Hikikomori and Mental Hospital : My Forced Hospitalization Experience
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In this video, I talked about my experience of being forcibly hospitalized in a mental hospital when I was in my twenties.
Hikikomori = Shut in
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Hello. my name is Hiroshi Yamazoe. I'm Japanese, born in 1984.
I was a "Hikikomori"("social withdrawal" or "shut-in") for about 10 years, but now I have recovered a little.
I love traveling abroad. Traveling abroad has changed my "HIKIKOMORI" life. I have visited Western Europe, Asian countries, and Russia.
I will continue to travel abroad in the future.
Currently, I'm studying English. I'm struggling with it, but I will not give up!
And I'm seeking friends from all over the world. Thanks!
Hiroshi Yamazoe
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Hiroshi this experience of yours was much more frightening than any horror movies I have seen!!! Imagine spending your time (even years sometimes) locked up forcibly when there really is nothing wrong with you! I am scared even now
Yes, It was a very frightening experience. I was very lucky to get out of the hospital after only about 14 days. There are many people in Japan who are detained in mental hospitals for long periods of time; according to 2017 statistics, there are about 280,000 people detained in mental hospitals in Japan, and about 170,000 have been there for more than a year, and about 90,000 for more than five years....
Same thing happened to me, but Hiroshi is doing a lot better than I am and I admire him very much.I was locked up for almost two years, from 15 to 17 years of age. Good insurance and an evil selfish lying mother is all it took, staff told me in secret there was nothing wrong with me.
@@HirosiYamazoe Thank god you got out quickly!
You were right when you said it was a violation of your human rights! I'm so happy you managed to turn your life around.
To me you will remain my best Japanese friend, whoever or whatever you are, a good man kind and courteous, far away from where I live but friendship knows no bounds
Thanks Nico! I had a great time traveling with you in Bruges, Belgium! I look forward to traveling with you again someday. 😄
@@HirosiYamazoe your more then welcome ;-)
Hiroshi, you are very brave to share this. It seems like Japan's attitude towards mental health is similar to what it was in the US in the 1980s. The US has come a long way because brave people shared their experiences and raised consciousness. I hope your bravery can help do that for Japan.
Hiroshi, I'm so sorry you had to go through that horrific experience. I just don't understand the cruel behavior of your parents and the mental facility staff. It seems like they just wanted to get rid of you. Mental health services are very bad in the US as well. I think people see mentally ill people as a nuisance. Either they are not believed or they are seen as dangerous. Many people are thrown into jail, bad places like you went or end up homeless. There should be more advocacy to improve mental health services and help people struggling. Its so awful but I'm very happy that you were able to leave and get better on your own.
Hello! Thanks for your comment. I see that even in the US, people who are sent to mental hospitals are exposed to such prejudice. I think it is a huge tragedy.
I think in my case I was just lucky; according to 2017 statistics, there are about 90,000 patients in Japan who are kept in mental hospitals for more than 5 years. It's really cruel that someone who is not a criminal can be detained in a place like that for years or even decades. I hope this video will bring some kind of awareness to people even a little bit.
It's exactly opposite of your story,
I forced my parents to take me to the psychologist because I was going crazy, and when they said no I broke the tv out of anger . They took me to the doctor after few days and I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders , and I was shocked to hear that.
Well I am on medication now.
Hello. As I said in this video, I was also diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder too. But autism spectrum disorder does not prove that you are inferior to others, there are geniuses and people of great ability with autism spectrum disorder in various fields. 😊
Thank you for taking the time to share such a personal experience with all your followers from across the globe.
Hello. It is my pleasure to share my unique experience to people. And I hope it will be helpful to someone. :D
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Your experience is so shocking. I don't like to be critical of another countries hospital system. However, I am stunned that a hospital can treat a mentally ill person in this way. Well done in getting through this terrible ordeal.
'It's all about maintaining the harmony' and 'nail that stick out will be hammered down' these are the unspoken rule in Japan society. I am glad that you manage to survive and sharing your story to use, I really can relate because once my mother trying to exorcist me.
I actually didn't know about this until I learned that a friend of mine is confined.
