Waiting For The End | Maya Bishop

003 | Recovering Slowly

Mentions of DRUGS AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. Nothing too graphic I just wanted to warn you all

Lucia has been on the psyche ward for 6 days and it was now Tuesday. As promised Amelia visited on Friday and they had a little meeting type thing but just the two of them. Lucia needed it more than anything, she hadn't slept much with nightmares and flashbacks happening almost every night.

Every day was practically the same on the ward, the only difference for Friday and Tuesdays for Lucia was between 6-8 she was having Amelia visit.

7–7:30 - wake up
7:30-8 -  get ready for the day & morning medication
8-9 - breakfast
9-10 - craft therapy
10-11 - gym & free time
11-12 - one-to-one therapy
12-1 - lunch
1-2 - process therapy
2-3 - group therapy
3-4 - personal assessments- journaling, education, phone calls
4-5 - hygiene & free time
5-6 - Dinner
6-8 - group therapy
8-9 - goal reviews & setting goals & night meds
9-10 - Wind down, reading, journaling, tv
10 - lights out.

Lucia was sat on the bed cross legged at 7am, she wanted to go for a run but she couldn't, running stopped her thinking of using, it stopped her from the flashbacks, their was the gym which was on the unit but that was only allowed to be used between 10-11 which was 'gym therapy' or outside time. Lucia had always been a sporty person, in middle school she did cheerleading and Soccer, high school she did soccer and ran, she always ran before school and before bed; it was something that she did to try and stop herself from thinking and using but they didn't exactly work perfectly.

Lucia wasn't allowed to go out of the ward, not even with one of the mental health nurses or doctors due to the fact that she was sectioned, she was allowed into the small fenced balcony conjoined to the lounge or the craft room but as for going outside like to the yard, that wasn't allowed until Lucia came off section which could be anywhere between a month to 3 months, she was aiming to only being on section for a month which would mean she could have a chance with being discharged.

Lucia heard people moving about which told her that other patients were now waking up. Lucia had been awake for hours thanks to the nightmares and flashbacks that take over her mind. She climbed off her bed and grabbed a pair of black leggings from the door-less wardrobe that sat in front of her bed, she grabbed a tank top which she threw onto the bed. Once she had her outfit on her bed she went into the bathroom which consisted of a shower, toilet and sink, there were not any plugs for the sink for safety reasons too.

"Lucia" the voice of one of the ward staff called doing her 15 minute checks. She was still a high risk patient which meant her checks were 15 minutes apart but as long as she sticks to behaving the checks will slowly move m
to 30 minutes and then hourly.

"I'm changing" Lucia called so she wasn't walked in on, which was what the ward staff would do if you don't show signs that you haven't done something, Lucia was topless so she couldn't exactly poke her head out of the door.

"Okay, I'll come back" the woman called back to Lucia who rolled her eyes, she had been sticking her head out the door if checks were done when she's changing but unfortunately this check was when she hadn't even gotten her top half dressed yet. Lucia pulled on her bra and then the tank top she had chosen for the day.  Once Lucia had finished getting dressed she brushed her hair and left it down not bothering to do anything else with it since she couldn't go anywhere. She then took herself to her window, it only opened an inch for safety reasons but just feeling the slight breeze that came through the small gap briefly made her think less.

At about 7:45 there was a knock at her door. It was either another member of staff coming to check on her or it was one of the two inpatients which Lucia had met, Lucia turned around and saw a brunette stood in the doorway, Daisy