Big Spring State Hospital - Big Spring (TX)

5 /5 Chris B: My mother was in this hospital three times, I believe, from the 1950s into the 1970s. She would start acting really crazy. My poor dad and her brother really didnt want her to go but they really had no choice. She was schizophrenic and I would say it was probably diagnosed as severe. She would get shock treatments and in 3 months she would be home. She was quiet and unresponsive at first and eventually back to normal (relatively speaking).Slowly she would return to her crazy ways and the cycle repeated itself. It was a weird childhood for me and my brothers but I think my dad hurt the most. For the most part me and my siblings did ok but it could and should have been better. I know that it could have also been much worse so I thank God every day for his help and guidance.

1 /5 Jacob: I was committed here at 21 yrs. For the next 7 years i was in agony & no one even believed me. When i was 38 i found out why i was in agony. Every medication i was prescribed caused me a side effect called akathisia. Akathisia feels like your coming down hard off of some drugs so bad your in agony. It also causes self mutilation as i did the entire time i took whatever meds i was prescibed. Self mutilating the entire time. My life was destroyed & all that happened was the ones who destroyed it got richer. My family & i no longer speak as they could not handle it when i finally refused ALL meds & quit self mutilating. Cowardly fools. No cop (who forced me to the mental hospital), nor family member nor doctor could bear the pain i did for years, for even one day before they cried baby girl tears & started their baby girl begging... Only a fool would believe that justice is a real thing in this world. If i received justice it would mean the doctors & my family (who forced me to take the meds with threats of homelessness) would be forcefully taken from their homes or place of work & be put in a concrete cage. That is a very basic truth. Anyone who thinks mental hospitals have gotten better & are good places should go through a month or two of HELL YOUVE NEVER BEEN CAPABLE OF DREAMING OF, (Akathisia) & then rethink your ignorant fools position. Whoever says "nice" things about theses places is plain jane ignorant! & The deepest Shame belongs to them & their families of fools.... Look up akathisia & spread the word about it or remain part of the problem...

5 /5 Krissie Blevins: This place saved my life. I was sent here 2 yrs ago because I was incompetent and I had sliced my wrist while I was incarcerated in the Ector county detention center. I learned coping mechanisms here that I still use today. After the treatment I received here Ive learned how to forgive and love myself. I havent cut in 2 yrs Im completely sober and I have a great life now.

5 /5 tina thompson: I was there over 10years ago . They were great in my treatment . learn coping skills for everyday life. Been sober and clean now for over ten years. The staff was great and all who helped in my treatment program. I tell all if have a mental need this is place to go . its great . The book I received out of control I still use it today . Thank you for your love and compassion for me . because of yall I am well and alive to day . May God bless this hospital and all who is a part of it.