Is Writing Possible From the Psych Ward?
Will I be coherent and motivated enough to do it?
My first concern is whether I will be allowed my laptop in the psych ward.
Mobile phones are confiscated and only given back sparingly as patient’s progress. I would need my charger brought in too. Maybe I would lock my laptop in my locker when not in use so someone didn’t steal it. It’s a nuisance to be getting the key from the nurse’s station all the time but being in the psych ward isn’t exactly convenient either.
Would my words make sense? A symptom of going manic is having delusional thoughts… big time. It might make my articles entertaining or it might make it impossible for me to focus and get words on paper in the first place.
I don’t think I’ll have Wi-Fi, I fret, dancing to another thought randomly.
My eldest sister apparently kept the WhatsApp messages that I sent her when I was in the throes of my first manic episode. I feel a little embarrassed knowing they’re out there and I’m not sure til this day what her purpose is. It’s hardly likely to be light reading on a lonely night.
My mind plays over what I would write and my fingers hover over the imagined laptop as I think about being here… again.
