Help How to get admitted?

[bunnii]

Rlly sorry if this is supposed to go in offtopic, I will move it :)
I've been really struggling with suicidal impulses lately, but I don't think it's my time to go yet. I want to try but I'm not ready; the only methods available to me are unreliable. I still don't feel safe around them though, I'm scared I'll have an episode (diagnosed bpd) and try one of my methods and end up disabled. I really think I should go into some sort of intensive treatment. However, nothing I say will get the suicide hotline or my therapist to send me away. I even told them I had attempted multiple times recently through hanging and they brushed it off. I dont want to drive myself to the ER because I dont want them to turn me away because that will definitely make me attempt. What have you guys said in the past that got you admitted? What program did you get into? How was your stay? This will be my first hospital visit so I'm scared (but not as scared as I am that I'll ctb).

 

[bjop]

Hey. I don't really know how all of this works depending on which contry you live in. This is only my experience.

When i got admitted it was because i told my therapist that i had accumulated different meds to OD on them in the next days. She asked to see me the next day with a family member and when we went to see her, she asked them to bring me to our refered psychiatric emergency center (a place where they welcome anyone to talk with them, asses their situation and what they need, and then guide them to another center if they need to be admitted for some time). She also wrote a letter, explaining things and asking the center to send me to a crisis center where they could keep me safe for a few days and discuss with me what to do next.

Most of the time the crisis center will keep you for as long as you feel/are unsafe by yourself. It's not exactly the same as being hospitalized or going to a clinic long term, where you often need to consent and ask to go there yourself.
If you're not actively a danger to yourself but you still feel like you need help on a day to day basis in a safe place, the crisis center will help you find a psychward that matches your needs and transfer you there. In my case i stayed three days at the crisis center. There, i had nurses checking up on me, saw the center's psychiatrist everyday and had my medication adapted to fit the crisis i was in. The fourth day i told them i wasn't feeling good being stuck at the crisis center where there wasn't much to do except wait for the psychiatrist (contrary to longer stays in psychward, crisis center don't really offer any other activities) and thankfully they were really listening to my feelings and since i still felt like i needed help to keep myself safe we decided together that i could go home and that i would come back everyday for an hour, to talk either with my refered nurse or my psychiatrist, for as long as i felt necessary. It went on for a full month. For other reasons they thought it would be good for me to go back to a psychward for some time (mostly so they could up my meds and make sure i could tolerate the side effects) so they helped me find one who had a room for me and that's when i got transfered and stoped going to the crisis center. I know i'm probably one of the lucky ones, but overall, i feel like i had a nice stay and was surrounded with very kind people who actually understood for once.

This is just some kind of vague summary of how it actually went down, i hope it will be useful to you. If you have more questions or just want to talk about hospital visits are like to reassure you, i would be glad to share as much as i can through private message! In any case i feel it's a good idea to give it a shot if you don't feel safe and don't want to ctb. Sometimes it can really help :)
I hope all goes well for you, whatever you decide to do. Take care

 

[ILuVCkn]

Wow the therapist ignored you even when you said you tried to kill yourself before? Did you say you feel like you want to die cuz usually that will send you to mental hospital.

 

[my-end]

Not sure about your area but I don't think an intensive treatment center exists unless you've attempted and failed by some convincing means. Feb 22 I failed, was hospitalized for physical injuries for a couple of months, spoke to some psychiatrists over a screen, they wanted to send me to a facility but I had to be completely healed prior to admission because they didn't provide health care there. I also rejected the idea of going.
Not sure why you think you might need this. Do you think they will change how you see the world...or your life, or why you want to ctb. Is it, maybe This will fix me? Do you want to get better?

 

[7thundercloud]

Can I ask how old you are? If you go to school I think they would def put you in an institution

 

[Heavenbound]

Well, where I live, any slight indication that you're having thoughts of "harming yourself" is enough to get you sent away. Then you aren't even helped. Just stripped nude and put into a cell for "observation" no therapy, no medication, nothing.
Whoever reports you either calls the hotline or emergency services and the police show up and using various levels of force depending on the situation take you to a "facility" that is not a psychiatric hospital, but more like a holding tank. It's not just for the mentally ill, but they bring the drug addicts to this place and everyone is mixed together. It's shameful.

