“Involuntary commitment is a fate that can be worse than criminal incarceration—though in the case of a mental health commitment, the person has not committed a crime.”
“What are the consequences of involuntary commitment?
Involuntary commitment does have positive and negative aspects to it. For example, it may save your life and give you a second chance. But the process of forcibly getting you into care against your will might cause unnecessary trauma, fear and feeling helpless that may result in post-traumatic stress disorder.
Being involuntarily committed may:
Disrupt your routine
Make you feel betrayed
Set you back financially
Cause you to lose some personal independence while you’re hospitalized
Make you lose trust in the healthcare system or law enforcement”
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/involuntary-commitment
“Cahalan intersperses her research into the Rosenhan experiment with fascinating, and dispiriting, history about the mistreatment of mentally ill people throughout the ages. Of the past, she writes:
‘The insane weren't just neglected and ignored; they were abused and tortured — the 'otherness' of mental illness making them fair game for acts of outright sadism.’
The present isn't much better, she writes, due to what many call ‘the criminalization of mental illness’ — mentally ill Americans now find themselves in jails: ‘We don't even pretend the places we're putting sick people aren't hellholes’”
Regarding experience and dehumanization:
https://psychrights.org/articles/rosenham.htm
I am so sorry I’m failing you.
I desperately wanted to create my site to be informative, to tell my story, to caution others. I wanted to show my pain and not ramble on, but I don’t know how.
Every time I attempt to make something coherent, I shake and cry and scream and yell and cower.
I NEVER EVER thought a strong person like me could experience PTSD. I could handle anything life threw at me or any “not so great” decision I made. I often subscribed to the “everything happens for a reason” mantra. Whether that be the universe, fate, or a divine design.
What I experienced at and from River Oaks company ( yes, company, its part of UHS, a billion dollar company ) was the most traumatizing 6 day event turned into 500+ days. They shattered my entire self.
In my and others experience, their treatment is a game. They lie for profit. They put tenants in danger. They ruin lives.
I really truly want to make my website into something beautiful since what happens there is so ugly, but I’m no longer the strong person I was up until that day they...they... god, it makes no sense what they did.
I suggest you not go to River Oaks.
You can google UHS lawsuits and see all the other absolutely awful things they do for money.