Posted by LynneDa on June 17, 2004, at 17:11:31
In reply to Re: failed at life/ failed at death (trigger), posted by Racer on June 17, 2004, at 15:53:23
Kelly - I agree with Racer 100%. You CAN get through this and there are ways to do it. Please be strong for just a little while longer and do as Racer says. I think she knows exactly what she's talking about. Nothing you do to help yourself can have any worse consequences than the position you are in.
Please let us know what's going on. We care!
~ Lynne
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kelly, something needs to change radically now in your life, and you know it. I can think of one solution, which you will not like one bit, but it's the only thing I can think of that might actually make a difference: have someone make an anonymous call to adult protective services. Get the authorities involved. If your husband is saying that a failed suicide attempt is the final straw and he will not allow you to be hospitalized because of it -- well, words fail me and you *know* that doesn't happen often with me.
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> If you think it will help, give you my coordinates in the space time continuum and a few rolls of duct tape and I'll give your husband that attitude adjustment he so obviously needs. Otherwise, you call your therapist and pdoc RIGHT NOW and make sure you include that message from your husband. It is not a betrayal of a good man to tell that part of the story. It is a necessary part of saving not only the biological processes of your life, but the future quality of your life. It doesn't make him a bad person to say something like that, just someone who is so focussed on one aspect of what's happening around him that he can't see any others.
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> Get on the damn telephone and make those calls now. Then report back. Hell, if you have to, call APS yourself.
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