back out when they leave...........well that changes with the wind. sometimes its no outside food period.
What not to eat:
During intake we were told the hospital food was so bad it was not worth eating. The director told us all to try and order food for delivery. At $1k a day..!? I didnt have a choice and ate their food.
Unfortunately he was right.
Hello again anorexia..left the hospital at 6' and136 lbs.