Teddybear
Specialist
- Nov 20, 2021
- 335
So I decided to go and finally seek some "professional" help. I managed to google up some online counseling services and a few of them actually replied to my inquiry.
Me: "Will our talks be confidential?"
They: "Oh yeah, all our consultations are covered by confidentiallity. Its the law!"
Me: "And what about when I voice thoughts of self-harm? What about not wanting to go on living?"
They: "Oh, in cases of expected self-harm we actually have to inform police and the authorities forthwith. Its the law!"
Then why bother? I could just as well put myself into a psychward right away. I seek help to combat the fears and anxieties that make life unbearable to me - only to find out that the outcome of such an excercise would find me locked up in a lony bin.
What kind of a messed up system is this?!!
Any priest can claim secrecy, even if you confess murder to him. But the guy you pay to help you get better will call the cops on you the moment you voice thoughts of suicide to him.
Then who else am I to talk to, w/o fear of getting locked up? My dog?!
Me: "Will our talks be confidential?"
They: "Oh yeah, all our consultations are covered by confidentiallity. Its the law!"
Me: "And what about when I voice thoughts of self-harm? What about not wanting to go on living?"
They: "Oh, in cases of expected self-harm we actually have to inform police and the authorities forthwith. Its the law!"
Then why bother? I could just as well put myself into a psychward right away. I seek help to combat the fears and anxieties that make life unbearable to me - only to find out that the outcome of such an excercise would find me locked up in a lony bin.
What kind of a messed up system is this?!!
Any priest can claim secrecy, even if you confess murder to him. But the guy you pay to help you get better will call the cops on you the moment you voice thoughts of suicide to him.
Then who else am I to talk to, w/o fear of getting locked up? My dog?!