In other countries they don't tie and restraint people unless it is really serious or dangerous situation unlike Japan.
They are also treating patients to be better, where Japan's approach is to keep patient "under control".
OH MY GOD!!! This is a horrific and nightmarish experience!!! I am SO SORRY this happened to you!!! Something like this would MAKE me mentally ill rather than help me. You are SO STRONG and SO RESILIENT to survive this.
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately this is happening frequently in Japan's outdated mental health care system. I was so lucky to be released quickly.
Your story really inspired me! I also went through terrible experiences in Japan(getting harassed by teachers, couldn’t get proper mental health treatments in Japan, constant verbal abuse and harassments at hospital). I’m really sad to think about how many innocent kind people went through similar tragedies in Japan. 応援してます！
I was hospitalized after a sucide attempt at 21, and it was the most traumatic time of my life. I broke my back, and after my repair surgery, they moved me to the psych ward. They withheld pain medication from me and refused to let me talk to anyone. I got 0 counseling or help in that time because of the recovery from my injury, but they wouldn't let me leave to recover at home. Life is a bit better now, besides the permanent pain Im left with since my attempt, but I just try to forget about the attempt and the hospitalization.
Where did you live? What country?
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Hi Hiroshi, I just came across your video and I am very angry for you. I'm really sorry you went through all of that. I just want to add that you aren't alone. I actually voluntarily checked myself into a mental hospital last month and was held against my will. Luckily I am out but the damage is done. I have nightmares all the time of being in the hospital and ptsd.
You are an incredibly brave person and an amazing human. I am very happy that you managed to be released and turn your life around. I wish you success and all the best in your endeavors.
Some six years ago I had a major depressive episode after which a psichiatrist prescribed strong anti-depressants. My husband, parents and in-laws said I shouldn't take them and go to a psychologist for therapy and keep the medicine as a last resort. Many times back then I wanted to take pills to 'quickly fix' my emotional state and not make it harder for my family but they encouraged me to keep going to therapy. After a couple of years of therapy with an amazing psychologist, I felt myself slowly feeling that life was worth living again.
From talking to acquaintances who went through similar struggles I learnt that, in my country, there are similarly to Japan, some very bad and a few good psichiatric hospitals.
I think you are doing a very good thing, spreading awareness of the situation of mental health treatment in Japan. I believe that exposing abusive practices is what forces systemic changes more than 1 or 2 good people working from the inside.
This might be your best reminiscing video so far, Hiro. This is honestly an amazing story, another commenter here said it's more frightening than any horror movies he had seen and I agree. You have the most fascinating and inspiring life story of any person I know! Your forced hospitalization story could easily be an amazing movie, I'm not exagerating! I hope this video goes viral.
Your experience actually reflects a lot of the reasons why there is a strong movement for the process of deinstitutionalization for mental pacients. There's an interesting wikipedia article about it (look for deinstitutionalization), I'm not sure if you already read it or not. Basically a lot of people agree with you, that forced stays in psychiatric facilities is a violation of human rights and there are people trying to change that procedure in several ways. I'm not sure how many institutions adopt the newer system and how it is in Japan. Where I live you can still be forcibly institutionalized for long periods even if you didn't commit any crimes.
There are so many dark moments in your story. Your mother shifting the blame to the school counselour is absurd. Even if the counselour did say those things, you still have a mind of your own and neglecting a child under your care is absurd, no matter who tells you to do it. Your dad basically saying you're not his son anymore is also very sad. It's very, very hard to overcome the mistakes parents do because they have such impact in their children's lives. Even harder than that is actually make amends and be able to have a relationship with them again, even after all bad things happened. Parents suffer a huge societal pressure to raise upstanding citizens and this pressure can lead them to make very awful mistakes. It's a very sad situation. The fact that you manage to overcome all of this is amazing, Hiro! I hope one day you can manage to build a relationship with your parents again before the end. You have overcome so many things already, I think you can achieve even this if you want to!
I'm sorry to ask you a personal question, Hiro, but do you talk to your siblings? My only success in life is to have a good relationship with my two siblings, it really helps to have that.
