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11 Nov 2017, 5:00 pm

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11 Nov 2017, 5:04 pm

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The trail that I'm going to blaze tomorrow when I wear my German helmet to the Remembrance Day service tomorrow. It's going to be covered with the loom knitted cover that I did in Sweet Pea colours (variegated greens and blues) so it won't look so scary to the war vets and other seniours.


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11 Nov 2017, 7:08 pm

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The trail that I'm going to blaze tomorrow when I wear my German helmet to the Remembrance Day service tomorrow. It's going to be covered with the loom knitted cover that I did in Sweet Pea colours (variegated greens and blues) so it won't look so scary to the war vets and other seniours.

I'm 100% sure that someone will find that in exceedingly bad taste.


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12 Nov 2017, 12:19 am

I kind of wonder if I should be hospitalized for my mental health problems. In particular, my urge to self-harm has been much stronger the past few days, and I'm not sure I should be trusted at home alone with knives easily accessible. Probably only a matter of time until I use one of them on myself.


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12 Nov 2017, 12:33 am

^If you feel that way, call a local crisis or mental health hotline, or 1-800-Suicide, because they could listen and help or refer you right away. They also have online chat options if that's easier.

You mentioned that you take medication. Do you also have a therapist to see more frequently?



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12 Nov 2017, 12:48 am

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^If you feel that way, call a local crisis or mental health hotline, or 1-800-Suicide, because they could listen and help or refer you right away. They also have online chat options if that's easier.

You mentioned that you take medication. Do you also have a therapist to see more frequently?


I don't want to kill myself (right now, at least), but I'm afraid I'll accidentally do serious damage even if all I want to do is see myself bleed. I've tried the online suicide prevention hotline thing before, when I was actively suicidal, and pretty much all the person did was reiterate what I'd said and offer a couple platitudes.

I had an appointment with a psychiatrist on Tuesday, and all he did was ask me a few questions, pretty much just confirming everything I'd put down on the forms I had to fill out beforehand, and then increase the dosage of a medication I was already taking and add two more. I have a follow-up appointment on December 5, but that seems like a long time away right now.


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12 Nov 2017, 1:16 am

I'm confused. Why didn't your psychiatrist refer you to a therapist for weekly sessions? Or maybe he thinks you'll find one on your own.



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12 Nov 2017, 1:27 am

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I'm confused. Why didn't your psychiatrist refer you to a therapist for weekly sessions? Or maybe he thinks you'll find one on your own.


I don't know. I haven't seen a psychiatrist before, I didn't know what it was supposed to be like. I thought maybe it was because it was my first appointment and it was just supposed to be intake stuff. The follow-up appointment was made at the same time as the first appointment. I'm hoping the next appointment will be more helpful.


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12 Nov 2017, 1:39 am

I get that you don't want to wait until then though. Local hotlines or your insurance company can refer you to therapists in your area. Or the psychiatrist's office might suggest someone if you tell them how you're feeling.



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12 Nov 2017, 1:49 am

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I get that you don't want to wait until then though. Local hotlines or your insurance company can refer you to therapists in your area. Or the psychiatrist's office might suggest someone if you tell them how you're feeling.


Thank you for the suggestions. I just told my mom, who knows I self-harm but not to what extent, that I've been having more of an urge to do it recently. She said I should wait a few days and if it doesn't let up, she'll call the psychiatrist. It's possible it's just the medication change causing this. I'll try to remember to try the hotline again if I think I'm in immediate danger of doing harm to myself, in the meantime.


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12 Nov 2017, 2:16 am

Removing the romantic aspect, this pretty much sums up how I feel about my family.


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12 Nov 2017, 7:25 am

Pool. Reminds me of last week's party.
Full. Because, well, food.
Fool. Since I tricked someone by --
Pull.ing a prank on certain people. :twisted:


All 4 of those words because I've been attending 1-2 parties a week lately for nearly a month now. :| Soooo... 6 parties attended for the last 4 weeks or so.
My big family, a (waaay bigger) social network from others, and the culture's penchant for celebrations... And I'm sure I haven't stretched far enough since I only skimmed through it, and I barely ever remembered anyone I had greeted let alone am directly got myself involved. :lol:

Out of those parties, I had the best eavesdropping sessions done. :twisted:


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12 Nov 2017, 1:02 pm

dragonsanddemons wrote:
DataB4 wrote:
I get that you don't want to wait until then though. Local hotlines or your insurance company can refer you to therapists in your area. Or the psychiatrist's office might suggest someone if you tell them how you're feeling.


Thank you for the suggestions. I just told my mom, who knows I self-harm but not to what extent, that I've been having more of an urge to do it recently. She said I should wait a few days and if it doesn't let up, she'll call the psychiatrist. It's possible it's just the medication change causing this. I'll try to remember to try the hotline again if I think I'm in immediate danger of doing harm to myself, in the meantime.


the psychiatrist for a patient i was helping wanted to put her in a day program because she made a small cut on her arm. i think that if you let your doc know how you are feeling, they will likely channel you to more help quickly.



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12 Nov 2017, 2:28 pm

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the psychiatrist for a patient i was helping wanted to put her in a day program because she made a small cut on her arm. i think that if you let your doc know how you are feeling, they will likely channel you to more help quickly.


I tried to go into more detail about things, but he was busy writing the prescriptions instead of paying attention :hmph: I definitely didn't get a good first impression, hopefully the second will be better.


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12 Nov 2017, 2:54 pm

dragonsanddemons wrote:
cathylynn wrote:

the psychiatrist for a patient i was helping wanted to put her in a day program because she made a small cut on her arm. i think that if you let your doc know how you are feeling, they will likely channel you to more help quickly.


I tried to go into more detail about things, but he was busy writing the prescriptions instead of paying attention :hmph: I definitely didn't get a good first impression, hopefully the second will be better.


i would call him and let him know what's up.



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12 Nov 2017, 3:05 pm

cathylynn wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:

i would call him and let him know what's up.


I think my mom's going to if I'm not doing better in a few days. I have horrible anxiety talking on the phone and am lucky to be able to speak understandably at the best of times.


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