Discussion Anyone else also have any stories to share about interactions with Emergency Services during attempts?

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I made a couple of attempts over the years which ended in interactions with emergency services.

The first attempt was with a train, ultimately I was approached by transport police before I could even carry it out and was simply handed a leaflet with phone numbers on it and got on my way.

The second attempt I got totally hammered on a bottle of 95% alcohol having seen a BBC News article about it ending someone's life, I got to mixing it with energy drinks to make it tolerable to drink, I don't remember it making me feel anywhere near as bad as I was expecting I just remember having chills and shaking for a few days afterwards and while in the hospital I was just encouraged to drink lots of water and had police watching me the whole time I was in there.

I don't think this will be the last of my attempts as I see no value in sticking around much longer when I wake up each day wishing it was my last with no ambition to do anything other than lay in bed feeling constantly depressed with antidepressants seeming to offer any benefit.

Has anyone else's attempts resulted in interactions with emergency services and how did they go?

 

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I've had a few interesting ones. Question, is it not procedure in the UK to force a longer term hospitalization at a mental facility if you are caught attempting suicide? I'm from the US so it's kind of a whole game of "how much can I admit I'm struggling to this professional while still retaining my freedom."

But anyways, my favorite recent story was about the nurse sent to be my "sitter" (as in baby sitter) overnight as I waited for an evaluation in the morning. He walks in with a Mountain Dew and thin mints and goes "what up what up what up how we doing tonight brother?"

Turns out he was a high school intern, so like an actual child below the age of 18, who they did not debrief at ALL about what was going on or why I was in the hospital. I found it pretty funny ngl. He told me about his girl problems and snuck me thin mints for like four hours lmao. I wish the best for that kid.