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Originally Posted by JayneJohnson49
Hi,
I posted on the "Dear T thread..." and was suggested I start a new topic based on my "Dear T letter" which is great since I'd appreciate different perspectives.
Does your T contact you between sessions if you're in crisis with sui thoughts to see how you're doing or to remind you they're there, that they care? (Sorry, I've seen both sui and SI referenced on here and not sure of the difference). If so, do you request T contact you or does T reach out without prompting?
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trigger warning for the last paragraph to explain the difference of sui and SI
no my therapist leaves contacting her u p to me.. one time I asked her why she never contacts me if I disclose in session I am suicidal...
her response was...
"you would like me to treat you like a child yes? If you need a higher level of care such as having me check up on you as if you were a child or cant be trusted or are not competent / responsible for your own mental health safety decisions then thats the time to go inpatient where there are mental health people who's job it is to constantly keep an eye on, check in with and keep a suicidal person safe. Just say the word and Ill start commitment process, while we are at it how about if we start the process to have a guardian appointed to you that can make your mental/physical and safety decisions for you?"
I quickly rethought that idea of having to depend upon my treatment providers to contact me when I felt suicidal. Im very happy and proud of the fact that my therapist trusts me to be responsible, and trusts that if I feel I am a danger to myself or others I will contact her for increasing our sessions or inpatient care if needed.
by the way ... this is where the trigger warning applies...
SI stands for Self Injury....doing harm to your self on purpose such as cutting, burning and other acts of self injury.
sui some members use that for the word suicidal because writing the whole word out can be triggering to some people.