🧵Tonight’s #C4Dispatches is heartbreaking and makes me angry. Having been in a psych hospital with a physical disability, there for my mental illness, it was awful enough. To lock away autistic women & girls indefinitely is cruel. 1/3
The friend I made when I was there she’s an autistic female. Been in and out for 10+ years. Yes she needed mh treatment but she doesn’t cope in the environment. These places are noisy & chaotic. Also, as this is showing, sexual abuse, assault and rape sadly isn’t uncommon. 2/3
Most women who’ve been inside have their own horror tales. I have mine, I don’t think it’ll leave me. For these autistic people, they will be traumatised daily with no knowing when they can be in a safe environment. There must be a better way 💔 3/3
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Mar 24
🧵Tonight’s #Dispatches is heartbreaking and makes me angry. Having been in a psych hospital with a physical disability, there for my mental illness, it was awful enough. To lock away autistic women & girls indefinitely is cruel. 1/3
The friend I made when we were inside, she’s an autistic female. Been in and out for 10+ years. Yes she needed mh treatment but she doesn’t cope in the environment. These places are noisy & chaotic. As this is showing, sexual abuse, assault and rape sadly isn’t uncommon. 2/3
Most women who’ve been inside have their own horror tales. I have mine, it changes your psyche and destroys trust. For these autistic people, they will be traumatised daily with no knowing when they will be in a safe environment everyone deserves. There must be a better way 💔
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Mar 6
🧵 Since writing about my experience of psych hospital the women who’ve told me their stories proves these places aren’t safe for women. Women at their most vulnerable with no escape, with various other issues & often have male induced trauma. As a result of our experiences.. 1/6
We don’t trust authority or those who are meant to care if we need support or are in a crisis. Me & other women purposely avoid asking for help or tellingly told by medical professionals that psych facilities are best avoided even when very unwell. 2/6
Avoiding these places is not always possible. Women, who can be as young as 18 like I was require a safe single sex environment to get better/learn to manage. Where they aren’t in high alert 24/7. That feeling never leaves & nor does the genuine trauma of being inside. 3/6
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Feb 20
🧵 My friend who I met in the psych ward is back in. We were 18. The hell hole we were in, every waking minute of the day surrounded by aggressive sexualised men who were much older & physically dominating. Now my friend is not safe from them at night, thanks to Annex B. 1/4
We often talk about how we know few people care about women like us in those places. We’re not women in sport or in respected careers where men are intruding. That’s naturally easier for people to understand. We’re thought of as ‘damaged’, ‘messed up’. 2/
To NHS big wigs & people in authority who are ok with mixed sex psych including daytime & Annex B, go and spend a month in these places and see how much your psyche changes. You can’t escape men in there & heaven help you if you’re forced to be in the women’s dorms with them. 3/4
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