I've been inpatient twice in my life. More than anything else, it was boring. The days passed sooo slowly. Patients watched TV, I mostly read a book. I did, however, feel relieved, relaxed and like I could drop all pretenses and be myself while in the hospital. Meeting other patients was interesting, and some of them were really nice, people I was glad to have met. There was one older lady, once, who put a pillow over my face while I was sleeping....that was a rather terrifying event, but I kicked and yelled and the nurse came right away. Being hospitalized expedited my medication stuff. I left the hospital with a decent medication plan. I'd say the worst part for me was the slight, but present, fear of being injured by someone who was out of control (although I didn't feel that was a really big concern) and having to sleep with a low-watt light on all night. I hated that. Certainly not every hospital does that, though.