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The suicide letter..and the drama king
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<blockquote data-quote="AHF" data-source="post: 466034" data-attributes="member: 11180"><p>I agree with everyone else about taking the threat seriously, though it is hard to do. Just last night, Peter Pan told me that no one was taking him seriously enough about his thoughts of suicide. I responded that I did take him seriously and offered to take him to the emergency room. He immediately backed off--"I'm not going to commit suicide tonight"--and asked to see a mental health counselor today. So this morning I spent 2 hours making him an appointment, and woke him at 1 pm (yup!) only to hear that he didn't feel the need to talk to anyone and was going back to sleep. If we were not on the wait list for a residential program right now, he would be on the street. And next time he tells me he feels suicidal and I'm not taking it seriously enough, I am dialing 911 before he can change his mind. We are not psychiatrists, we are parents, and this load should not be borne.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AHF, post: 466034, member: 11180"] I agree with everyone else about taking the threat seriously, though it is hard to do. Just last night, Peter Pan told me that no one was taking him seriously enough about his thoughts of suicide. I responded that I did take him seriously and offered to take him to the emergency room. He immediately backed off--"I'm not going to commit suicide tonight"--and asked to see a mental health counselor today. So this morning I spent 2 hours making him an appointment, and woke him at 1 pm (yup!) only to hear that he didn't feel the need to talk to anyone and was going back to sleep. If we were not on the wait list for a residential program right now, he would be on the street. And next time he tells me he feels suicidal and I'm not taking it seriously enough, I am dialing 911 before he can change his mind. We are not psychiatrists, we are parents, and this load should not be borne. [/QUOTE]
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