My state of mind, which is chronically not so good, got a lot worse recently. To my own astonishment, I am thinking that I may need to accept considering going into the Psych hospital as an inpatient.

The few times that I've been hospitalized in my life, I absolutely hated it. The last time was in 2005 after some drunken self-harm. (was the first and only time I self-harmed. I was living with an abuser and just wanted to make the abuse stop.) Also, I have worked in the hospital that I would be going to, which has made me think that the humiliation and loss of privacy would be too much to bear. However, I am wanting to survive and need more serious evaluation than I have been given. (My pdoc has no idea how much anguish I am in.)

PLEASE - ANYONE WHO HAS GONE IN-PATIENT AND FOUND IT WAS NOT AS BAD AS THEY EXPECTED - TELL ME HOW IT HELPED YOU. ALSO, ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT HOW INPATIENT CARE HELPED SOMEONE THEY KNOW, I'LD LIKE TO HEAR.