Posted by sunnydays on January 19, 2007, at 20:03:05
In reply to Re: How can you be sure? *triggers*, posted by Deneb on January 19, 2007, at 19:33:13
> I don't know if my pdoc wants me to call the Distress Centre when I want to OD. Maybe she thinks the Distress Centre is for suicidal people. Calling them was my idea. She didn't say it was a good idea.
**** But she also didn't say it was a bad idea. If she had strong feelings that it was a bad idea, trust me, she would have said that. She wants you to have ways to cope with your distress, and I imagine that anything she didn't think would be helpful, she would say so.
What if the Distress Centre calls the police on me? I don't want to get into trouble. I wouldn't want to be hauled off to the hospital for a mini OD. I can't go to the hospital without being really sick.
**** Do you have to tell them where you live? If so, there are other hotlines that you can call where you don't have to, so there's no chance they'll call the police on you. But unless you are in absolute immanent danger I wouldn't think they would. Call them before you OD, if you ever feel like doing it again. If you call them after, it would be perfectly reasonable for them to call the police, as you are then a danger to yourself, even if you don't see it that way. But there are plenty of other places to call that wouldn't call the police. Try doing a Google search for crisis hotlines. There are lots.
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> OK, I think this is twisted logic, but if I ever get hauled off to the hospital again I think I will OD some more while in the hospital to make myself sicker because I can't be in the hospital and not be sick. I did that last time, not in the hospital, but in the waiting room. Maybe that and the fact that I tried to escape the ER lead to me being locked up for 72 hours.**** I can see why you would be scared to go back. I hope you wouldn't OD again once you got there. They are more likely to let you leave if you don't, Deneb. Try telling someone there that you want to, if you're ever in that situation again and you find that you do want to. Then they can comfort you and give you some help. I hope you never feel like that again though.
> Thinking about ODing makes me sort of want to OD again. I have no idea why.
**** ((((Deneb)))) Please don't OD. Now would be a perfect time to go tell your mom you're thinking about it (and no, you don't have to follow through if you say that), or to call your pdoc, or to call the distress center, or to find another hotline to call, or to call a good friend and just chat. All are equally good options, in my opinion. I know my T would think any of them were a good idea, if that helps you any.
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> Why I am telling you this, I don't know. I should probably shut-up before people start thinking I'm in danger again.
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> Deneb***** You don't have to shut up Deneb. If people don't want to respond, they won't, and that's fine. But I'm responding now and I care. It's better to post about feeling like ODing and then not OD then to make yourself not post, and then get more upset.
(((((Deneb))))
sunnydays
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