Hiya, sorry to hear you might end up in hospital,
If I could give you any advice right now, I would say if it comes down to them wanting you to go into hospital and you not wanting to go in,
whatever you do, don't end up getting forced to go in, because if you get sectioned you lose all of your rights and you'll be in for longer
I've been in an adult mental health ward 4 times
Shortest admission was for 5 days, the longest 3 months
I'm not sure which country your from but in the UK adult mental health wards are not very good places to go, they are pretty run down and they are full of very ill people, because treating sombody in an adult mental health ward on the NHS is usually a last resort so as a result the wards are full of severly mentally ill people.
There isn't much privacy at all and you might have to share a dorm with up to 6 other people, although occasionally you get your own room.
Basically there isn't much to do there except eat and smoke, your just waiting around for the worst of your illness to go away really
You don't get to see a doctor very often and there isn't much to do there of a day time, it can get very boring (so if I was you I'd bring a book or an MP3 player or something)
Hospital helped me short term, as in it kept me safe when I was a danger to myself and while I was there I sorted out my meds and stuff
but long term there isn't really anything there to help you
But thats just from my experience on an adult ward, like I said I hear adolecent wards are better and offer you more help
Now I don't know how old you are but usually if your over the age of 17 you'll be on an adult mental health unit, I'm sorry I can't help you out in telling you what an adolecent unit is like because I've never been in one
but I hear they are a lot more structured and better places than adult wards.
I've rambled a lot here, if you want any more info you can PM me
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