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There's a lot of issues with this in the US. When I was a kid my oldest brother enrolled in some free counseling from a church. They had him fill out why he wa
by the-pigeon 8y ago
There's a lot of issues with this in the US.
When I was a kid my oldest brother enrolled in some free counseling from a church. They had him fill out why he was going to counseling so he honestly wrote down that he had been having suicidal thoughts.
So this church freaked out and sent a pastor and someone else over to force him to promise not to kill himself.
Which as you can imagine was horrible and completely broke his trust in the system.
Also taught me to never ever be honest with people about serious things like suicide unless you've already know how they will react or you think you are a real danger to yourself.
Suicidal thoughts from time to time are fine. The issue is when you start to have real intent to carry them out. That's when you need help.