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Originally Posted by Daonnachd
Thank you, @ bluebicycle, for the detailed and attentive response. I hadn't heard August as a possible end to this, but with my studies of statistics, demographics, and biology I'm not surprised. I've been expecting much later than Easter all along.
It was so hard to open up about the plan. And it wasn't until afterward that I realised they have my address and could contact someone to come "look in on me." Nervous chills. I wouldn't want that to happen with my whole family home. By myself I think I could just talk things through with police or EMTs, but I don't want my family worrying about me having a plan.
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some websites predict this will blow over in july, like this one (which has an awesome interactive graph feature!):
COVID-19
my dad sent it to me.
but some other health officials suspect that the bell curve displayed on such sites may be "flattened" a bit as people isolate more and more and thus cause the virus to leak from july into early to mid august. but pretty much everyone is on the same page of "this virus isn't going away until sometime during the summer."
anyway, I'm glad you were able to open up about your plan. what helped me feel better was when people on this site said that pdocs and therapists are trying to keep people OUT of the hospital as much as possible, for their own (coronavirus) safety. it does make a lot of sense when you think about it. also, some people on here are even saying that when they call a local mental health crisis line, the mobile crisis team doesn't even want people going to their offices, and they don't want to go out. so, doctors and therapists are more willing than usual to let their patients talk things out before automatically involuntarily committing them to the hospital.
I do understand your fear though. it makes sense to me why you would be concerned about your family finding out. I'm sure it would be hard on everyone involved.
but yes, I think doctors and therapists are giving people "a little more slack" than usual... so it's probably best to be completely honest and not hold anything back. they want to help, but they can't help if they don't know. I mean, I was personally afraid that what I said to my therapist over the phone this morning was going to get me committed... but since I'm not an immediate danger to myself, I guess she didn't do anything.
