You know you're a talented artist when they feel the need to blur out your self-portrait.

I got so emotional when the guy said the voices were telling him to stab people as he was making the fruit salad but he didn't listen and finished it.

I like how they specifically mention that they made sure they had complete consent, and didn’t take advantage of someone’s mental state. Very professional.

My mother worked in such a place for 15 years. It changed her into a very cautious, watchful, solitary person. She had to learn to be that way to protect herself and it never left her even decades later. I respect people who can do this work with professionalism and compassion.

IM SO PROUD OF THE GUY WHO MADE THE FRUIT SALAD AND DIDN'T HURT ANYONE

the fact he had impulses to stab everyone in the room with that knife and carried on making his fruit salad makes me really proud of him- that’s growth and resilience

I've worked in psychiatric units for many years, what I've come to realise is that nearly everyone I've ever worked with is just a vulnerable child that never got the chance to grow up supported and cared for. Working in mental health is extremely challenging but at the same extremely rewarding when you get the chance to bring at least some positivity to someone who may have never had any in their life up until now.

A psychologist once told me "The boy in you will never die" The memories you had as a child, will never go away in your adulthood. Indeed they will haunt you, and hard.

The amount of talent the patients in this hospital have is absolutely astonishing. I loved the one chap's remark, "they are mentally ill, but they are not stupid."

The guy who draws. If he ever picked up a tattoo machine without killing someone he would make BANK. Extremely talented and absolutely stunning work! Id love to see his work in a gallery one day.

The staff deserve the most credit. To work somewhere like this would be incredibly stressful. To be constantly vigilant for violence would be exhausting. And to see these prisoners as patients would be difficult, as separating what is mental illness from what is the person themselves is very difficult

I am absolutely speechless on those portraits that patient drew. I can’t believe how beautiful that picture of that woman was. He could easily be a famous artist.

I don’t know why I watch stuff like this.

It's sick how many times you hear a child say they was abused in the system, you hear it far too often, WTF is going on... the people that should care for them the most are abusing the children. Makes my blood boil every time I hear it.

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I had unfortunately been checked into a mental institution last year when I tried to end my life (i've made a lot of progress since then). Most of the patients (besides an old lady who threw something at my head and tried to fight me) were very intelligent, kind and talented. What made my stay bad were the doctors who mocked, ridiculed and laughed at me while I was quite literally dying from poisoning of the body. (the nurses were great).

As someone who experiences auditory (and visual) hallucinations I sobbed over the man who finished his fruit salad and didn’t hurt other people because I am so proud. It’s such a hard thing to not give into your hallucinations and it just made me so proud to see him achieve that 🥺🥺😭

The drawings of the one guy were absolutely stunning.

My uncle is in here has been for years. He has wrote his own poetry book and got a law degree while there

I worked on acute psych ward and was a part of a take down team. The only injury I received was a kick to my thigh on a take down. It caused a huge hematoma that took 3 months to heal. The patient came in manic but came up to me and apologized for doing it the next day. In the state he was in I have no idea how he even knew that he did it, much less that it was me he kicked. We were practically piled on him, he was huge and very fit.