> They actually released her the next day, and now she's terrified of "going back". I'm not saying the officials did anything wrong - they didn't - they were co

> They actually released her the next day, and now she's terrified of "going back". I'm not saying the officials did anything wrong - they didn't - they were courteous but implacable, but they were just doing an unpleasant job. I do not know your experience obviously, but this reads like more weight is put on how they handled it and less on your wife's experience. I'm glad they didn't handle it poorly (which is already too common), but being held against your will can be a seriously traumatizing experience. Regardless of if they did the "right" or "wrong" thing, the fear of losing your rights again can be severe and cause even more damage in the long term. I just want to make sure her likely terrible experience isn't overlooked because the medics followed their instructions. In my personal experience, I had a traumatic experience after talking about suicide as well. I didn't talk to anyone about it for many years afterwords because of that experience and the fear of it happening again. Arguably, I'm worse off because of that, since I have felt significantly better after eventually opening up and (luckily) not having a second traumatizing experience. But I recognize that even though everyone followed their orders properly, it can be terrifying to the individual. > On the plus side, she's not mentioned anything about taking her life since. Again, I don't know your personal experience, but I would strongly suggest you talk to her about this. Not mentioning it does not mean not thinking about it, especially if there's been a traumatizing experience in the past related to openly discussing suicide. She might be on edge discussing this topic with anyone, including you, because of the experience she had. I know what helped me is knowing I had someone that I could talk to without risk of being "turned in," which I suspect you wouldn't want to subject her to again. You can fact check me on this: talking about it won't "plant the idea" back in her head or anything. You sound like you care a lot about her. Someone like you is the reason I'm here still, so you're doing something right :)