Posted by Ilene on December 29, 2003, at 19:05:19
In reply to Re: How do you escape this mental trap?, posted by Camille Dumont on December 29, 2003, at 16:23:38
> Unfortunately thats how I feel about my current doctor ... he just doesn't seem to care.
>Any chance you can find one who *does* care? Easy to say, I know, and I'm sure it's occurred to you.
> This is another strange paradox. I mean if someone IS suicidal and IS planning to do something, why on earth would they tell, given that, from what I understand, they can force you into the hosp.
>People are ambivalent, and usually kind of, um, unbalanced when seriously suicidal. My only experience with a locked ward was as an outpatient, and it convinced me I never wanted to experience it as an inpatient. I don't talk about the details beyond telling certain people I feel suicidal.
> Years of depression also do not help much as (at least for me) during my dark moods I've done research on methods and you end up finding that if you trully want to die, even the absence of obvious tools (i.e. knives, guns, pills, bridge) are unnecessary. Sometimes I wish I could remove that knowledge from my head.
>You should know that no method is sure-fire, and many can leave you permanently impaired. I met someone who has been a 3-yr-old for decades, after a failed attempt using carbon monoxide.
Ilene
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