Thank you for sharing your life experience, this story was incredible and the fact you can talk about it so openly shows your progress! Stay strong, Hiro!
Hi Nefi. I am glad that you, who have been watching my channel for a long time, valued this video!
This problem about long-term confinement of people to mental hospitals is continuing in Japan today. I did not mention it in this video, but according to statistics from 2017, surprisingly, there are about 280,000 patients hospitalized in mental hospitals in Japan, and about 170,000 of them are detained for more than 1 year, and about 90,000 of them are detained for more than 5 years. And 1773 people have been in mental hospitals for more than 50 years. ....50 years! I think these are astounding figures.
The deinstitutionalization program seems to be conducted by some groups in Japan too. Some psychiatrists in Japan also support it. But the major trend remains the same in Japan. I think the main reason is that by keeping patients in mental hospitals for long periods of time, doctors and hospitals can continue to get payment for their treatment. And the lonely person, abandoned by family and society, may not be rescued by anyone.
Yes, I think my parents treated me badly. But if my parents had been kind to me even though I became Hikikomori, I would have depended on them. So, it sounds strange, but maybe my parents were terrible and that made it possible for me to be independent.
I have two elder brothers, but unfortunately, like my parents, I am now completely disconnected from them. Once I became a Hikikomori, my family left. But I don't know about the future, so maybe I will reconcile with them one day.
Stay Healthy Nefi!
Oi, I know about paxil. Nightmarish lil pills from hell. Sent my anxieties into overdrive and my heart rate sky high. I hope you didn't experience anything like that when you took it.
Caged Bird Syndrome. That's how some of us explain or describe a passive, obedient nature when it comes to dealing with those that deal with mental health. Ironically, it's also used to describe holding back certain emotions when dealing with bullies growing up.
As far as I know, it's not a term that's not widely used or if it is, it's not spoken of very often. But for those of that do mention it, we all know what it means we fully understand.
Pretending and stifling/holding back emotions can only get us so far and eventually we do have to let them out in one way or another. Me, I split wood. Not advisable given my osteoporosis, but it really lets me vent. Split wood all day and have a good cry afterwards...and then it's back to the norm again for a year.
I'd rather do this than have to fake being normal in society ever again. Did that every single day as I grew up. I've had enough of that. I can't and won't live that hell again.
Hello Thomas Hunt, Jr! It's been a while.
As your previous messages said, you have been through many difficult experiences. And I am sorry to hear that you had a terrible experience with Paxil too.
In my case, I didn't notice any change when I was taking Paxil, but when I quit Paxil, I had an unusual condition. That is, when I moved my eye, I felt little shocks in my head as if I had an electric shock. This was very uncomfortable. Fortunately, this effect disappeared after a few months.
I think "Caged Bird Syndrome" is a very fitting description. I think the only way people like me can live in this human society is by locking up the emotions and playing a fictional person. But as you say, maybe someday those feelings will have to come out.
And I agree with the conclusion of your message. Because I dropped out of school due to being bullied in elementary school, my relationship with my parents disappeared, and I became a person much farther away from "normal people of society". So, I think it is better to pursue the original and unorthodox path I have been walking rather than to make an effort to return to "normal people of society" from here now.
@@HirosiYamazoe yeah, I've been around...just haven't felt like posting. Got diagnosed with more fun stuff and had a big blowout with my family over everything....it wasn't pretty...but everything I had been feeling and dealing with finally got validated and now it's my family's turn to come to terms and grips with the truth. No longer do I feel like a psychological hypochondriac.
Felt good to get things out finally but it was only brief. Have a bucket load of issues and no means of actual relief in sight..feeling lost all over again even in this hell is enough to make my anxieties and my mind explode.
I'm just frazzled, confused, mad as hell....well, I'm more of a mess than I've been in for a long time. Not even sure I can put into words how I'm feeling.
Mind is continually racing and I'm currently sleep deprived. Part of me is happy to know that I didn't imagine everything, but another big part is royally pissed off that my family ignored and made light of everything that I went through growing up...and then there's other things on my mind that I can't even bring myself to talk about just yet...it's like an explosion of thoughts in my mind that I've never allowed to happen and I'm overloading. I guess that's the best way to put it.
