Very frustrated

[wyndeewalker]

When I called the mental hotline tonight and said I was down and needed someone to talk to, the therapist asks do you feel suicidal? I know she has to ask that question to make sure I pose no danger to myself--because that's her job and if she doesn't ask it and I did something to myself that would be on her concience-- but why would saying that I

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[cdaae]

Hi. I saw your post in a community so I came along to have a look at your journal. Sorry that you too are stuck within the dreaded system.

Although I admit to my psychiatrist when I've had suicidal thoughts, she always then (naturally enough) asks if I've made any actual plans, and I always wonder whether she seriously expects me to answer honestly. Of course I'm not going to tell her, or others, if I've actually made any real plans. Their response would be to make sure I had no way of following through with them, and if I'm actually suicidal that's absolutely the last thing I'd want!!