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Making suicide threats is illegal? What about threats of self harm? Does that mean I can get arrested and put into jail for that?

I believe my threats when I make them. I believe that I'm serious about them at that time. I've already been involuntarily held in a hospital before for ODing, does this mean they will lock me up for longer if I do it again? Someone told me they would hold me for longer.

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Not jail, but you can be involuntarily hospitalized again, and at least in the US there is a progression they can use: first a 72 hour hold, then a 14 day hold, which can be renewed.

And considering how much distress you've been experience, hospitalization might be the best course for you. Do you like hearing that? I doubt it, and I wish that you could understand that YOU have control over these things. If you can find an alternative to making these threats, then you wouldn't risk time in the psych ward. And while your feelings are something that will take a long, long time to learn to cope with, your behavior is something you can learn to control right now.

Remember: no one else is responsible for your feelings -- and while you're not able to control your reactions nor your feelings, you are always the one who decides your behavior.

Good luck. I do hope that you learn to cope better, and that you get hte support you need on the way there.