In 1993 was my last hospitalization in a mental hospital. I was one of the few patients to try an experimental benzodiazepine Clozapine. It changed my life to this day. Back then only a few Pharisees carried that medicine. With therapy I got some on the job training to build computers. For me I am not yet fully independent but at least I am sober now. Thanks Hiroshi for your videos, makes me feel less alone.
Hello Douglas Robinson! Thanks for watching. And thanks for sharing your experience. I'm glad you're better now! :D
Clozapine or Clonopin...clonozipam?
Clozapine
This is a very moving to read, my heart goes to you. I can't help but wonder if your parents do not have mental health problems of their own, due to how they have treated you. I know my parents have serious problems, I do not know how much of it is mental health or just them not understanding how to relate to people properly from long habit. It is hard to say, I am sure it is mental health for at least one of them, but the problems are painful whatever the real cause. Health issues can be passed down by genes and children modeling their parent's bad behaviors and suffering from them. There has to be real communication, there has to be real support and empathy for the parent child relationship to be good. Eventually I got some of that from one parent but there were many years of anger and pain. Some of that is over now. I am glad you are in a better life situation now too. It is a relief to know that. A brighter future is ahead.
I have heard about deinstitutionalization here in the U.S.A. I read that Japan has not embraced this unlike many other nations. I can guess why this is the case, but I hope that the movement happens there too because no one deserves to have their human rights taken away simply on a doctor's decision, that is unconsciounable tyranny. Yes, I agree, these institutions make people worse not better it is a terrible environment. The staff and doctors can be horrible people, the lower level workers improperly trained and ignorant, crude and bullying. I remember reading an autobiography of someone who was incarcerated in one for a time. It was a similar story to your own, except he spent a longer time there, this was before deinstitutionalization here. If I recall correctly he only got out because it was implemented. Perhaps more and more people will hear stories like yours in your country and you will be a part of helping deinstitutionalization happen and saving people in these places in the future. I pray this is so. You have done something good for everyone!
Hello! I would be very happy if this video could be of some help to people or society.
I think there are many terrible parents in the world. I believe that families should work together and help each other to create an environment where together can live happily, it is best for each other. But unfortunately, there are many parents in this world who don't think that way.
And there are some groups in Japan that are promoting deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals, but you are right, the main stream is still the same as before. There are a lot of patients hospitalized in mental hospitals in Japan. According to 2017 statistics, there are about 280,000 patients who are hospitalized in mental hospitals in Japan, of which about 170,000 are hospitalized for more than one year and about 90,000 are hospitalized for more than five years...
There is also another problem in Japan that is the psychiatrists who give large amounts of psychotropic drugs to their patients. There are many psychiatrists in Japan who give multiple large doses of addictive psychotropic drugs such as benzodiazepines to make their patients dependent on psychiatry.
I believe that money is the major cause of all these problems. A lot of money is generated by hospitalizing and medicating patients to make them dependent on psychiatry. In any case, I am happy if my video could make people aware of such problems. :)
Stay Healthy & Take Care !
You have every right to be angry! I'm extremely proud of you for pulling yourself up out of your hopelessness. My mother was the same way, she hurt me by taking every harmful piece of advice and paying psychologists to tell her what she wanted to hear. I'm still in a very bad way but YOU have shown great strength and courage against all odds! You got off the scariest drugs (benzodiazepines) and still have the strength to fight. I'm happy SSRIs helped you, I took Prozac for a while and weaned myself off when it was time, my decision. Thank you so much for making this video, it really is inspiring to me to keep on fighting my depression. Evil parents are the absolute hardest thing to deal with, bit please know you have friends all over the world you haven't met yet, including me. We have to support each other any way we can. 💗 from California
ひろしさん、こんにちは。とても理路整然とした話ですし、英語も上手ですね！こんなに努力してこの動画を作っていただき、ありがとうございます。勇気も必要でしたよね？渡会は臨床心理士になって心の問題を抱える人に援助を提供したいですが、日本の精神病院に関してこんなにひどいことがあるのは知らなかったです。過去の困難を乗り越えて、前向きな気持ちを持って生きようとするのはすごいですね。尊敬しています。これからもいい生活をできるように。
This sounds as extreme as the plot to the movie "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". Unfortunately the psychiatric industry has rarely any real solutions for mental illness with great potency to create even more trauma and addictions.
