ok i'm thinkinging about getting help with my cutting. i'm 15 if that means anything i just want to know if they will put me in a mental institution automaticly?
2006-09-21 13:29:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
My experience of the institutional world is being thrown into a local mental ward for a week after coming into emergency for a horribly deep gash. I was incredibly honest about my cutting, fabricating none of the truth and even admitting to cutting everyday and having thoughts of killing myself (I figure I probably wanted the help). I think the doctor court-ordered me because he thought I was at risk for suicide. I was also over 18, and so my parents' wish was no factor at all.
It might be different for you, however, if you come to someone specifically asking for some kind of mental help and no one's convinced you're going to go home and kill yourself. