Sam2,Thanks for your reply and your thoughts. And yes, I agree, one has to be perceived to be an imminent threat to her/himself in order to be admitted. Thank God. But it's interesting to me that even in your situation where you had cut your own wrist years ago, they wouldn't admit you? WOW. I can't say I'm surprised, though, by your story of the 72-hour weekend stay, with only a brief, easily manipulated interaction with a doctor on the third day. Such is the futile way of our mental healthcare system.

I wanted to mention, also, in my own case, my mistrust has nothing to do with my therapist. It is my own personal issue. I do realize that there are indeed situations out there which do warrant a client's finding a new therapist; but sometimes, like in my own case, I have a wonderful, highly competent and experienced therapist who also happens to "click" with me even on a personal level (which is a big plus on top of everything else); but I have very deep issues around trusting people, so that is why I, personally, end up repeating this approach/avoidance dynamic in my therapy relationship....