Have you exhausted every other option?
While you most likely won't end up on a psychiatric unit out of a movie, a lot of them can be very unpleasant, some can be better than others, and the same goes for staff and the patients. There is no guarantee what kind of experience you will have. But you will be giving up a large amount of freedom, even being voluntary (which, don't get me wrong, is still much better than involuntary).
I have had some really bad times, seen patients attacking other patients, I've gotten into altercations with staff because of the way they treated me, but the only time I've been locked in any room is when I needed to be in the quiet room to calm down.
But depending on where you are and what your hospital system is like, you'll be locked in anyway. At least in the US that's how it is...they mix voluntary and involuntary and you're on a locked unit and it is very strict. I do not know how things work where you are, though.
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