Posted by baseball55 on January 21, 2014, at 19:30:23
In reply to Re: Isnt it darn stupid to lock people up., posted by Lamdage22 on January 21, 2014, at 6:22:26
> > > I would want close people to be at peace with my decision p
> Id expect not to get locked up because i dont see the point in doing this.. To my mind it should be a personal freedom.I guess I am confused about what is happening to you. Are you being committed to a locked ward because you've attempted suicide or expressed suicidal intentions?
I agree that people should be free to commit suicide if they feel this makes sense to them. But if you go to someone else and tell them this is your intention or ask them to help you carry it out, you really have to expect that they will commit you.
I'm unsure what country you live in and what the laws are. In the US, mental health practitioners will call emergency services if a person is likely to kill themselves or harm others. My therapist has always taken the position that she will try to commit me if she feels I am not able to make a rational decision because of my mental illness. My p-doc's response has always been to urge me to go voluntarily to a hospital and, if I wouldn't, to call my husband and alert him to what was going on. I never gave him permission to call my husband, but the law says that he can breach confidentiality if he feels I am a danger to myself or others.
So could you explain what the situation is? Are you deemed psychotic and unable to make rational decisions? Are you persistently expressing suicidal intentions? What is the reason the hospital gives for not releasing you?
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