How many times have you been committed to a psychiatric ward?

[John_Carter_of_Mars]

Nope, never been in one of them places myself, but the Man In Black did a song for y’all. I’ve always kinda’ liked it.

Here’s a verse of “Parkview” as sung by Johnny Cash:

"There’s a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead

They don’t know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head

There’s a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried

They just brought him in this morning an attempted suicide

There are those that never made it, those that did but now are through

Some came of their own good chosing, some committed to Parkview"

Hope you’re able to stay fancy free from here on out!

[Lissla_Lissar]

My mother has been committed at least three times that I can remember. She’s manic depressive. The first time I remember it happening was when I was about four. Without trying to sound self-pitying, it made for a difficult childhood. I’m sure it makes for a difficult time on her end, too, but she’s not very rational about her illness so we haven’t talked about since I became an adult.

Primarily, I remember my mother shouting and breaking things, and then being taken away and being extremely doped up. The last episode was when I was in 8th grade, so most of my memories are pretty subjective.