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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 415070" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>You might try writing him a note. Sometimes I can communicate with my teens really well by writing when talking to each other just ends in disaster.</p><p></p><p>I would put it to him point blank. </p><p></p><p>Leo - I love you and I am worried about you. Are you feeling like you want to hurt yourself or kill yourself? If you are, have you decided how you are going to do it?</p><p></p><p>If he won't answer these questions verbally or in writing then I would let him know that you will act as if he has answered that he plans to kill himself and you will be calling 911 unless he agrees to go with you to the ER right now.</p><p></p><p>If he says no to those questions but your mom gut says he's not being honest, then see the previous answer.</p><p></p><p>If he says yes, I feel like killing myself and I have a plan, you go pick up that phone and dial 911. You tell them you have a teen whose friend just killed himself and your teen is saying he plans to do the same. You want him transported to ER. They should ask you if he is going to go willingly. If he says he won't then you need the police to come and transport him for you on the basis that he is a danger to self or other.</p><p></p><p>If he says yes, I feel like killing myself but I don't have a plan then you may have some breathing room to get him to a grief counselor tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>I cannot stress enough that it is not over-reacting to act immediately.</p><p></p><p>And if he says he is feeling like killing or hurting himself I want you to go through your whole house and lock up every single drug - OTC and prescription - where he cannot reach it. Tylenol, benadryl, blood pressure medications - everything OK? Put it in the garage if that is keyed separately from the house. Or in the trunk of the car. Anywhere so that it is not easy for him to use them.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts will be with you. He is rightfully devastated and must feel terribly betrayed.</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p><p></p><p>And I truly hope you do not have guns in your home or if you do that they are in a gun safe that he cannot open and doesn't know where the key is. And where the ammo is stored separately under a different lock and key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 415070, member: 7948"] You might try writing him a note. Sometimes I can communicate with my teens really well by writing when talking to each other just ends in disaster. I would put it to him point blank. Leo - I love you and I am worried about you. Are you feeling like you want to hurt yourself or kill yourself? If you are, have you decided how you are going to do it? If he won't answer these questions verbally or in writing then I would let him know that you will act as if he has answered that he plans to kill himself and you will be calling 911 unless he agrees to go with you to the ER right now. If he says no to those questions but your mom gut says he's not being honest, then see the previous answer. If he says yes, I feel like killing myself and I have a plan, you go pick up that phone and dial 911. You tell them you have a teen whose friend just killed himself and your teen is saying he plans to do the same. You want him transported to ER. They should ask you if he is going to go willingly. If he says he won't then you need the police to come and transport him for you on the basis that he is a danger to self or other. If he says yes, I feel like killing myself but I don't have a plan then you may have some breathing room to get him to a grief counselor tomorrow. I cannot stress enough that it is not over-reacting to act immediately. And if he says he is feeling like killing or hurting himself I want you to go through your whole house and lock up every single drug - OTC and prescription - where he cannot reach it. Tylenol, benadryl, blood pressure medications - everything OK? Put it in the garage if that is keyed separately from the house. Or in the trunk of the car. Anywhere so that it is not easy for him to use them. My thoughts will be with you. He is rightfully devastated and must feel terribly betrayed. Patricia And I truly hope you do not have guns in your home or if you do that they are in a gun safe that he cannot open and doesn't know where the key is. And where the ammo is stored separately under a different lock and key. [/QUOTE]
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