Today my therapist asked me if I wanted to think about checking myself in in a mental hospital for a week or so after my finals. He said it was completely voluntary and that I didn't have to but it might help me since he had the feeling one session a week isn't enough for me right now. (BPD and depression)

I really don't know what to do with this because I never thought of it myself. I mean, I know I have problems but a mental hospital seems so extreme. Off course I only know them from movies and television and in my head they are filled with people who cannot function in the normal world, while I still function normal to the eyes of the outside world. Does anyone have any experience with this?