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Polly

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Jan 15, 2020
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Of telling my therapist thst I ordered the SN.

He's been pro choice up to now. Now he wants to get me in a bureaucratic tangle by putting me in the high risk list.
 
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TheGoodGuy

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Aug 27, 2018
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My sympathise your therapist lied to you by softening you up to spill your secrets which they try to us all but your therapist even said he/she was pro-choice and then does this.

That is what I keep saying, therapists are not your friends that is why I will never tell them I am suicidal because you get punished for it. The patient confidentiality doesn´t really exist I even asked the last time to my psychiatrist in the right way (while knowing the answer) about patient confidentiality specifically if a person is suicidal do they go into a data base and unsurprisingly she said "yes".

If they wanted people like me to truly open up about EVERYTHING then there should be no consequences for sharing my thoughts to a therapist including not writing it down in some data base where it will effect me.
 
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SpottedPanda

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It'll be in your therapists job description to take action. By not doing so they could risk prosecution.

There are two good reasons I never told my care coordinator that I bought helium. 1. It'd probably be straight to the spooky hotel, And 2. They'd most likely take it from me.
 
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Polly

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Di Great now whst to i do. Makes me want to ctb more than ever
 
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SpottedPanda

SpottedPanda

I'm all about coffee and cigarettes
Jul 24, 2019
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Di Great now whst to i do. Makes me want to ctb more than ever

Well just wait and see what happens, I guess. I assume you'll be having more sessions with the therapist?
 
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Cheshirecatx

Cheshirecatx

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May 10, 2019
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My doctors found out and had (in the UK) the crisis team take mine away. Didn't really have much repercussion. I ordered more and just need AE now, it's been a few months and therapy doesn't help. You'll still get away with it if you want to - there are loops and roundabouts in it.

Good luck for you in your case though. Each one is different
 
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Polly

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Well just wait and see what happens, I guess. I assume you'll be having more sessions with the therapist?
Seeing him on Thursday. Hopefully seeing him and leaving. (Well,all this is virtual of course)
 
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SpottedPanda

SpottedPanda

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Jul 24, 2019
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Yeah it's not like they can control parcels coming to your house, even if you did need to replace it.

And it's like @Cheshirecatx said. There are ways around being sectioned, at least some of the time.

It's a virtual therapy session? Wow okay
 
Sad_Autistic_boy_101

Sad_Autistic_boy_101

When I die, you'll love me.
Nov 19, 2019
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I've had a different experience. My last therapist I told her I was thinking about killing myself but she did nothing and I took an overdose and she said she was upset that I did it. Then I told my recent therapist that I was struggling with suicidal thoughts and she didn't elaborate on the topic and then I attempted to hang myself. As you can see i'm a piece of shit who failed. Weirdly you can tell therapists you have had an attempt without any repercussions as my therapist says it's in the past. I guess it would based on the therapist.
 
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SpottedPanda

SpottedPanda

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Jul 24, 2019
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What are the ways around it?

If they visit you and do an interview, they'll try and gauge whether you're a danger to yourself or others. If you can present yourself well and allude to the fact that you have no immediate plans, that might help.

I used to live with a woman who had BPD. She used to cut herself all the time, and talk about suicide, but she never got sectioned. I suppose they made the call that she'd been cutting for a while, and her talk of suicide was mostly due to impulsive behaviour. In fact they only sectioned her when she was balls to the wall nuts.

Likewise, my family think they wait too long to section me, when I go in. Oftentimes they act when things are at an extreme, but not necessarily always.
 
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Sorry to hear about your situation and as far as your therapist, they are bound by mandatory reporting laws due to them being mandated reporters (which is what they are classified as in the US and many parts in the world). As for what you can do in the interim, is hope he doesn't take more drastic actions and do your best to placate him by convincing him that you aren't in imminent danger. It may/not help (as all therapists and professionals are different), but the best you can do now is to minimize damage and retain as much liberty and rights as possible. If you do end up being sectioned/hospitalized, I would suggest complying with their orders and not try to argue too much in order to make your stay as short as possible.

Yes, it sucks, but since your secret is out (as the therapist knows already), all I can say now is to minimize damage and then once you are off the hook, not to tell anyone else (especially another therapist - since the vast majority of them will be similar to this guy - deception, lies, softening up, and then once you leak out your secret/beans, they use that information against you - via risk assessment, threat assessment, and/or filed away in a database.)

I do second @TheGoodGuy here as the patient confidentiality doesn't truly exist, at least in the sense that we are expecting. It may be confidential against strangers in the streets and other third parties uninvolved, but as far as government and medical records within the legal system, medical system, and what not, it's open for them. Also, iirc, in the US, a judge can subpoena a mental health professional for records in court of law, which overrides doctor-patient confidentiality.
 
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Polly

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Si really st this pint there is no reason not to go ahead with some immediate form of suicide.
 
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not-2-b-the-answer

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Mar 23, 2018
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As long as you aren't being watched, you could hide your SN when it comes. Maybe tell your therapist the order was cancelled or you changed your mind. I don't know if they would believe you.
 

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