I think I made a huge mistake

[AstroV]

I told my brother that I wasn't interested in life anymore. Does that heavily imply suicide? I'm afraid the cops might show up at my door.

 

[DeepDespair101]

Nah you're good. I've told my psych and therapist I had a plan and everything. As long as you don't mention intention or means you should be fine.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Brother can still call cops and request welfare visit. Doesn't take much to get one of those.

 

[AstroV]

Brother can still call cops and request welfare visit. Doesn't take much to get one of those.

Fuck man..

 

[Unending]

I think it just depends on the context and type of person. Even if a welfare visit hypothetically happened, you didn't say anything explicitly about suicide as far as I see. I imagine you could claim it to have been a misunderstanding.

 

[SamTam33]

Text him a funny cat video or something. Ask him a random question like if he's ever noticed how good-looking some celebrity is.

Mention something that's going to occur on a future date, e.g. "I'm thinking about going to that XYZ concert. Would you wanna go?"

That's my go-to when I think I might've said too much or sense people getting all weird on me.

It implies that you're thinking about things not associated with death and they back off.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Fuck man..

But, would he do that to you?

 

[AstroV]

But, would he do that to you?

I don't think so. He's in another state anyways so I hope he wouldn't tell my family who lives close to me. I just told him that I was just messing with him and that I'm fine.

 

[onceuponadec]

I think it just depends on the context and type of person. Even if a welfare visit hypothetically happened, you didn't say anything explicitly about suicide as far as I see. I imagine you could claim it to have been a misunderstanding.

I agree it depends on the person and context. If I said something like this to my younger sister, she would just think I'm venting about work or something else. However, my older sister, who I've mentioned my Suicidal Tendencies to would be more concerned.