Posted by Triolian on September 26, 2006, at 22:47:50
Take my advice - if you're considering suicide, don't ever ask for help.
Don't ask your doctor, don't ask a clergyman, don't ever go to a hospital
emergency room, and for God's sake, NEVER call one of those goddamned
suicide "help" lines. There are new laws in nearly every state in the US
which will allow you to be imprisoned, yes imprisoned, in a mental hospital,
for anywhere from 72 hours to 72 years. It's up to them. They're doing it
"for your own good", to keep you from "harming yourself". In my case they
threw me into an isolation room in a hospital emergency room, sprayed me in
the face with pepper spray, locked me in the room for hours, and then had me
taken off to a locked psychiatric facility. I remember sitting in the
isolation room with pepper spray on my face, wishing I had just done myself
in instead of calling a "help" line. Next time that's exactly what I'll do !
poster:Triolian
thread:689496
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