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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 625687" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>One more thing regarding suicide threats.</p><p></p><p>In my state it is illegal to threaten suicide. I learned that and I have used it.</p><p></p><p>The last time difficult child threatened suicide---about two months ago---I drove to where he was, I got out of my car, and I got in his face and I said this:</p><p></p><p>Every time you threaten suicide, I will call the police. Every time.</p><p></p><p>He knows I mean it because I have done it. Usually that stops the threats for months at a time. </p><p></p><p>I don't believe (I could be wrong and that would be a horrible thing to be wrong about) he has any intention of committing suicide. But I will always take that threat seriously and thankfully, I can call the police, they will take him to the ER, then he will go to the state hospital for a week, get released, and usually the same things continue.</p><p></p><p>I have discussed at length this threat with my ex-husband, difficult child's father. We both love him so much and would be devastated if he killed himself. We agreed we believe he loves himself way too much (in some ways) to ever do this. </p><p></p><p>But we can't know and I never want to push him in a corner where he might be inclined to "show me".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 625687, member: 17542"] One more thing regarding suicide threats. In my state it is illegal to threaten suicide. I learned that and I have used it. The last time difficult child threatened suicide---about two months ago---I drove to where he was, I got out of my car, and I got in his face and I said this: Every time you threaten suicide, I will call the police. Every time. He knows I mean it because I have done it. Usually that stops the threats for months at a time. I don't believe (I could be wrong and that would be a horrible thing to be wrong about) he has any intention of committing suicide. But I will always take that threat seriously and thankfully, I can call the police, they will take him to the ER, then he will go to the state hospital for a week, get released, and usually the same things continue. I have discussed at length this threat with my ex-husband, difficult child's father. We both love him so much and would be devastated if he killed himself. We agreed we believe he loves himself way too much (in some ways) to ever do this. But we can't know and I never want to push him in a corner where he might be inclined to "show me". [/QUOTE]
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