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LemonjuiceSenior Contributor
I'm at hospital reception to get referral for suicidal prevention program, but I'm thinking of leaving cause everyone who is coming in is in serious medical trouble. I'm being ignored cause I look ok, but at the same time, I feel like an idiot. There's nothing wrong with me at the moment, I don't know about an hour from now, but for now, I'm ok. Stupid thing to do.
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LemonjuiceSenior Contributor
They've got me waiting in a room. I've hot a bracelet on me and they are geting the mental health team to talk with me...all for a referral. Way over the top. I just thought, I would come in, early morning when there aren't any people, get a quick referral and go home and just use fishing as an excuse to the family. I should have just gone to a gp, but I worried that they may be connected with my family doctor...not that he would dob me into the family but I couldn't take the risk. There goes my freaking Sunday. The thing is, I can't even change my mind now, I am guessing that if I do anything to leave, it will cause them to hang on to me more. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! I had you guys, it's enough. Shit if the family finds out, things are going to get messed up even more. Just got to stay calm, talk my way out of this.
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LemonjuiceSenior Contributor
I'm back home...thank goodness. Apparently, the hospital doctors don't give referrals. 😳:face_with_rolling_eyes:🤔 So now I got to go through all of that again with a gp. She wanted to keep me in but I agreed to allow some community-based service to contact us, and I got out of there as fast as I could. I'm fine, seriously, it's just that I am dissociating more often, for miniseconds, minutes, and during some of those times, it feels like an overwhelming energy to hurt myself.
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LemonjuiceSenior Contributor
Well, I will never go to hospital again for help! I had two women from the mental health crisis team turn up at my doorstop at 10am this morning! Luckily, my niece and nephew were asleep. I asked them as politely as I could and in a low voice, to please leave as my family knew nothing about what I was going through. I called back and got a strongly accented nurse, that I could barely understand basically tell me a blah, blah, blah, story about how the system works, basically, some of things I was told yesterday about seeing a shrink through the hospital is wrong. I just told her that I was feeling better and wouldn't need anymore assistance. Never, ever, again!
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Lemonjuice
Glad you are home.
I have not found hospitals the best either. Lots of long stories. Best I dont go there.
I do hope that you can find some way to set up a supportive network for you. Keep looking for people in the system outside of hospital.
Take Care
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