It sounds like you are really wanting help, and I'm sorry that you aren't being taken seriously. Maybe if you can find someone that you trust to really explain how you're feeling, they would direct you to the right place.

 

[vaguebluur]

I've attempted suicide seriously over 20 times, multiple comas and a cardiac arrest never been sectioned once. I'm in the UK.

 

[NorthernMonkey]

I've attempted suicide seriously over 20 times, multiple comas and a cardiac arrest never been sectioned once. I'm in the UK.

Good old NHS eh? You only have to see some of the people on the streets, clearly with severe psychological issues, to know how difficult it is to get help here. I've never tried but I imagine if you rang an emergency suicide help number, you would get "you are number 35554 in a queue, please hold" :)

 

[vaguebluur]

Good old NHS eh? You only have to see some of the people on the streets, clearly with severe psychological issues, to know how difficult it is to get help here. I've never tried but I imagine if you rang an emergency suicide help number, you would get "you are number 35554 in a queue, please hold" :)

That would be a improvement, you have to leave a voicemail for the crisis team!

 

[NorthernMonkey]

That would be a improvement, you have to leave a voicemail for the crisis team!

Shit, I was joking. We really are in a mess :(

 

[vaguebluur]

Shit, I was joking. We really are in a mess :(

The general public don't have a clue how bad it is, more men kill themselves than die of cancer in the Uk

The general public don't have a clue how bad it is, more men kill themselves than die of cancer in the Uk

There is no support at all

 

[Rainork]

Rlly sorry if this is supposed to go in offtopic, I will move it :)
I've been really struggling with suicidal impulses lately, but I don't think it's my time to go yet. I want to try but I'm not ready; the only methods available to me are unreliable. I still don't feel safe around them though, I'm scared I'll have an episode (diagnosed bpd) and try one of my methods and end up disabled. I really think I should go into some sort of intensive treatment. However, nothing I say will get the suicide hotline or my therapist to send me away. I even told them I had attempted multiple times recently through hanging and they brushed it off. I dont want to drive myself to the ER because I dont want them to turn me away because that will definitely make me attempt. What have you guys said in the past that got you admitted? What program did you get into? How was your stay? This will be my first hospital visit so I'm scared (but not as scared as I am that I'll ctb).

I'm so sorry that you're struggling so much, I personally haven't been admitted but got to a point last year where I nearly did, for me the way I nearly ended up there was through my friends trying to get me admitted for my protection.
The way this happened to me was my closest friends finding my notes and catching me on a walk with a rope ready to ctb.
Where abouts do you live? I'm in the UK, and here I believe you can admit yourself to some places, but I'm not sure how it works in other countries.
However your journey goes, I hope you're able to find peace

 

[Disaster]

I'm pretty sure that there's plenty of pro-lifers happy to call the cops on anyone considering it and talking about it online. I'm not exactly sure where to look for them, and where they are when they are needed tho.
Wishing you the best of luck, I hope you'll find help.

 

[LittleJem]

One lady I was in psch ward with was captured while standing on a bridge with the stated intention to jump off. That is quite a dramatic statement to make that could get you sectioned. Erm. I got sectioned off my tits on weed and stripping in a shop to try something on. But if you want to be sectioned for CTB thoughts the bridge option is a good one.

What do you want from being admitted? Do you need a new medication? It sounds like you are in the USA so I don't know what it's like there....

 

[Thefuture]

I don't see the point in it. They just hold you there and make you talk to someone who's job is so see if you're gonna kill yourself. It's not really the place to go to get actual help. It's more just a service to stop you killing yourself. Because they can't facitilce your death they gotta make sure they "help you" not to. But then again idk what help exists. If you think it might help you just go say you're gonna kill yourself.

 

[hellispink]

Say you have an active plan and that you are gonna go for it within the next two days. They will send the cops and admit you

 

[bigdog]

I've attempted suicide seriously over 20 times, multiple comas and a cardiac arrest never been sectioned once. I'm in the UK.

