Posted by Penny on January 23, 2004, at 15:26:17
In reply to Re: Admitting Thoughts » DaisyM, posted by Karen_kay on January 23, 2004, at 14:28:53
Truly though, Karen, if you actually made an *attempt* and then told your T and then followed that by saying that you weren't really feeling any better, he had no choice but to send you to the psych ward. It would have been irresponsible of him to not do so.
I've never attempted, but I certainly had a plan, the means, and a note when I was admitted to the hospital last summer. And while it sucked, and I hated much of the nursing staff and the pdoc I saw while there, I know that it saved my life.
I'm not saying that you would have tried again had you not gone to the hospital. But there's no way your T could have known that you wouldn't have attempted again, so he really did the right thing, though perhaps he went about it the wrong way.
And at least you were out the next day. I was there for a week - but I was honest with my 'captors' as well. Once I got there, I realized that if I left before it was safe for me to go, I might make an attempt. I couldn't trust my own self. :-(
Suffice it to say, I think you did the right thing by telling Bubba about the attempt, and I think Bubba did the right thing by sending you to the hospital.
But I still think he's an idiot.
P
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