Being reported on...

[servant4ever]

Has anyone ever have someone call your authorities or something about a suicide threat? If so, how did you respond? It just happened to me and I hate them. Stupid security comes down to my room, makes sure I'm safe (which I am) and then 10 minutes later the RD comes down to ask the same questions, but more in depth. All I know is I freak out and then I am angry at the "reporter" for the next 5 months.

servant4ever

 

[Mr.Cheese]

Well maybe the reporter's job and career were on the line and they had no other choice. It doesn't matter if you are serious or not. Certain people are obligated to report suicidal threats. What were you expecting to happen?

So maybe you should consider that your words and actions affect more than you. I guarantee that it sucks harder to be the person who reported you than it does to be you.
So think about that.

 

[madison1101]

Reporting someone making suicidal threats or speaking of suicide is very difficult. If you are threatening to hurt yourself, or kill yourself, or talking about it alot, an ethical person who cares about you will report you.

I am being trained to be a therapist, and I will be mandated to assess and report any clients who are a serious threat to themselves or others. To do otherwise would be unethical and I would not be able to sleep with myself if one of my clients did kill themselves and I did not report them.

The question to ask is this. What are you doing to take care of yourself and learn to cope with the negative emotions that are coming up? How are you self-soothing? Do you read scriptures regularly, like the Psalms?

I have been suicidal in the past, so I empathize with you on the feelings. I am on medications for depression, anxiety and psychosis. I am going to survive my emotional troubles. I am a stubborn, determined woman. Make the decision to do anything it takes to survive. Christ will give you the strength to do whatever it takes to get through it.

 

[TheMainException]

man, like I told you before.....they love you.....why else would they do it? If they don't like you and you were unstable...don't you think they'd laugh and wait for you to end it? The very fact that they are calling someone is because they care about you and DON'T want you to die.....with love, Lauren

 

[EbonNelumbo]

I agree with Lawise, dude, we love you.
To respond to the OP, please read Failed Suicide Attempt x2 and you will see what happened with me, to elaborate a bit though, yes it has been reported, I have been rather, the time was January 6th at like 9pm when I decided to swallow a couple bottles of pills and then walked out on my best friend but called when I left the dorm to apologize and she KNEW something was wrong, did I mention she found my suicide notes early? SHe ran downstairs where I had already left from and all my campus group was down there for 'hangtime' in which all of chi alpha gets together after service to hang out...well we did and 2 of my guy friends, one who was Eve's husband, followed me outside because they said I was stumbling and had huge pupils, they tailed me while she called 911 adn campus security. I was going to a crane to climb up, slit my wrists and die when Eve found me, crying and dragged me limping and disoriented to my campus pastor who knew NOTHING was even going on and then he took me to his SUV and drove me to the hospital while I begged him to let me die. The drs saved me thank God.

Chris, if it was not for her calling 911 and telling my pastor, I would be dead. Would you, personally, be happy if I was dead? No, so stop complaining about people loving you buddy, because were not going to stop, it is our obligation as brothers and sisters in christ to help you and even for the unsaved, it's a moral responsibility to call for help.

We love you, stop trying to make it sound like they did it to be mean, I know it is hard to believe they wanted anything other than to meddle with your life but take it from a person who knows...

 

[servant4ever]

Look, I wasn't thinking straight when it happened. I am already talking to the person as good friends again (unlike the last few times I've been reported). I guess I'm just mad at my school for making me tell my counselor this.

servant4ever