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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 556053" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>Good advice here so far - I know it probably sounds harsh - but I do think most of those types of threats are manipulation. When our difficult child was at his lowest, we worried about the same. Our counselor advised us to either call 911 and have him taken to the hospital or do 24 hour surveillance (literally) at home if this comes up. We did the at-home route and difficult child hated it - he was not even allowed to be in his room alone or sleep in it alone at night. The counselor called it emotional blackmail, but he also warned that some non-suicidal teens may even act on this threat just to "win" or make their point. When we were in the midst of the battle with him, we did not back off and I accepted that he may even act on a threat to "win", but I was not going to allow that to stop me from doing what I thought was in his best interest. If anything happenned, at least I have the comfort of knowing that we did everything we could think to possibly do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 556053, member: 12490"] Good advice here so far - I know it probably sounds harsh - but I do think most of those types of threats are manipulation. When our difficult child was at his lowest, we worried about the same. Our counselor advised us to either call 911 and have him taken to the hospital or do 24 hour surveillance (literally) at home if this comes up. We did the at-home route and difficult child hated it - he was not even allowed to be in his room alone or sleep in it alone at night. The counselor called it emotional blackmail, but he also warned that some non-suicidal teens may even act on this threat just to "win" or make their point. When we were in the midst of the battle with him, we did not back off and I accepted that he may even act on a threat to "win", but I was not going to allow that to stop me from doing what I thought was in his best interest. If anything happenned, at least I have the comfort of knowing that we did everything we could think to possibly do. [/QUOTE]
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