Hi,
I wanted to ask...
If I confess to my therapist that I am feeling and planning and am at risk of suicide and she reports it... in the UK what exactly happens?
I mean, will she call immediately for an ambulance and I'll go straight to hospital from her house or will she let me leave and then call? Who is it she calls? What happens?
If I were to then be an in-patient, does that mean once I am discharged, I cannot see her anymore, even if I want to? Does it ALWAYS mean the end of the relationship?
I ask because if I WERE to tell her that, I would be asking for her help to stop me, I would want her to intervene and save me (otherwise I wouldn't tell her, that's just silly). So I do not think I would hold any resentment towards her so I would probably feel happy to keep seeing her. The only thing which would stop me from telling her if I wanted/needed that level of intervention would be the idea that I could not see her anymore. If I thought I could, I would be more comfortable reaching out and asking for that help if I ever needed it.
Has anyone been admitted following a disclosure to their therapist and carried on seeing them?
I'm not actively suicidal by the way - it was just a thought which occurred to me. I am at a significantly heightened risk of suicide since I have BPD and when I get low, I get VERY VERY low. To the point where I do feel suicidal. I've had a plan since I was 24 of what I would do and everything is in place for me to do it (my will is prepared, there's nothing I need to sort out before I go, nothing I care about enough to want to make sure it goes to certain people). So while I am not suicidal right now, when I lose hope and go downhill it wouldn't take much at all. If I told her THAT, would she think that enough to warrant reporting it?
Thanks
I wanted to ask...
If I confess to my therapist that I am feeling and planning and am at risk of suicide and she reports it... in the UK what exactly happens?
I mean, will she call immediately for an ambulance and I'll go straight to hospital from her house or will she let me leave and then call? Who is it she calls? What happens?
If I were to then be an in-patient, does that mean once I am discharged, I cannot see her anymore, even if I want to? Does it ALWAYS mean the end of the relationship?
I ask because if I WERE to tell her that, I would be asking for her help to stop me, I would want her to intervene and save me (otherwise I wouldn't tell her, that's just silly). So I do not think I would hold any resentment towards her so I would probably feel happy to keep seeing her. The only thing which would stop me from telling her if I wanted/needed that level of intervention would be the idea that I could not see her anymore. If I thought I could, I would be more comfortable reaching out and asking for that help if I ever needed it.
Has anyone been admitted following a disclosure to their therapist and carried on seeing them?
I'm not actively suicidal by the way - it was just a thought which occurred to me. I am at a significantly heightened risk of suicide since I have BPD and when I get low, I get VERY VERY low. To the point where I do feel suicidal. I've had a plan since I was 24 of what I would do and everything is in place for me to do it (my will is prepared, there's nothing I need to sort out before I go, nothing I care about enough to want to make sure it goes to certain people). So while I am not suicidal right now, when I lose hope and go downhill it wouldn't take much at all. If I told her THAT, would she think that enough to warrant reporting it?
Thanks
