How would you guys feel if you told people that you care about that you want to ctb and they respond with calling the cops instead of talking to you and trying to help. Would you call the cops instead of talking to them?
Amber1974
Student
- Dec 9, 2018
- 147
Going to a psych ward is the last thing that's going to help a suicidal person, getting locked up against your will, f**k that I'd be pissed and more suicidal when I got out
I felt so betrayed when someone did this to me. I would never do this to someone. Even if she or he was my own child. I would want my kid to be able to talk to me and not be afraid of telling me anything. I would try to talk it over with them and if they truly had to ctb I would have to accept that. Hopefully my kid would be in a situation that was truly unsolvable and that was the only way forward.
That's how I feel. My "best friend" has been to a psych ward too and she hated it there but as soon as I told her I was suicidal, that was the first place she wanted to ship me off to because all of a sudden it "helped her" so she thought it would be good for me.
THAT'S HOW I FELT. To add insult to injury they would getting drunk and celebrating new year's so obviously that was more important to them than to come and talk to me. They sent strangers to my house instead of talking to me.
Yea it's an insult, and potentially dangerous. A suicidal person needs to be handled with care, compassion, patience, empathy, not hauled off to some place almost like a punishment. It can be dangerous to send cops because it's possible for the cops to try to search your home and if u happen to have something around that is deemed illegal by the government then u now have legal problems on top of the psychiatric stuff. Just because the state makes something illegal doesn't mean it should be. It may be the case that someone may need to be stabilized but it should be voluntary not forced.
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What I don't understand is how we forgot about bodily autonomy when it comes to suicidal thoughts or attempts. Dead people have more bodily autonomy than suicidal people.
Xerxes
Invisible
- Nov 8, 2018
- 936
"Friends" who believe that they're acting on goodwill to call the cops on a suicidal person is not a friend at all. It tells me they are too lazy to sit down and talk it out and rather let a policeman do it, which can ruin your life because if you're in some states (cough Florida), you get your picture plastered in an online news site. Anyone do that shit, I'm gonna suicide-by-cop.
The cops that came to my door said people call them rather than help that person personally more often than not.
I was honestly appalled when they told me that.
I would feel like shit. I mean, I would prefer to have to answer to cops instead of my parents but if a friend was the one that called them I'd be pissed. It would just mean to me that they're not my friend, not here to help or support me and only there to look good in the face of others. Also cause they could be scared of me.
Hence I have friends in other countries so they can't call the cops.
Hence I have friends in other countries so they can't call the cops.
I guess. Yeah. Good point. If never thought of that.
Gray Wounds
A Phantasmagoria
- Jun 27, 2018
- 575
That'll be so awful. It's how my parents reacted to me before when they found out that I am not just depressed but an actual suicidal. They threatened me that they'll bring me to a mental facility or if it is more convenient for them, they'll call the police to arrest me. Because they cannot have someone like me ruin their lives. Because they have a name to protect.
21Neberg
Enlightened
- Dec 17, 2018
- 1,624
When you finally open up and tell someone about your suicidal ideation, you're doing one of the most toughest things possible. If they then ship you off to a psych ward, thats nothing short of betrayal and shows how fake they are for not listening you out and talking to you instead of treating you like the sane person you are.
Gray Wounds
A Phantasmagoria
- Jun 27, 2018
- 575
Smilla
Visionary
- Apr 30, 2018
- 2,549
Smilla
Visionary
- Apr 30, 2018
- 2,549
I'm sorry your parents aren't empathetic. That is horrible.
Othermind
Specialist
- Dec 26, 2018
- 301
Honestly, I would understand, I had a friend commit suicide some time ago and even though we hadn't been in touch for a while as he had been living abroad for some years it was still miserable. I can't imagine what it would have been like with someone I saw or talked to every day. Losing a friend is horrible and it's in their own self interest to not have that happen to them just as it is in yours to end your suffering.
Basically, don't tell anyone to stay on the safe side. Go to a confessional if you need to get it off your chest that bad (I'm serious, I've considered doing it myself and I don't even believe in god)
Basically, don't tell anyone to stay on the safe side. Go to a confessional if you need to get it off your chest that bad (I'm serious, I've considered doing it myself and I don't even believe in god)
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