Hey everyone,

Last night I almost try to end my life. A friend called the cops. They picked me up and took me to a hospital to be evaluated. They determined my discharge plan would be to go to an outpatient program 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, for three weeks. So I go there each day and still get to go home and do whatever else the rest of the time.

Tomorrow morning I need to call into my supervisor and explain I will be needing to take a few weeks off of work. I'll need to ask for medical leave. But it looks like you need to have been at work for a year. I've only been for ten months. That's concerning me. If my employer does not approve the leave or allow me to use whatever sick time I have, then I could loose my job.

There is an immense amount of pressure on me from my parents whom I live with. They are frustrated with my suicidal tendencies and basically think that I need to get a grip and just go to work if they don't approve the leave. I've tried explaining to them over and over again that it won't help me get better if I don't go and that's not what was agreed upon in my discharge plan.

Has anyone ever had to deal with something similar like this? Potentially lost a job? How did you cope/overcome it? I believe I need to put my mental health above everything else right now, but I'm being hounded by my parents about how important it is to keep my job. I want to do both. What if I can't?