Posted by Dinah on January 21, 2004, at 7:18:24
In reply to crisis/ not getting admitted, posted by fi on January 21, 2004, at 6:50:15
What a rotten situation! I'm glad you're not feeling at risk today, but it is quite wise of you to set up a plan of attack while you're not feeling at risk.
I read someone say that their therapist or pdoc agreed to check in on them on a regular basis in lieu of hospitalization. Would yours be willing to do that? Do you have someone in your support system that would be able to do that? Even if you don't feel comfortable sharing the exact details of why?
Have you cleared your house of all easy methods of self harm?
If worse comes to worse, and you really feel unsafe, my plan was always to hang out around the emergency room, even though I had no intention of trying to check myself in.
There's us, of course, and please do keep posting. But in crisis situations IRL help works better than online.
(If you call the Samaritans and get someone unhelpful, can you call back and try for someone else? Do they have many volunteers at any one time?)
I hope you found something helpful in all this. Really, the state of mental health services is deplorable.
poster:Dinah
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