Posted by CatieCat on June 21, 2006, at 20:37:10
In reply to CatieCat » CatieCat, posted by Tamar on June 21, 2006, at 18:50:11
> I know you’re hurting. And I can hear that your post comes out of that hurt. But I wonder if you may be jumping to conclusions when you suspect the threat is being used loosely. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt suicidal yourself. I have. In fact, I regularly feel suicidal; it’s a symptom of my illness.
Yes, I have felt suicidal many times, and I also understand the original posters pain.
> I hope you’re not offended by my rather candid remarks. I don’t want to offend you. I just want to explain how I view threats of suicide. I think they’re entirely serious. I don’t think people threaten suicide lightly.
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> I hope you can understand that the threat you read about here came from a very deep and intolerable pain, and was not calculated to be manipulative.
>I'm not offended at all. In fact, I appreciate that you understood where I was coming from as well. My only point, which I'll say again is that I wasn't bothered by the original poster saying she felt (or would feel) suicidal; to be honest, I would too! It's the way she said she would threaten suicide if he tries to terminate. Maybe it's the word threaten that I am having a problem with. I don't know. I understand it's a serious thing, maybe that is why I would *feel it, but not *threaten to threaten my therapist with that. Does that make sense? I'm just trying to be clear, and not rude. But I do appreciate you taking the time to try and understand where I am coming from as well.
Catie
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