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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 435638" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>As to ""Let me come home or I will commit suicide" </p><p> </p><p>Your answer to this should be "If you tell me again you are going to commit suicide? I will hang up the phone and call 911 for you and give them your location. I can't prevent you from killing yourself, but I will get you the help you need if that's what you have your mind set on doing." </p><p> </p><p>Fact: IF he is going to kill himself - He will do it and most likely will NOT tell you.....</p><p>Fact: If he is going to kill himself - THERE is NOTHING YOU can do to help him - you are not a health care professional, you can't lock him up, you can't restrain him, YOU can not provide medication to sedate him or give him counseling he needs. </p><p>Fact: If he is going to kill himself - HE WILL find a way if he is bent on doing it. Allowing him to manipulate you this time will get his way. Then what? I want a popsicle or I will KILL MYSELF! (get popsicle) I want a Cadillac or I will KILL MYSELF. (what happens now? Can you afford a new Cadillac? No. Ut oh- Son dies?) I mean come on - think about it. I want a new house or I will KILL MYSELF. NOW WHAT? I want you to move out of your own house and pay all my bills or I will KILL MYSELF. (gosh where are YOU going to live?) Think about this statement and the power it holds ----then give it the proper response - CALL 911 - and have him committed. It's not a crutch or a tool. If he gets his way ONCE - then you could be living in a box, paying his bills, buying him a Cadillac and fetching his popsicles. </p><p> </p><p>Don't be naive. If he says he's going to kill himself - Take it seriously - and CALL HIM HELP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 435638, member: 4964"] As to ""Let me come home or I will commit suicide" Your answer to this should be "If you tell me again you are going to commit suicide? I will hang up the phone and call 911 for you and give them your location. I can't prevent you from killing yourself, but I will get you the help you need if that's what you have your mind set on doing." Fact: IF he is going to kill himself - He will do it and most likely will NOT tell you..... Fact: If he is going to kill himself - THERE is NOTHING YOU can do to help him - you are not a health care professional, you can't lock him up, you can't restrain him, YOU can not provide medication to sedate him or give him counseling he needs. Fact: If he is going to kill himself - HE WILL find a way if he is bent on doing it. Allowing him to manipulate you this time will get his way. Then what? I want a popsicle or I will KILL MYSELF! (get popsicle) I want a Cadillac or I will KILL MYSELF. (what happens now? Can you afford a new Cadillac? No. Ut oh- Son dies?) I mean come on - think about it. I want a new house or I will KILL MYSELF. NOW WHAT? I want you to move out of your own house and pay all my bills or I will KILL MYSELF. (gosh where are YOU going to live?) Think about this statement and the power it holds ----then give it the proper response - CALL 911 - and have him committed. It's not a crutch or a tool. If he gets his way ONCE - then you could be living in a box, paying his bills, buying him a Cadillac and fetching his popsicles. Don't be naive. If he says he's going to kill himself - Take it seriously - and CALL HIM HELP. [/QUOTE]
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