This morning, I almost couldn't go to recreational therapy because the staff were too busy to take me there. When I was there eventually, I made a card using a butterfly die cut made with my very own Big Shot yesterday. It's quite a nice card, but I got a fair bit of help on it. This makes me feel a bit sad, because as a child, I was more able to ( Read more... )

I reside on a resocialization ward, and my husband commented this afternoon that little resocializing is done here. He says people walk around on slippers and in training pants, hang around listening to music all day, or like me, lie in bed. He asked whether any people ever directly transfer into the workforce from here. Not anyone that I know of. ( Read more... )

I was banned from a cardmaking group, and the owners refuse to tell me the reason. It really kills my self-esteem. I mean, if I make ugly cards and you don't want a blind person on your list, just tell me so. It isn't like my self-worth isn't already down to below sea level. I feel like a huge failure ( Read more... )

It's been a literal madhouse on the ward for a few weeks, and most likely, due to the screwed up way the government is cutting long-term care costs, it's only going to get worse. By 2015, only people with my care package (the way institution care is funded here) or higher will be allowed into institutions, and we're getting prepared for this, since ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to write a lot lately, but couldn't find the motivation to do so. Besides, I actually hoped my journal would have any sort of quality beyond it being the chronicling or my not-quite-daily life events. This does not seem to happen, so I'm just continuing to write what happened lately ( Read more... )

On my previous entry, shygirl1384 asked how I could have access to a computer and assistive technology for the blind if I'm in a mental hospital. Well, in hospitals in the Netherlands, apparently, they aren't as strict as they are in the U.S. When I was at the locked ward, you were actually not allowed to have any electronics, but an exception was made for my ( Read more... )