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I'll explain what's going on in a longer post - but since neither of you might be safe to read it as it'll be triggering, I'll just say some things have been done to me that have left me on edge and perpetually angry.View Thread

Right now I'm struggling a great deal and need to stay away from triggering posts - and I think a lot of us are in the same spot - and like all of us, you tend to feel the need for support the most when you're posting triggering subject matter.
Maybe, if you're needing to vent triggering stuff AND needing more verbal support than you're getting, you could post a couple different threads - one with the triggering content so people who feel safe can read and respond specifically to it, and one with a subject like "lonely, need a hug" or "angry, need to be heard" or something, where you don't post triggering things but just ask for comfort and support.
Just like husbands/partners/fiances in real life, we do our very best but we can't read minds. Tell us, like you did here, when you feel lonely and unheard.View Thread

My best friends are a married couple with three children all under the age of 7. They're very busy, he does computer-y stuff and she teaches music lessons - but they consider me part of the family, and their children have grown up loving their "Aunt Jen" and knowing I love them, and we've helped each other through years' worth of trials and cheered for each other in the moments of awesomeness. They're the people who can call on me to babysit at literally 15 minutes' notice (true story!), and who I can call on to jump-start my car in long-term parking at the airport (much funnier true story!).
I'm not guaranteeing you'll end up being "aunt" to anyone's children, or being considered part of the furniture at someone else's house. I just want to give you some hope that a healthy give-and-take friendship is indeed possible with someone who has a partner and/or children and/or a demanding job.View Thread

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If the honest answer is "No, I don't have a plan to act on the thoughts right now," then the doctor does not have to - and in fact is obligated NOT to - break confidentiality. If you are having thoughts but do not have the means and a plan to act on those thoughts - if you are thinking about suicide but not preparing to actually attempt - you are not considered an immediate danger to yourself.
If the honest answer is "Yes, I have [insert means here>, I'm getting my final affairs in order and I'm going to kill myself tomorrow if things don't get better" - then the doctor is obligated to break confidentiality by ensuring you are hospitalized for your own safety until you are stabilized. If this message finds you in that spot, having a plan to act on your thoughts and feelings, please follow the same instinct that drove you to share with us that you're struggling and send that same call for help to a professional. I understand not wanting anyone to find out - those kinds of conversations are very awkward and frightening and triggering - but I still think your family would rather find out that you're fighting for your life than find out that you've taken your life... and the fact that you're reaching out for help here means there's at least part of you that would rather be alive and receive help.
Please, go, and be honest.View Thread


I hope the clouds lift for you soon. (((OTW)))View Thread

And as the patient, would you not have the right to request to see this one from here on out? You sound like you'd feel much more comfortable going to this doctor than the regular doc and nurse, and the only way *any* treatment is successful is if it's based in a climate of trust.View Thread

I hope there is a solution that allows both of you to feel safe and protected.
Mods? Any help or suggestion of a compromise? Perhaps a way to have a private message sent if fenton04 does not wish to be made known to the rest of us on the board?View Thread
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