When I was an early teen that stopped to go to school I was also forced to seek mental help or my family would have gotten a big fine to pay. I also have suffered from severe anxiety and to my luck many psychologists I attended to, didn't even bother with my struggle or told me to live by welfare money if I can't function in a society. Eventually I visited a psychiatry ambulatory only for the day time until 5pm. I was there for 2 days until I couldn't bear it anymore. My social anxiety caused high blood pressure when I was around people and also caused me to sweat like a waterfall. Especially talking about any issues I had felt horrible for me. My symptoms were clearly visible for anyone to see and yet the people in charge of my group left me alone while ignoring me, only looking at me through the window of their room. Everyone else had a program of how to spend the day, bit since I was new they couldn't put me anywhere. So I sit there alone most of the time, being excluded from the group. There was no real welcoming me and I felt like a dog instead of a human being. After that I avoided a fine by doing an internship at a small and quite store.
I wish I could have gotten real help back then, but unfortunately that wasn't what I could expect where I was.
Hello Baron! It's been a while. Thanks for sharing your experience. This may sound extreme to you who live in Germany, but this kind of thing often happens in Japan's outdated mental health care system.
And I actually have a similar experience to yours. The experience where I did not get proper mental health care. I had been looking for some sort of mental health care such as group therapy or some rehabilitation programs when I was in my early 20s. That was because I have a severe social anxiety and I thought it would help me rehabilitate to get back into the society. I had searched and contacted various mental hospitals for this purpose, but was not accepted at all. But one day, finally, I had group counseling once or twice, but it was just each person chatting on their own for about 20 minutes. And I wasn't really welcomed either. So all I could afford was a couple of minutes of chatting with the psychiatrist and a prescription for a large dose of medication. And I don't think this could call it therapy at all.
And from what I learn about people's experiences, it seems not only that it doesn't work, but that it is often rather harmful, due to potentially harmful psychotropic drugs and long-term confinement. I believe that Japanese psychiatry needs to change. Japanese psychiatry is too outdated.
@@HirosiYamazoe I was alkso visiting those group sittings during my internship. Usually I would welcome such if everyone would have similar struggles like social anxiety. Unfortuntely it was a bunch with lots of different struggles. The self help aspect of hearing someone getting to the same stuff wouldn't work, because more than half of the other kids wouldn't be able to relate. I was also pretty young back then with around 13 years of age and i wasn't able top self-reflect my own behavior at all.
I guess if I would have continued being treated there or else, I nwould probably end up onmedication also. I'm thankful that I didn't have to go through such. My niece was put on Benzos also, which didn'`t help her at all. She was also diagnosed with social anxiety according to what she told, but in my opinion judging myself and others who truly suffer from it, she had little to no social anxiety at all. She was always open, curious and outgoing, never hesitating to start a conversation. I know psychiatrists have to rely on the word ofg their patient and can't really know how someone truly feels and perceives the world, but getting to know her a bit better would debunk the diagnosis kind of fast in my opinion. Mind altering drugs shouldn't been prescribed so carelessly.
I see. It is really unreasonable to be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder when actually she has such a personality. It is the same with psychiatry in Japan, in which depression, anxiety disorders, and sleep disorders... etc, are determined based on what patients tell doctors. So I think there are many people in Japan who have been wrongly diagnosed. I think it is a dangerous thing because it can make their lives go wrong.
Benzodiazepines have continued to be prescribed without any limitation in Japan. These drugs have powerful addictive properties, so once patients become dependent on them, they need to keep relying on psychiatric care. This allows psychiatrists to gain regular clients and continue to generate income. But the side effects of that medication are horrendous. This scheme is truly terrible.
