Anyone got assigned with "safety plan" by psychologist/psychiatrist/etc?

[blackmoldonwall]

Exactly what the title said, im talking about the "safety plan" document thing they gave as an agreement we make on paper to navigate suicidal thoughts. Is it effective on anyone?

Tbh agreement or journaling or anything like that never work on me, i mean my problem is the fact i dont want to voluntarily get better so only meds ever worked. But just wanna know if it helped anyone.

 

[UserFromNowhere]

Yeah. Told my therapist that I was having thoughts of wanting to die to test the waters and played it off as if I didn't have any active plans. Queue them trying to get me to write down a "Safety Plan" of what actions I could take to remove the methods I could use to end my life (which I didn't share what I had access to nor did I intend to remove any of them from my environment), who I could call/talk with if I was spiraling (which I have no intent of reaching out to even if I am spiraling), and strategies to calm myself down (which I had no plans of utilizing). It's what made me realize that the therapy I was getting wasn't the therapy I needed (when I needed someone I could just be open with my feelings about without trying to "fix" them) and I would probably never be able to get that therapy due to either location or therapist reporting requirements. I think maybe they could help for people that just treat it as an impulsive consideration, but I don't think it'll help those of us who are beyond wanting to live and don't fear death as much.

 

[livingdeaddyke]

for me, not really. a good chuck of me is still very adamant about dying and i don't want anything to come in-between and stop it other than myself.
the only reason i do take the "safety plan" is just so i don't go to a mental hospital again.

 

[sweetdecadance77]

making a safety plan is just a standard procedure in mental health treatment, honestly. everybody, patients and professionals, knows it doesnt do anything but it still gets made. just a stupid paper that means nothing

 

[thelostautistic]

I had to sign a safety contract when I started therapy. I didn't question it at the time but looking back I don't agree with it at all. I think they're very problematic. It made me feel pressured and guilty when I was struggling which wasn't helpful

 

[BlueberryDeer]

Just I didn't disclose my suicidal thoughts and my previous attempt to avoid the annoyance of that safety plans. I know the procedures. I know "life is valuable", and yaddayaddayadda. But simply I don't care, and I am sure that if I disclose it the safety plan will be a burden for me. So I'm masking as heck.