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Talking through your shit is extremely important if you're suicidal. It's obviously awful that you can be institutionalized for doing so. I also think it is harmful that, in response to that, people sometimes spread misinformation about how much you're allowed to say before you can be legally institutionalized.

People will imply that even mentioning suicidality can get you institutionalized. I recommend checking your local laws, because this is almost certainly not true where you live.

Where I was then (New Jersey, USA) you need to, within the last 7 days:

1. Want to kill yourself

2. Have a plan

3. Have the desire to carry out that plan

4. Have the ability to carry out that plan

Then, you're meant to be evaluated by a social worker who's also a cop. I would disregard that part though because in my experience they truly never take your side.

I recommend having a conversation with your therapist before mentioning your ideation, asking, "At what point would you call the authorities on a suicidal person in your practice?" and, "What standard do you use to determine if a suicidal person should be institutionalized?" If you educate yourself about the law ahead of time, you can confirm that they are following the law. You can also potentially protect yourself if they try to institutionalize you illegally.

This information also empowers you to lie as little as possible. I would only discuss active urges after the one week window passed. This is an option for you if your local laws are the same as these.

Again, fundamentally, it's ludicrous that suicidal people are so badly mistreated and so often incarcerated. This is only meant to help you navigate a clearly broken system.

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todaysbird

Today's bird is this Rainbow Lorikeet who decided the enclosure was about them

nematodeneedles

Fanart of Barbara and Betilla from Rayman. They get on each other's nerves, but they're still good friends 🙂

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cutecipher

sir please calm down i didnt "edit" crash bandicoot into your wedding pictures he was an invited guest

loveridden1999

for those unaware today india experienced one of its biggest protests in half a decade. there were protests all over the nation for various causes but the major one was in delhi. all we asked for was the resignation of the education minister because he's failed the students of this nation time & time again. but we were met with brutality, the police had barricaded the main site of protest (jantar mantar). metro stations were shutdown, the public was restrained from reaching the protest site and all the adjoining areas had signal jammers to make sure the crowd had no access to constant updates. they had us blocked from all the sides. they were lathi (baton) charging students from one side & releasing tear gas from the other. you couldn't walk 100 m on streets without having a tear gas shell thrown at you. there were many students, women & kids bleeding — some from their head. some couldn't walk anymore. the police had removed their nameplates & acted with full impunity to resort to unprecedented levels of violence. they were pelting stones at us, beating up people for no reason, forcefully detaining them and attacking us constantly with tear gas & rubber bullets. they wouldn't let you exit either. the crowd was peaceful & looking out for each other yet they were met with violence. i made a friend who was all alone & she asked to join me & my friend because a policeman wouldn't leave her alone. he constantly prodded her for personal info, invited her back to the jeep saying they have food there, wouldn't stop following her around. you couldn't call or ask anyone for help, we were left to fend for ourselves & be on a constant lookout if you did not want to be beaten up to death by police. all for what? asking a resignation? shame on this country.

loveridden1999