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| | Notices | Welcome to PTSD Forum. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a life threatening, debilitating disorder that can break down a sufferer’s body through anxiety and stress. Further it poses a significant suicide risk resulting from the brains neurological imbalance and chemical depression. Sufferers often live in denial, thus this community is aimed at helping PTSD sufferers help themselves through others experiences, guidance and education. We are here for the sufferer, spouse and families surrounding PTSD. Spouses and family are too often forgotten in this equation, and often they receive all the worst that PTSD has to offer. If you're involved in any way with PTSD, get registered and help yourself now. Non-active members will eventually be deleted. If you are not a sufferer, carer or someone within the mental health industry, and active, then there is little reason for you to be a member of this forum. Non-active members with zero posts are deleted periodically during the year. |  | | 
15-04-2008, 01:05 PM
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| |  honesty
Your health care provider can only help you if you tell the truth. She would not ask the question if she didn't already think that there was a probability. Get the help you need, when you need it. There's no shame in a hospital stay. You would not deny yourself health care if you had a broken leg, so don't deny yourself the care you need if you feel suicidal. The people that care for you in the hospital enjoy their jobs because they are improving the quality of life of people when they need it most. It's very satisfying work, I hear. If you need to go to the hospital, you will be walking into loving arms. Be honest with them to get the best care and get it quicker. |
15-04-2008, 02:26 PM
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I told my T once, I thought of it when I was in Aruba. I saw a natural bridge that was built from the waters crashing against this particular area. At least that is what I remember. I looked and said what a beautiful place to commit S. I have not been honest with him since so after reading Anthonys post, I will.
sunnydaze |
15-04-2008, 09:51 PM
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My therapist asked me if I was suicidal a few weeks ago and I told him the truth. I was not suicidal but I do have suicidal ideations and I told him that. I felt extremely shameful afterward but I knew that I had be honest with him because I trust that he is going to do what is best for me and offer me guidance. I know that I must have one person in my life who I can be honest with about my thoughts because if not, they can end up being too dangerous for me to deal with alone.
Best,
Rachel |
15-04-2008, 10:06 PM
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I absolutely agree with everyone! Honesty by revealing our thoughts is so important. You have to have trust in the therapist to help you. It does not necessarily mean hospitallization. Give them the opportunity to help you.
What holds us back - fear, some denial we are really there, and 'percieved negative consequences'.
Don't shut out the help and hope. Accept that you can't always do it alone. |
16-04-2008, 09:37 AM
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This has been a good thread for me. The last time I had strong suicidal ideation, I let my T know. He told me that it's just goes with the territory (PTSD). The important thing, is to be able to reach out to someone if I am in danger of acting on the thoughts.
A part of me felt that this answer was a cop out, that he should be able to "fix" me, so that the thoughts never come back. It's good to get reinforcement that this is normal. I don't want to have lingering doubts about my T. This seems to be my tendency -- to want to pick away at trust relationships.
Ken |
16-04-2008, 01:21 PM
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I told my therapist outright a few months ago that I felt like I didn't want to live anymore. He seemed completely unphased and we just talked. I will be completely honest with him because I know that is what it takes to receive the best therapy for me. |
16-04-2008, 02:57 PM
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My T asked me that question the first day I saw her and I did not tell her the truth. I did'nt know this person and was scared about the consequences of telling the truth. Now that we have a few months of therapy behind us I feel more comfortable with her and I think that opening up and letting them know what you're thinking/feeling they can help you. It's for the best. |
16-04-2008, 09:52 PM
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My T has known from the beginning that I believe or wish that I would have died in the accident with my babies and want to die. She also knows that #1 my faith and #2 my daughter will keep me from acting on these feelings. I always just say what I feel (the truth) otherwise it is prohibitive. |
17-04-2008, 04:07 AM
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I made the mistake of addressing the topic of suicide once in therapy. I was not having thoughts or ideations. Just touched on the topic in general. Therapist got all antsy (physically) and was like a heat-seeking missile pelting me with tons of picky, twisted questions ... all he ended up doing was making me feel like a fruitcake and unstable, when I wasn't.
I'm a quick learner ... no talking about the "S" word, not even in general. 
Bailey |
17-04-2008, 09:31 PM
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My counsellor keeps asking me if im thinking of sucide which im not. she keeps asking , I feel like saying if you keep asking and making me think of it it might happen.
I dont like being asked the same question over and over | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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