can u really be (insitutionalized) by being in prison for a long time?!


Question: and how did you find ways to cope and to explain to your other half that world and what would u suggest to someone to help them help there spouse
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What? You can go crazy in prison, I think that's your question? You just have to learn to deal with it, there's no magic way to cope with being locked up for a very long time.
First question: YES, a person can in insitutionalized.if a person is not a facility for a long period of time, it becomes their way of life. They forget how to function in the real world, because that has become their world..
Becoming instituationized is very common for inmates how have spent most of their lives in institutions, jails, and prison. It is not that they enjoy being there, but the know what to do and how to do it.

For example, when incarcerated you are told when you can eat, sleep, ****, shower and shave. you are not responsible for paying bills, taxes or even going to work. There is no need to balance resposibilty with recreation because you don't have too.

Upon being released from prison many people find holding jobs, paying bills, taxes and following society's "given" rules of conduct in being productive members of society overwhelming. Not because they don't want to be free, but because they don't know what to do with the freedom- because with that freedom comes responsibilties. responsibilities that they have never really had.

The best thing someone can do for a loved one who is instistutionalized is be compassionate and patient. teaching them through example and guidance. listening to their frustrations and not judging them.
anyone who has been in a prison for a long period of time, will have a lot to deal with when/if they return to the outside world. In Prison, you have rules that you have to go by, those rules do not apply to the outside world, so for you to have no freedom, and return to society its somewhat of a shock, it takes time, sometimes a lot of time, before you can live a normal life, the only thing someone can do is to be there for them, and let them know that they are not alone, because there are a lot of ppl, who once they get out, will try to find ways to mess up, just so they can go back to the life they have grown acustom to..
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