jeez. i wonder how your case could've ended up in an actual mental health facility -- i had to get tested for ADHD and they figured out i had some form of depression (it's...tolerable, but i do get really low points now and then) that included suicidal ideation (i've never made attempts on my life but i have had troubling thoughts like how much better off my family would be if i had died, how much i would stop suffering, etc) but i guess they never took what i had that seriously because they never really suggested medicating me and i was never taken to a psychiatrist following that.

but i wonder why cases like these are handled so differently depending on the circumstances? maybe they thought since i had no history of self-harm or suicide attempts i wouldn't be in trouble?