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I want to be sent to a secure mental hospital

pewpewmcdrew

I am a young adult and have an ASD diagnosis.

My life is unstructured with little routine at the moment and the best years of my life were when I used to live at a residential college for young adults with an ASD and I believe that is because the routine was very stable and that gave me the reassurance and motivation I needed to get through each day and complete schoolwork etc.

I know I will have less freedom and less options of things to do inside a secure unit but I know these units provide a strict routine for their residents and for me that is more important and I know I would benefit from that.

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    I think there're probably better ways of obtaining structure and organisation in one's life: actually those things tend to be quite absent in secure wards.  The brief time I spent such a ward was mostly memorable for being exceedingly boring (although the food was surprisingly nice).

    I do at least somewhat appreciate the concern about an unstructured existence and it can be quite hard to be disciplined when one doesn't even know which direction to take sometimes, but freedom isn't something to be wished away.  It is a bit of a double-edged sword, and while the responsibility may sometimes seem rather intimidating, it also gives the opportunity to realise one's potential and to find true happiness.

    Apologies if it sounds like I'm speaking in platitudes, that's not what I meant.  I think we all need to find our own way in life, though.  However unappealing the idea may seem at times.

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    I think there're probably better ways of obtaining structure and organisation in one's life: actually those things tend to be quite absent in secure wards.  The brief time I spent such a ward was mostly memorable for being exceedingly boring (although the food was surprisingly nice).

    I do at least somewhat appreciate the concern about an unstructured existence and it can be quite hard to be disciplined when one doesn't even know which direction to take sometimes, but freedom isn't something to be wished away.  It is a bit of a double-edged sword, and while the responsibility may sometimes seem rather intimidating, it also gives the opportunity to realise one's potential and to find true happiness.

    Apologies if it sounds like I'm speaking in platitudes, that's not what I meant.  I think we all need to find our own way in life, though.  However unappealing the idea may seem at times.

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