In Europe, since the 90's there have been regulations regarding the prescribing of benzodiazepines, and as I recall, they are only allowed to prescribe them for a maximum of 2-3 weeks. In Japan, however, they have always been prescribed for an unlimited period of time. So there are many people in Japan today who are suffering from the side effects of benzodiazepines and depending on them. I managed to get out of it, but I used to be like them. I am so glad that you have not become addicted to this drug. I hope your niece is not addicted as well.
Hiroshi, I only have words of admiration for you. Your courage, your trust in life, your resilience, your will to help others... And I'm only mentioning a few. I hope to see more videos from you, including many in which you are happy!
Thank you 🙏 for sharing your life and I pray 🙏 that no one will ever hurt you that deeply ever again and I’m proud of you for telling your story I have had the same experience as you have had growing up I send you lots of love ❤️
Always rooting for you :) Thank you for telling your story. Will always listen to what you have to say!
Hi! Cool. I appreciate that Zheng Pan!
I'm very sad to listen your story . I'm sad to your experience
Thank you for bringing attention to this. There needs to be a huge campaign to fix this. It needs to be exposed. But honestly the entire courts system sounds broken in Japan. Major reforms are needed.
It seems like internal reforms will not work because of Japanese culture. So perhaps the answer is something we know Japan reqcts to, international pressure and embarrassment. There needs to be a major viral documentary on it from credible journalists. Have you thought about contacting any? Or do you not want the risk?
This fact is becoming known in Japanese society. Some doctors and journalists are already working on it. Japanese national TV has made several documentaries focusing on this issue. The situation is slowly improving, but there are still people who are detained in psychiatric institutions for an extremely long period of time. I am not a journalist, but I can spread the fact to the public through my social media or CZcams videos like this one.
Hi. Your story and experience sounds very brutal and horrific. You really tell it well and I hope you feel proud for opening up. However i have a question and I really hope you dont take it in a negative way... The doctor that said that you might stay in the hospital for 20-30 years, is it possible and most likely that he said what he said to motivate you? And I'm not saying or asking that question because I think that he was right. I think that the way you was treated was inhumane at best. You should have been treated with a psychologist and or have someone to talk to, maybe combined with medications.
I hope you get well and reach your goals in life ❤
This is the most shocking episode of your story so far. imo
I love listening to your stories
A lot of people look at Japan through rose coloured glasses but there is a dark side that I’m glad is being talked about.
Thank you for sharing this story!!
Just found your channel. You are doing a lot of good by sharing your expertise. ❤
You are strong, man ♡
very sorry u have to go through that experience Hiroshi. stay strong
Thank you for your honest and moving testimony. Best wishes to you in Japan from England.
Hiroshi, you are a brave man. Sending big hugs your way. Shine On!
Sorry about your bad experience. But I'm happy that you're independent now! Such great news!
I'm halfway through, decided to comment in case I forget later.
Thank you for sharing this! The parenting, the school, the mental health system.. I'm appalled
What a awful experience, omg. I'm so happy you're living well now, very proud of you for telling us about it. Hope you have a amazing life! 🤍
Many such experiences. The cognitively typical cannot understand the cognitively atypical. They cannot see the value and splendor such types can offer or differentiate between good and bad motivations.
You are a good man kind, i can see that, ganbarimashou..
Thanks Sri! :)
I Know How You Feel About Your Mental Health Because I Love How You're Open About It Than Be The Opposite Of Open About It. I Have A Few Disabilities Like Autism Meaning Autism Spectrum Disorder Or ASD For Short Which Is A Neurodevelopmental Disorder Where You Have Different Obsessions With Certain Things Or Interests Meaning Something You Like To Do And Have Repetitive Behaviors And You're Sensitive To Certain Things In The Five Senses That I Described Is High Functioning Autism Which Is The Spectrum I'm On Those Who Have Severe Autism Can't Take Care Of Themselves Because They're Nonverbal Which Means That They Can't Talk. What I Do Is Try To Translate What They're Trying To Say. I Also Have Cerebral Palsy Which There's Some Of Them That Requires You To Be In A Weelchair As A Way Of Either Walking Or Transporting To Another Place To Another And Some That Doesn't Require That At All.Only Mental Health Things I Have Is Anxiety. When My Anxiety Gets Severe I Go From Chill And Normal To A Serial Killer And A Yandere With Adrenaline Because When You Have Anxiety You're Always Anxious And You Have An Adrenaline Rush. I'm From The U.S\America BTW.
