Posted by mair on February 23, 2005, at 15:05:38
In reply to Re: scared., posted by B2chica on February 23, 2005, at 14:15:59
years ago I had one of these kinds of meetings, with my husband and my pdoc/T, very hastily called. For months I had been getting increasingly more depressed, and I had refused to let my husband in on what was going on. When my pdoc found out I had been writing suicide notes, he basically gave me no choice but to bring my husband in for a session.
In my case no one was suggesting that I go into the hospital, and when I met with my husband and my pdoc, no one ever mentioned the S word. My pdoc was amazingly adroit as to how he handled this - his basic message to my husband was just that my depression was very serious, more serious than my husband appreciated, and he needed to be aware of this so he could give me support when needed. What was helpful was just not having to keep up the pretense anymore that everything was going really well. I think that's the hardest thing and maybe the thing that drives you to feel so suicidal. One person on this Board, when writing about her own hospital experiences, said that it was critical to her healing that she admit that she couldn't handle everything herself. Sometimes it's best just to let others take care of you.
((((B2chica))))
Mair
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