<p>Thank you all for your considerate comments.</p>
<p>The worst part is knowing that their decision to institutionalize me by force was a rash decision motivated by anger, rather than the desire to treat. </p>
<p>On that fateful day, I was having an argument with my uncle. It got heated and he finally threatened “I’ll have you admitted to a mental hospital today!”. (Maybe my parents had secretly told him about my diagnosis. They never told me, though…) He then told my parents who agreed without a moment’s thought.</p>