The worst part of the whole ordeal is admission.

Honestly - I have come to view it as "a vacation from reality" - because you truly have no worries while you are there- sometimes because of the medication they give you, sometimes just because of the removal of being around your stressors and sometimes both - whatever the case, for me - that's what it amounts to "a temporary vacation from reality" - and it refreshes me so i can feel a bit revitalized by the time i get out