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My shortest stay was one night. The longest was 8 weeks (of hell). Most stays were about three weeks. I've been in about 20 times. My last admission was over a decade ago. Hopefully I won't ever have to go back, because I found the place traumatizing.
I don't use psychiatric emergency services at all. I told my psychiatrist if I ever needed hospitalization that it must only be for psychosis and that she must admit me. I don't trust anyone else to admit me to hospital.
The last time I had a major depression I got suicidal and didn't tell anyone except my mother. She really helped me through those brutal three weeks. I refused to tell my psychiatrist, because I didn't want her to admit me. A stay in the psych unit would have made my situation worse. I also didn't want my misery to be documented.
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Dx: Didgee Disorder
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