It's definitely weird they should section you

 

[strawberryjampan]

I've attempted suicide seriously over 20 times, multiple comas and a cardiac arrest never been sectioned once. I'm in the UK.

have you went to ER and told them you're actively suicidal and going to kill yourself? by law they have to section you.

 

[vaguebluur]

have you went to ER and told them you're actively suicidal and going to kill yourself? by law they have to section you.

No they dontz they no about my ctb plan and they know I died last year from ctb I'm not human so ppl don't care

 

[strawberryjampan]

No they dontz they no about my ctb plan and they know I died last year from ctb I'm not human so ppl don't care

if you go to ER and you tell them you're going to kill yourself right there and then by law they have to phone the police and institutionalize you

 

[BroodingBleu]

Wow the therapist ignored you even when you said you tried to kill yourself before? Did you say you feel like you want to die cuz usually that will send you to mental hospital.

I've told my therapist on multiple occasions that i have suicidal thoughts almost every day and i already have a method but wasn't ready to carry it out yet, would you say thats careless on her part? I'm starting to think so lol

 

[ILuVCkn]

I've told my therapist on multiple occasions that i have suicidal thoughts almost every day and i already have a method but wasn't ready to carry it out yet, would you say thats careless on her part? I'm starting to think so lol

It is! Im pretty sure mental health professionals are supposed to send you to mental hospital once you admitted you are feeling suicidal.

 

[Disaster]

If you really want that, you could create for example a twitter account, post realistic plan and goodbye note, and let us know what is the account name. Then people could report it, I believe it goes to the authorities like your local police if you get reported for that.

 

[Mondo]

Rlly sorry if this is supposed to go in offtopic, I will move it :)
I've been really struggling with suicidal impulses lately, but I don't think it's my time to go yet. I want to try but I'm not ready; the only methods available to me are unreliable. I still don't feel safe around them though, I'm scared I'll have an episode (diagnosed bpd) and try one of my methods and end up disabled. I really think I should go into some sort of intensive treatment. However, nothing I say will get the suicide hotline or my therapist to send me away. I even told them I had attempted multiple times recently through hanging and they brushed it off. I dont want to drive myself to the ER because I dont want them to turn me away because that will definitely make me attempt. What have you guys said in the past that got you admitted? What program did you get into? How was your stay? This will be my first hospital visit so I'm scared (but not as scared as I am that I'll ctb).

I'm sure someone a short while back said that if you stand on a bridge threatening to jump off this almost assures you an inpatient stint.

 

[SpiderLink]

Rlly sorry if this is supposed to go in offtopic, I will move it :)
I've been really struggling with suicidal impulses lately, but I don't think it's my time to go yet. I want to try but I'm not ready; the only methods available to me are unreliable. I still don't feel safe around them though, I'm scared I'll have an episode (diagnosed bpd) and try one of my methods and end up disabled. I really think I should go into some sort of intensive treatment. However, nothing I say will get the suicide hotline or my therapist to send me away. I even told them I had attempted multiple times recently through hanging and they brushed it off. I dont want to drive myself to the ER because I dont want them to turn me away because that will definitely make me attempt. What have you guys said in the past that got you admitted? What program did you get into? How was your stay? This will be my first hospital visit so I'm scared (but not as scared as I am that I'll ctb).

I got put into the psych ward 3x, one for explaining to a friend online a lot of suicidal stuff and she was really concerned for my safety, she called authorities, they came to my house and I was in the hospital for not even a day. 2nd time was because my dad found a suicide note and the 3rd I made the decision to go there. All good experiences with a couple of bumps in the road, but they barely stand out to me. I highly recommend checking hospitals in your area to see how others feel about their psych stays

 

[thatlatealready]

I've attempted suicide seriously over 20 times, multiple comas and a cardiac arrest never been sectioned once. I'm in the UK.

I'm in the UK too and I have had a similar experience. I've been detained at the hospital after attempting then sent home to attempt again. I've been threatened with hospitalisation, but they never follow through. I don't think they give a crap if we're going to die here. It saves them money and effort if we're dead. Letting us commit suicide is the financially sensible option.