Discussion Will my shrink put the foot down?

[otoyikim]

My shrink knows about my suicide plan, she knows that i am mentally prepared for it and she has seen me down these past few days.

She asked if i had opened up to my psychologist and i said no. The reason for that is that my psychologist knows my family(She worked with me on a rehabilitation center back when i was a child.) So it kinda felt sacriliegous to open up because i didn't want her to see me in a sad mood.

Any potential guesses on whether she is alerted to my plan? I don't want to be sent to the ward.

 

[NormallyNeurotic]

She legally has to or she will get her license revoked. Depends on whether she's ready to risk that as a mandated reporter.

 

[otoyikim]

She legally has to or she will get her license revoked. Depends on whether she's ready to risk that as a mandated reporter.

well i'm screwed

 

[NormallyNeurotic]

well i'm screwed

Any psychologist, therapist, social worker, psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, school counselor, teacher, (etc) is a mandated reporter. Any government-associated suicide hotline is similar, and will track your location if you plan to CTB whether you have location on or not.

In the future, non-carceral/anti-psychiatric-hold hotlines and groups run by peers instead of people employed by the system are more likely to give you the space you need.

Now, depending on what area you're in, you will either have cops coming to your house, or mental health-based social workers. The latter is the best case scenario, but cops are most common in the USA at least.

Are you marginalized in any way that puts you at risk of police brutality? Have you been to a mental hospital before? Those are two questions that can change a lot of how you should handle this.