Have you ever considered checking into a mental health facility?

around april of this year, i checked myself into a cognitive-behaviorist theraputic program for adolescents. even with the million things that i had to do – such as graduate from high school and take my ap exams and find a prom date and juggle my grandfather’s caretaking – i put it all on hold and actually focused on myself.

have you ever considered doing this? just getting away from it all, even though life throws us so many obligations with work and family and friends and events?

and for those who have done this, how has it affected you? did it better your life in any way, or did you just slip back to how you were before eventually?

note: this is for those who have been diagnosed (or suspect that they could be diagnosed) with a mental “disorder”, but still manage to function in society.