Posted by papillon2 on February 20, 2012, at 16:00:47
In reply to Re: how did you know when it was time for hospital?, posted by Raisinb on February 20, 2012, at 14:03:58
> You should listen to the experiences of people who live where you do.
I strongly agree with this. I have experienced good and bad hospitals. GPs often don't have a clue and may send you to a bad place... or convince your parents to take you to a bad place... but psychiatrists and other mental health "consumers" as they call us know.
> That said, if you need to go, you need to go, and I think you will know if and when that is.
I agree with this too. If you think you might need to go to hospital, ggg, you probably do.
Don't forget that you can call a hotline if you are in crisis. If you tell them you have suicidal thoughts but don't intend to act on them, they respect that (in my experience), so you're not going to have the police knock on your door 30mins later.
Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24h)
Suicide Call Back Service: 02 9331 2000 (24h) - nationwide service
SANE Australia: 1800 187 263 (9-5 weekdays)Ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there is a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in
~ Leonard Cohen
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