tw: suicide first off apologies for any abruptness/rambling in this post, and also the informal syntax - i've been waffling over whether or not to make an account on kintsugi since the site went up, basically, and kept finding reasons not to. there was this whole thing. i'm just hoping to type this up and send it off before my brain can stop me again. the time-sensitive issue is this: as the anon from this post here (and also one of the maybe-adhd anons, but that's slightly less related) i've been contemplating going to a youth clinic just down the street to talk about the thing but also procrastinating on that for various reasons and the place is open for mental health-related drop-ins every tuesday and appointments every monday, but the problem is if i don't go this tuesday (today) i won't be able to for at least another two weeks, because of a trip out-of-country and i'm still not sure whether or not to go, mostly because i don't know what i'll say to the people there. would they be obligated to tell someone if i express suicidal intent, or will it be okay if i insist that i don't plan to go through with it? tl;dr/questions: should i go for a drop-in, and if i do, what should i say when i get there?
my understanding of things is thus: if you indicate that you have a plan of some sort they have to do something, but otherwise you're generally gucci. 'danger to oneself or others' and all that. idk if that holds true where you live, tho. have you tried checking up on law-type stuff in your area?
maybe try putting out feelers before you mention the suicide thing? It can help to talk about the things that are upsetting and stressful even if you aren't adding "and I keep thinking about dying" and you can sort of get a sense of how seriously they'll take you and what kind of response you'd get
this is how i understand it, too. is there something i can try googling to find out whether or not it's different in my area? i think i'll try doing this. unfortunately i also just found out that they're open tomorrow, too, which of course means that i might put it off. thank you both for the advice! i'll post with updates if i can convince myself to go today.
thank you for all the help! i ended up deciding to go yesterday, and the lady was surprisingly nice and now i have a diagnosis of depression with side of anxiety, i guess. not sure if it's official or not but it's still validating. i'm on a waitlist for counselling that's estimated 3-4 months, but i think i can handle that wait? anyway thank you very much for helping!
