My first experience inpatient was a surprisingly pleasant experience! The ER was scary (and boring) because no one really told me what was going on and there was like, seven guards watching over this small hallway with three psych patients. The nurses and doctors were nice though.

At the inpatient ward, I met a lot of really nice patients and staff members. A made a friend there and we would mess around with the therapist, who said we amused him but pretended to be annoyed. The psychiatrist would just laugh and let us do whatever silly things we wanted to do as long as we weren't actually causing trouble, which led to the therapist asking the psychiatrist, "WHY DO YOU ENCOURAGE THEM? THIS IS A BAD IDEA."

It was nice being able to get away from the stressors in my day-to-day life and since I was surrounded by nice people, I cheered up quickly and made a lot of the patients' and hospital staff's days with my antics.