Posted by Alii on February 3, 2003, at 0:45:35
In reply to suicide contracts, posted by judy1 on February 2, 2003, at 16:26:16
> we probably have discussed this before, but it's been on my mind since Shar mentioned it on PB2000, so I wanted to open it up for general discussion. for those of you who have a contract in place or one in the past with a therapist (or pdoc), do you feel it helped? any opinions would help me, because my therapist (who I recently started seeing again) wants to put one in place. take care, judy
I resent that my pdoc and therapists (over the years there have been several) have at one time or another asked/required of me to commit to a suicide contract. In clearer days I see the necessity of it due to how distorted the depression can make my thought process. But mainly I hate them and think they are a drag. (can you tell I'm not in one of dem clearer dayz?)I have many opinions on these contracts and how different therapists have worded them or approached the entire subject but am to exhausted and tonight came home to an empty house now that the partner has moved out. Wish I could put thoughts together but I can't even keep the food or pills down so mental clarity will be a goal for later on this week.
Thank you for raising an interesting subject that affects many of us.
--Alii
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