I hate when I say I take precautions to avoid hospitalization, and people respond all, "Oh how can you expect to get better if you don't tell your doctor EVERYTHING?" or "If you really wanted to get better, you would have no problem spending time in a hospital."

Psych wards, while they vary considerably, are not typically fuzzy, supportive places. They're just holding grounds to keep people deemed mentally ill away from society. The patients are treated like criminals when many of them are simply depressed people who need someone to talk to. You don't want to take a psychiatric drug cocktail? Too bad, they'll force you. You want to talk to a family member? Too bad, no cell phone for you. You don't want every body cavity searched without your consent? Deal with it, your body is not your own anymore.

I am very careful about what I say and to whom because I know how fragile I am. I don't think I could survive being treated that way.