#from being admitted to a psych ward to some less then nice incidents

[slepyicarus]

FIY to the folks that followed me cause of my obey me stories!

First of all hi to the new readers. Y'all came outta nowhere. I'm glad you folks like my first tried of writing since I got out of school.

I'm (finally) posting the rewrites of Icarus' Timeline this following month (aka this December) and starting to write out my stories to him as well as show how his timeline of obey me! devolped and unfolded and differs from the canon timeline.

That may mean, I'll post some world building of his timeline the next few days. Like some things like how in Icarus' timeline green eyes have a magical reason or how the stars are their own entity.

Now some of u readers may ask them self right about now why do I call his stories his timeline?

Simple. Cause I see every player as well as obey me oc stories as being in their own individual timeline. That's my interpretation of barbatos lines about being able to see all timelines and all that (excuse me not pulling up the exact lines it's night for me and I'm sleepy writing this). We all are the MC, but no timeline will be a perfect copy and paste as we all choose different answers and following our own ways of playing the games.

ANYways. Enjoy the next few days of my boy's timeline world building and maybe keep an eye on my old posts and Icarus masterlist for the changes. May not upload everyday but we'll see how it goes.

Lovely Timezone to you dear reader and well read eachother soon.

In sleepy but happy regards,

Slepy ✨

[usually-daydreaming-blog]

I researched instances of power and oppression in both past and modern-day issues for a project at TAMUCC. I chose the issue of abuse in psychiatric facilities. Thank you for reading and feel free to comment.

What many people do not realize about psychiatric hospitals is that they have a long history of mistreatment and abuse. Being admitted to a psychiatric hospital can be one of the most frightening and vulnerable times of a person’s life. Unfortunately, there are times when patients are taken advantage of in this state. Dorethea Dix, one of the first Americans to demand reform in psychiatric facilities, opened the world’s eyes to the horrors in the institutions. She visited and documented cases of abuse in psych wards and presented her findings to the public in 1843. Patients were found tied up, beaten, and put in cages for so long that their muscles atrophied. They were not given regular food and clean water and were usually denied showers and basic hygiene. Obviously, these conditions are not suitable for any human, especially those that are already fragile psychologically. Additionally, facilities would deem many women incurable despite their symptoms being treatable or preventable with proper care. Many viewed the mentally ill as less than human and treated them as such. While Dorthea Dix made great strides among others to reform mental health institutions, there is still a huge prevalence of abuse today.

At any given time, there are over 150,000 Americans being admitted into inpatient psychiatric facilities. Over time, activists have been working to improve and destigmatize psychiatric hospitals to help those that need it. The Psychiatric Bulletin found that approximately 71% of female inpatient patients have received unwanted sexual attention or assault in facilities. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) studied sexual assault reports in psychiatric facilities over a period of three months in 2017 and found and found an alarming 1,129 reports of sexual assault and rape. Some experts even say that this number is grossly underestimated, especially in cases of staff member assaulting patients. While wards that prioritized sexual safety were also reported, the high percentage of patients that have been assaulted in psychiatric facilities is overwhelming. Perhaps the most shocking statistic from this report was that 97% of the incidents were reported as “low harm.” While the true impact of the incidents cannot be known, some criticize that they are reported as such to protect staff members. Many times, staff members don’t report assaults due to fear of being blamed, or to protect the perpetrator. Additionally, therapists and psychiatrists that are told about possible patient assaults may fear that legal action may actually harm the patient, and they may not be able to handle the scrutiny of a trial. Other times, they are just not believed due to their mental illness. The issue is that the mentally ill are already seen as unreliable, on top of being a woman. If it was between a mentally ill woman in a psychiatric facility and a nice male doctor, who would you believe? Many would believe the doctor, nurse, or staff member over the patient. A Cambridge study found that three-quarters of psychiatric professionals feel that there is avoidance or denial of access to the criminal justice system to patients. When action is taken, all that is typically required is an incident report that can stay with the hospital. The issues with this are that they are often not completed uniformly, don’t list the assailant’s name, and are not available to managers. Some reasons for the inconsistency of data reports are that staff may be habituated to sexually aggressive behaviors from their patients and don’t get the same level of outrage, or that they may be protecting another staff member. Many experts have recommended a national database of adverse incident reports to keep them available to managers and law enforcement and require them to give as much information as possible on the assailant. This would not only increase law enforcement involvement but also prevent repetitions by habitual predators. While many strides have been taken in the treatment of patients in psychiatric hospitals, there is still more to be made.