If you want to be treated somewhat like a human being, get yourself into an eating disorder hospital. For some reason eating disorder patients are considered "civilized" compared to other mentally ill people.

Most every hospital has a nurse's station and a quiet area/quiet room/seclusion.

Stay away from state hospitals. They call them hospitals, but they're really prisons for mentally ill people. Places for pedophiles, too.

Expect to see the doctors for about 5 minutes every day. They may know little about you, but that won't stop them from medicating you and diagnosing you.

There are usually different levels of "care", with some people being on one-to-one (they are a danger to themselves or others and must have a staff member with them at all times), some must be on eyesight or 5 minute checks, and at the very least a 15 minute or so check, including at night. Don't expect to sleep well because your door will constantly be opened.

You will be coerced into signing a sheet that says you are there voluntarily, even though no one really is. If you do this, you have the right to refuse meds and can sign an AMA (against medical advice) which means they have to let you go in 72 hours unless you are found to still be a danger.

If you don't sign the sheet, you are "committed", which will stay on your record for decades afterward. You won't be able to get many jobs, own a weapon, etc. If you are committed, they have a right to force medications on you, and you can never leave voluntarily.

Some hospitals allow outside time with supervision, especially residential ones (long term) but most don't. So prepare for a vitamin D deficiency and idiots wondering how you could possibly be made depressed in such a "safe" environment.

Oh, and if you act out, you get sent to the seclusion area. A bare room with nothing but a mattress; sometimes restraints. Some are even padded.

If you get restrained, they usually give you an injection to "calm down" (read: make you pass out and drool all over yourself like a wild animal). Oh, and they give you the injection in your butt muscle. No one told me this the first time I got injected, so I was very confused and violated because I couldn't understand why they were pulling my pants down. The nickname for this is "booty juice".

Your information going in and out WILL be controlled. You might not be allowed to watch the news or certain channels, or conversely you will be forced to watch the news or certain movies. You won't be allowed to watch R rated movies in many places even if everyone is over 18. Some places have a phone list, so you cannot make any calls by yourself; you have to ask a staff member to connect you to the person you want to call. Visitors can often only be family. You will have limited access to the internet, or no access at all.

Everyone is treated like they have the same problem, so even if you are psychotic or have an eating disorder, expect to attend groups on anger management and self esteem.