The same happened to me. I'm a woman and the clown doctor who looks like a drug addict called the male goons to restrain my arms and legs to give me that injection because I wanted to talk on phone with my family and was arguing with them for not letting me when they had promised before admission that they would. Turns out they were lying. One evil goon (who was in his teens or young adult) in the rush of power just pounced on my hand with all the strength. He was enjoying the power, smiling. I was clenching my fist to not take that injection and he bent my finger so backwards that there was a swelling and I had to be taken to the hospital (owned by them) where they put me in a car and surrounded me. Honestly reliving that memory is traumatic. They were treating me like I'm a lesser human, laughing while I was crying and angry as if I was an animal in a zoo. I have OCD but I'm sure with their behaviour, they would be diagnosed with mental illnesses too if they ever went to a psychiatrist. The doctors were all evil and gave me medications which made me feel sleepy and other side effects. They were calling me crazy and treating me with no human dignity. I'm glad you're out of there and finally free.
Hello dii pill! Thanks for your comment. I am sorry. You have been treated so horribly for simply trying to make a phone call. Psychiatrists have a horrific authority to treat their patients like lab animals...
Many people in this world think themselves "normal" and do not worry about psychiatrists having such authority, but the judgment of "normal" and "crazy" can be modified easily by psychiatrists. Of course, I think there are psychiatrists with morals and good hearts among them, but I think there are also psychiatrists who misuse this authority.
In the case of Japan, if two psychiatrists with specific positions decide to do so, they can forcibly hospitalize a patient. And if we are certified by the psychiatrists that "you are crazy," we may end up in an unreasonable situation where no matter what we say or how we act, we are considered "crazy" and no one, including our family members, will take us seriously.
And if we are hospitalized in mental hospitals, we are left with no choice but to just obey because if we resist, we will be violently restrained. I think that structure is the same as prisoners in prison. Even though we have not committed any crimes.
But what gives me hope is that there are many people who find this mental health care situation wrong. There are people all over the world who are pushing for the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals. In this comment section, there are many people questioning the current mental health care system too.
@@HirosiYamazoe thank you for concern. The doctor telling you that you will be there for 30 years was against human rights. I feel sad for the situation of innocent people trapped in the mental hospitals. I hope too that people question the kind of behaviour that happens at these places.
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The reason you had to ask thrm to flush toilet is to stop you floooding your room with water
Japan has a happy side, low crime rates and jpop etc. But I think there is a dark aspect. The way refugees or the mentally ill are treated. The way they treat criminal suspects and obtain confession is very harsh also.
That's right. You are well aware of those Japanese problems. As for refugees, Japan accepts very few. Japan accepts only about 50 people every year. There are also immigrants from Southeast Asia called "trainees" in Japan, but they are not treated well. They are forced to work for very low wages in a very discriminatory way. This is shameful for Japan as a developed country. Interrogations by police officers are conducted behind closed doors without being recorded or filmed. It is the black box. Therefore, even if something like violence or extortion by police officers is going on, it is not known from the outside. In the U.S., police interrogations are made visible, and I think it is very advanced.
@@HirosiYamazoe I once witnessed a crime in Kansai, I went with the Japanese female victim to the police station to give a statement. I was happy to help. They then locked me in a nasty cell for 13 hours, threatened me, and even poked me aggressively. They took my phone from me and deleted video evidence of them man handling me in to the cell. I had pretty bad ptsd after this. It felt like a kidnap or a mugging. I felt a lot of anger for a while.
Prior to this, I thought "I guess aggressive policing is a good price to pay for low crime". "England is too soft on criminals, and so there is a lot of crime and I don't feel safe etc". But now I think otherwise.
