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Re: Ok, I'm just being a chatty bitch here-

[(Anonymous)]

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?

Re: Ok, I'm just being a chatty bitch here-

[(Anonymous)]

OP here- I'm Australian too. It all seems so arbitrary doesn't it?
I'm not kidding when I say the end result of my attempt was a simple "Are you going to do this again?" Hell, I'm not even sure if the person who asked me was even from the psych unit.

Although, I have cultivated a bad memory for years now. (Combination of having severe OCD and being bullied all through high school. It's hard to obsess over something if you can't remember it, and the less I remember of high school, the happier I am.)

Re: Ok, I'm just being a chatty bitch here-

[(Anonymous)]

(SE US anon again). I had no history of self-harm or anything either. As a result of this event, I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.