Discussion How good is trying to CBT inside an university/college campus?

[LiminalFantasies]

I've been thinking about this a lot recently. At the university where I'm currently enrolled on has many areas to hide on that mostly conceals the view due to lush tropical vegetation and hilly terrain where it was built upon. They lack dorm rooms within, so l live with my parents and rely on them for transport.

I once tried an attempt at home by OD-ing and it failed. Nearly everyone, especially my mom, discovered my attempt and then she gave me a hard slap on my face for doing it and it hurt so bad from it.

The university offers psychological services, but may be underfunded because of constant funding cuts to stick on a budget on where I live to pay off the public debt. Instead, I recieve those services from my psychologist and psychiatrist outside the campus.

Is this a good idea?

 

[Someone123]

Being so young it is especially important to explore all options for makng life better before you resort to ctb, because the world offers many more opportunities to make your life better when you are young, if you can find them. Your mom's reaction is so disturbing, I wish she would have cared enough to feel terrible that you feel so bad amnd that she would want to help you to feel better- a caring hug would have been much better, so sad.

 

[RedDoor]

I don't think thats a good idea, because university students are always known to to have their secret hidden spots which might put you in a very bad situation if they happened to see you.

 

[LiminalFantasies]

Being so young it is especially important to explore all options for makng life better before you resort to ctb, because the world offers many more opportunities to make your life better when you are young, if you can find them. Your mom's reaction is so disturbing, I wish she would have cared enough to feel terrible that you feel so bad amnd that she would want to help you to feel better- a caring hug would have been much better, so sad.

My mom does care - but she tends to overreact a lot and is a overprotective mother since I was a kid that tries to defend me from any comment geared towards me, and much less that she's under stress 24/7 from I've observed, so I always assume that she will react this way if I go to make another attempt. That happened later that gave me a hug, but I never wished for a hard slap in the first place...

I'm not sure the best options for CBT, even SN sounds terrifying to me. I'm really fearful of death, but at times I go through moments where I don't feel anything about it, is like an instinct that kicks me in to save myself from it.

I don't think thats a good idea, because university students are always known to to have their secret hidden spots which might put you in a very bad situation if they happened to see you.

I know that they are guards patroling around the area, so I can understand what you mean by that. I haven't thought of that consideration before.

What would happen if I get caught by that?

I never heard of any cases that happened inside my campus of sucessful attempts - far from I know.

 

[neardeath]

I personally think it could be possible. I know a few places on my college campus that the campus police never check or only check at certain times and are closed to the general public and I think killing myself in those places is one of the best options I have so that I don't traumatize the people close to me.

I know that they are guards patroling around the area, so I can understand what you mean by that. I haven't thought of that consideration before.

What would happen if I get caught by that?

I never heard of any cases that happened inside my campus of sucessful attempts - far from I know.

A bit of people have killed themselves on my university campus. I dont know what country you live in but If you get caught in the US they would send you to a psych ward. thats what they did to one of my friends who tried jumping from a building on campus and got caught by the police. But in the US (and depending on the university and state I guess as well) The campus police are less about sending kids to jail or punishment in the judicial system (unless you consider psych ward punishment) and more about trying to keep the students safe and alive. they will report to the university as well so the university will know about everything

 

[FuneralCry]

Only you know really if it's suitable as strangers on the internet cannot monitor the place to see how busy or isolated it is. If there is a big chance of being disturbed therefore causing the suicide plans to fail then I wouldn't see it as the best place to ctb and I would try to find somewhere more isolated, I would personally see the best place to ctb as being somewhere far away from other people.

 

[LiminalFantasies]

I personally think it could be possible. I know a few places on my college campus that the campus police never check or only check at certain times and are closed to the general public and I think killing myself in those places is one of the best options I have so that I don't traumatize the people close to me.

A bit of people have killed themselves on my university campus. I dont know what country you live in but If you get caught in the US they would send you to a psych ward. thats what they did to one of my friends who tried jumping from a building on campus and got caught by the police. But in the US (and depending on the university and state I guess as well) The campus police are less about sending kids to jail or punishment in the judicial system (unless you consider psych ward punishment) and more about trying to keep the students safe and alive. they will report to the university as well so the university will know about everything

I live in Puerto Rico, a US Territory, so federal US laws applies here in addition to state laws. I once remember my psychologist saying if I keep expressing suicidal thoughts, I could be involuntary admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Many of the cases I heard or read of locally didn't sound really good at all...

 

[neardeath]

I live in Puerto Rico, a US Territory, so federal US laws applies here in addition to state laws. I once remember my psychologist saying if I keep expressing suicidal thoughts, I could be involuntary admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Many of the cases I heard or read of locally didn't sound really good at all...

Yeah if you tell a therapist you want to die you will most likely be institutionalized with a 5150. The places I know I could ctb on campus are places that I have spent all day/night in for many days, so I know the traffic. Like @FuneralCry said, college campuses are pretty packed with people and we don't know how busy it is there so we can't really help you in terms of that