How much should you tell a therapist about a suicide attempt.

[StrawberryRed]

Ive been trying therapy lately and had an appointment a couple days ago. My therapist asked me if I had suicidal thought and i said yes. She asked me if i ever attempted and I said yes, once( even though its technically twice cause it was 2 days in a row). She asked me when this was and I said " a couple months ago" ( it was a week and a half ago). She asked me how and i declined to answer the question. ( partial hanging). Then she did all the safety stuff. She asked me if I still had the means and I said no ( ofcourse I do lmao , cords are everywhere that would be impossible.) All this lying makes me feel realllly bad. I dont like lying to people and I feel guilty, additionally Im a really bad liar. If I told her the complete truth next time do you think she would report me?? It would be pretty long ago by then ig? She is a uni therapist so maybe a little more sensitive than a regular one yk? How much do you tell your therapists?

 

[purebliss]

Ive been trying therapy lately and had an appointment a couple days ago. My therapist asked me if I had suicidal thought and i said yes. She asked me if i ever attempted and I said yes, once( even though its technically twice cause it was 2 days in a row). She asked me when this was and I said " a couple months ago" ( it was a week and a half ago). She asked me how and i declined to answer the question. ( partial hanging). Then she did all the safety stuff. She asked me if I still had the means and I said no ( ofcourse I do lmao , cords are everywhere that would be impossible.) All this lying makes me feel realllly bad. I dont like lying to people and I feel guilty, additionally Im a really bad liar. If I told her the complete truth next time do you think she would report me?? It was pretty long ago ig? She is a uni therapist so maybe a liitle more sensitive than a regular one yk? How much do you tell your therapists?

When it comes to Germany they are practically forced to put you in a psychward if they know that you are still highly suicidal and have the means of doing it.

It is good that you are talking about this. But I would be careful to some degree of saying that you still have it all and are still completely ready to go :')
Maybe you can request to be put in an open psychward? That is actually not that bad:D
I was in one back in 2020. People there actually are not psychopaths, not screaming around or anything but just.. silent. very silent

If you want to become better

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I told my therapist I'd been practicing partial and he sent me to the ward. Not involuntary but he threatened me with that.

 

[Kalista]

Ive been trying therapy lately and had an appointment a couple days ago. My therapist asked me if I had suicidal thought and i said yes. She asked me if i ever attempted and I said yes, once( even though its technically twice cause it was 2 days in a row). She asked me when this was and I said " a couple months ago" ( it was a week and a half ago). She asked me how and i declined to answer the question. ( partial hanging). Then she did all the safety stuff. She asked me if I still had the means and I said no ( ofcourse I do lmao , cords are everywhere that would be impossible.) All this lying makes me feel realllly bad. I dont like lying to people and I feel guilty, additionally Im a really bad liar. If I told her the complete truth next time do you think she would report me?? It would be pretty long ago by then ig? She is a uni therapist so maybe a little more sensitive than a regular one yk? How much do you tell your therapists?

if you said yes and gave the true details, she would have made you check yourself in the hospital if your words triggered urgency based on their checklist. that's why she's asking those questions. that's how it is. instead of talking about the details, they will force your to be contained instead.
it's either you voluntarily do it, or they will send the authorities (cops) to make you, and cops are very poorly trained to deal with these situations the majority of the time.
they will focus solely on the details of suicide, keeping you from actually talking about it. that's the priority, not as what you were hoping to happen.

the quality of the hospital they send you to will be a gamble. there's a good chance it'll make things worse for you (it did for me), or maybe you'll get lucky and get a decent hospital and receive whatever treatment you willingly accept from them (IF you're actually wanting to recover).

if you don't want to get sent to the hospital at all, lie -- or just stop talking to therapists and spill your guts here without risk of being caged like a fucking animal that they consider a danger to society or yourself.

 

[mustard tiger]

when it comes to asking questions about suicide, the therapist is only trying to protect themselves. they are trying to avoid any liability. they are not trying to help you. I would not share anything about suicide attempts with a therapist.

 

[xXSufferingXx]

im not telling anyone what to do. if you feel like sharing the info, do it.
i hypothetically and personally would never tell anyone, as they will almost 100% guaranteed will lock you up.
obviously not jail, i mean some kinda institution or nuthouse

 

[Honeybee]

I've never told my therapist about suicide attempts specifically, but in the context of self-harm, he allowed me to phrase it as if it were happening in the past, if that makes sense? That way I could still talk about it without him being forced/required to report it, since I brought that up to him as a concern. This was a few years ago and I was never committed. He's genuinely helped me with a lot.

Unfortunately, it's just a requirement for their job to report you or recommend you to be committed if they believe you're a danger to yourself or others. I can see why a therapist might not allow what mine did if they believed your safety was still at risk. My therapist tells me it's a "hate me now, thank me later" type of situation.

All I can recommend is that you're honest with your doctor(s) if you want their help.