I'm sorry to hear about your current struggles, fwiw from an internet stranger, I wish you the best of luck. I too suffer from pretty severe depression, and, l

I'm sorry to hear about your current struggles, fwiw from an internet stranger, I wish you the best of luck. I too suffer from pretty severe depression, and, like you, am going through a particularly acute bout at the moment. I'll likely be checking myself into a clinic at some point in the next 24 hours regardless, but I'd be really interested in hearing more about the 'mental safeguards' you mention in your first paragraph.