Posted by Gracie2 on October 24, 2001, at 1:09:45
In reply to Please help, posted by avr on October 23, 2001, at 18:24:17
I cannot tell you how many stupid, suicidal things I've done because I thought I could "tough it out" without professional help. As I explained in a previous post, as a teenager I would beg my mother for psychiatric help...I was abusing drugs and cutting myself; once I punched through a thick pane of glass to an emergency fire hose and severed tendons in my thumb, damaging it permanently. Still, my mother refused to take me to a psychiatrist; she said they were for "lunatics and idiots". I was nearly 40 years old before I saw a psychiatrist, and by that time I was bent on self-destruction. The police had to actually come and take me away.
Don't allow yourself to reach this point. Find a psychiatrist and get help.
-Gracie
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