question about sh & being bakeracted

[ctemourge]

hi there , so im not sure if this is against the rules to talk about but im really anxious and have nowhere else to ask this.
trigger warning to anyone who needs :
self harm / hospitalization/ stitches mentioned
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so ive relapsed on self harming alot recently, like ive said on previous posts ive been forced to get sober and cant cope how i used to & ive been under tremendous amounts of extra stress lately. i fear itll get bad again but i want to be safe for now. i cant ctb yet and thats not what my goal is when i sh, its simply to relieve stress and to cope. now that thats out of the way my question is : if i were to cut too deep on accident and i needed stitches, am i going to get bakeracted ( involuntary hospitalized) even if i tell them i just went too deep on accident & im not planning on ending my life? i do not want to walk into the emergency room for stitches and have to explain to my job 3 days later where ive been. plus i cant financially afford it or afford to stress anyone around me out!! this is really making my anxiety worse. thank u to anyone who read this and thank u in advance for any advice
for more context i am in the usa

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

It's very likely if they suspect it was SH that they'll put you in the psych ward.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Probably not. People rarely get hospitalized for SH alone. I've once gone to the hospital to get an SH cut looked at and they didn't hospitalize me or anything. They just made me talk to a psychiatrist and a crisis worker for a bit and then let me go after the nurse came to disinfect my wounds. Based on this, along with others' experiences with going to the hospital to get their SH cuts looked at and treated, it seems as though they don't typically hospitalize you for it. They will usually only hospitalize you if you admit to feeling suicidal. Otherwise, you should be all good.

 

[ctemourge]

thank you!!

Probably not. People rarely get hospitalized for SH alone. I've once gone to the hospital to get an SH cut looked at and they didn't hospitalize me or anything. They just made me talk to a psychiatrist and a crisis worker for a bit and then let me go after the nurse came to disinfect my wounds. Based on this, along with others' experiences with going to the hospital to get their SH cuts looked at and treated, it seems as though they don't typically hospitalize you for it. They will usually only hospitalize you if you admit to feeling suicidal. Otherwise, you should be all good.

It's very likely if they suspect it was SH that they'll put you in the psych ward.

see my problem with this is ill simply run away i cannot go back to the hospital

thank you!!


see my problem with this is ill simply run away i cannot go back to the hospital

is that illegal? to run away from a bakeract?

 

[Whale_bones]

It's up to the clinician who assesses you. In the U.S., while policies vary by state, the line where they're allowed to involuntarily hospitalize you is usually "if you're an imminent risk of harming yourself". That leaves a lot up to clinician interpretation.

Many clinicians will focus on whether you're at risk of attempting suicide, and understand that SH can be unrelated to suicide and isn't an indication of a person's risk to CTB. However, there are still plenty of clinicians that will say "harm" includes self-harming such as cutting, bruising, etc. and decide that merits hospitalization.

The thing to remember is that hospital staff are given near total authority to make these decisions, so (in my opinion) it's best to prepare yourself for the reality of what can happen if you decide to go in. If possible, it's better to see a primary care or urgent care doctor you've already met. If they've shown themselves to be respectful and knowledgeable in previous interactions, it's less likely they'll view SH as something "scary", sudden or crisis-related.

 

[ctemourge]

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It's up to the clinician who assesses you. In the U.S., while policies vary by state, the line where they're allowed to involuntarily hospitalize you is usually "if you're an imminent risk of harming yourself". That leaves a lot up to clinician interpretation.

Many clinicians will focus on whether you're at risk of attempting suicide, and understand that SH can be unrelated to suicide and isn't an indication of a person's risk to CTB. However, there are still plenty of clinicians that will say "harm" includes self-harming such as cutting, bruising, etc. and decide that merits hospitalization.

The thing to remember is that hospital staff are given near total authority to make these decisions, so (in my opinion) it's best to prepare yourself for the reality of what can happen if you decide to go in. If possible, it's better to see a primary care or urgent care doctor you've already met. If they've shown themselves to be respectful and knowledgeable in previous interactions, it's less likely they'll view SH as something "scary", sudden or crisis-related.

thank you! i appreciate this alot

 

[Whale_bones]

see my problem with this is ill simply run away i cannot go back to the hospital

is that illegal? to run away from a bakeract?

It's probably not "illegal" as in it doesn't fall under criminal law (most states have their own "mental health statutes" that dictate the rules around involuntary treatment, and it's a separate thing from criminal law) but anyone that runs away from involuntary inpatient MH treatment is forcibly made to return. It wouldn't be involuntary if you could just leave, after all. If you did manage to get out in the first place, what happens afterward would only make the situation much worse. It's far better to plan ahead and not end up there at all if you know it would be very distressing for you.