I am sorry IP was so bad for you. <<<extra hugs>>> I was committed once. Acted completely cooperative and pretended everything was OK in order to deemed stable enough to "return to society" with all my rights intact. I am a very talkative person but this place truly made me very quiet for 5 long days. They didn't even let us have caffeinated coffee (that is a completely torturous thing for me). There were group activities plus a daily meeting with a psychologist or T. Plus had to fill out a worksheet 3X per day stating whether or not you were hearing voices, wanted to harm yourself, etc. etc. If I was hearing voices or wanted to harm myself--no way I would have told them--it might have prolonged the stay. Hope this isn't to triggering. Personally, I will never commit myself to IP after that experience. So I can imagine what you went through but it's over now. You know to stay away from there. It is terrible that they said, "I don't believe you're of sound mind enough to make that conclusion." After all, who knows what goes on in our own heads better than us? Especially in your case. If anything, you overthink--in other words, you more thoroughly evaluate yourself than many of the doctors that are supposed to help you. It is unfortunate when doctors don't listen to their patients. You have to take everything anyone says "with a grain of salt". We have a right to free will even if we have so MI!