I'm going to repeat what I said before...

If your mental health is an issue in your custody hearings... by not getting treatment you are allowing the judge a reason to consider your children's safety... and moreover, by not getting treatment you may actually really be hurting your children, emotionally at least.

If you get treatment you show the court that you are willing to work to keep yourself well for the benefit of your children.

You are thinking it is a tradeoff between custody of your kids and your own mental health... one or the other. In fact, avoiding treatment is bad for you and bad for your kids, custody results or not. And getting treatment will help you, help your children, and give you a better shot at custody.

Expecially if the mental issues are already "out of the bag" with respect to the courts. If you don't show an attempt to help yourself get better, what would give the court any reason to think you are currently stable if it was in question before? More importantly what makes you think you would be stable enough to raise your children without help? Don't think of this decision as "how to bamboozle the judge" but rather how to give your children the environment they need to grow up healthy.

itsjustme... you need help with this... with your depression and with the decisions ahead of you. We can give you support but we cannot give you the legal or the medical advice that you need.

I really think you should call your health care professional and get his advice immediately or call a hotline to help decide what is best.

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