I am sorry. You had a very horrible experience. Yes, unfortunately such things often happen in the Japanese police departments. It is really inappropriate to be treated in such a way even when a trial has not yet taken place and a guilty verdict has not yet been determined. Often, this kind of forcible interrogation leads to false confessions. In that case, the crime would be falsified by the police. I thought that people should at least be able to see inside the black box of the interrogation room like the U.S..
No wonder these psychiatrist are punched in the faces by people.
日本の精神病棟の長期入院の現実はよくドキュメントやNHKでは知ってはいますが、海外と比べると、おかしいですね。自身も精神の福祉作業所などを利用していますので、精神病棟などに入院されていた方々を見たり、薬漬けから抜け出せず苦しんでる方々を見ていますが、それは過ぎ去った過去ですが、心には大きな傷が残りますね。資格取り自立と言っておられましたが、資格を取得されたり、その資格を活かせられたのですか😌
そうですね。日本の精神病院の病床の総数は、全世界の精神病院の病床の約5分の1を占めると聞いたことがあります。2017年の統計によると、日本の精神病院への入院者の総数は約28万人で、1年以上入院している人が約17万人で、5年以上入院している人が約9万人もいるそうです。ちなみに、精神病院に50年以上入院している人は1773人いるそうです。凄い人数ですよね。日本の精神医療は他の先進国よりも時代遅れで、患者を隔離や拘束する非人道的な方針がスタンダードになっている事が原因のようです。資格については自動車免許と、高校卒業程度認定試験と、介護職員初任者研修（以前はホームヘルパー2級と呼ばれてました）を当時は取りました。それらは応募しようとしている介護職員の仕事を見つけるために便利でした。（高校卒業程度認定に関しては持っていると、高卒以上の学歴が必要な求人に応募できるようになります。）
Wow, your father wasn't very kind.
Yeah I was put in a ICU after my first attempt. To be honest I thinking about ...taking pi lls agai. n.
I understand what you are saying. But please reconsider. Good unpredictable things can happen in our lives. I know that. If you have any troubles, please message me on my social networking sites. Or you can talk to others in my community.
@@HirosiYamazoe Thank you. It's just pressure from my family and my mother. I wish I had money to move away but I'm stuck right now. I don't know what to do with my life.
With your knowledge and motivation, you should go back to school and get a college degree and work in helping others with your keen insight.
Sorry to hear this happened. But this sounds like you might have PTSD, anxiety or depression. I’m not a therapist. It’s just my guess. I highly recommend talking to a therapist that isn’t from Japan who can speak Japanese to you. I am living in Japan and in a mental health crisis myself suffering from anxiety and depression. But without medication, I am coping through it. I live alone. If I can do it, I’m sure you can get better. Your parents are not good people. I don’t like judging. But I’m shocked the school told your parents to physically abuse you and I feel this is a lie. Your parents chose this and they lied. They abused you on your own personal accord. I have a Japanese ex boyfriend who is my friend now that had ADHD. He talks to me openly about his feelings and I let him speak his mind and listen to what he has to say. I give him advice even though I’m not a therapist. I hope you can find someone to talk to. Sometimes talking about your emotions and past situations can help. But I do not think you are on ASD. I have Asperger’s which is on the spectrum but it depends on the person. You are exceptional with English even though the accent is strong. I do admire that. The issue is Japan’s society. In America, we have the right to go to a mental health therapist. It’s very different. They treat you like a human being. Since you seem to know English, I highly recommend talking to one.
Regarding the situation with parents, my ex currently has this problem. They ignore my messages to step in and help. For this situation, you cannot change a person’s mind. Only you have the power to change the way a person causes you to react. Whenever you can, I know it’s difficult, but, maybe try to ask if you can have a personal conversation in a public place where you meet by train rather than by car.
I am sorry my comment is so long. But I deeply feel sorry this happened. You’re a brave person to have experienced and a wonderful person. Don’t forget you are worth it. Your life is just as important as everyone else’s.
A mi me diagnosticaron trastorno limite de la personalidad con trastorno paranoide me hicieron internar en el extranjero y tuve un amorio con el psiquiatra que me atendia mi primer amorio homosexual , tuve ganas de matarlo y cortarlo en pedazos luego me seguí tratando en mi pais.