[jesusplay]

I have to see one for an exam, how do I assure her I'm not going to do the act? Also how to tell her I have a plan or would that be too far? I'm not trying to involuntary go to a psych ward.

[Yoda]

Are you safe? Do you want to die?

[Wysteria]

Dear Jesusplay....

I always think that the best policy with your T and pdoc are honesty and athenticity. Think carefully about how close you are to the edge. What might trigger you to fall? Can you contract for safety for a specific period of time in which IF it gets to bad, you will call ER and or doc and get emergency care? I tell my T point blank, when I'm at that point, I WILL call..and I do...I have a written plan of numbers to call and know where I can go to be admitted voluntaryily and get the help I need.

I do have means and capability and have had to deal with that with both docs. They also communicate as a team... Maybe there has to be a phrase...very specific...that you can say that is like pushing the big red button to get your T's attention. Mine involves very specific cuss words...and he will know. I can email, text or call and he will know....He also knows that I help him get admittance to me via phone or whatever when I do have to go to the hospital so that I can get best care possible safely for me...
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Having this conversation with an ignorant ER intern will NOT get you the help you really need. If you go to your T with honesty, a plan, and a pain level of where you are and how to help him better guage...you will probably get the real help you need. You have to honor your word or you will probably never be trusted again....

I hope smarter people than me in the Moderators and Wise Ones will also chime in with better advice....
Just take good care of you...
- WB

[regretful]

I think you tell that psychologist as honestly as you can, with as much care and concern as you can about yourself. Mental health professionals should be able to work with you on this because if everyone that is depressed told their therapist and the result was hospitalization, then there'd be more need for more beds...not sure if this makes sense, but the psychologist should be able to do an assessment of the risk. When I was hospitalized, I ended up there because I told my wife and many others about my seemingly unending desire to end it all...however, when I was at an outpatient appointment after being released, I was able to tell the psychologist that I was thinking about not being around anymore ~ but didn't have any active plan, just obsessional thoughts about the hereafter...

Hope that helps.

[stopdog]

Why do you want to tell the therapist? What outcome do you want?

[kororain]

Why do you have to tell? I didn't tell mine straight away because it wasn't relevant to the conversation.

When something she said pushed me right to the edge, I told her because I wasn't going back to therapy if she kept doing that ****. It BECAME relevant, so I told her. Wasn't relevant in the beginning, IMO. It was just part of life. Part that hadn't come up in conversation.

[doyoutrustme]

I think you should, but add reassurance that you have no intention of carrying them out. Having a plan is a BIG red flag. You may feel better getting that off your chest and having a frank discussion about it.

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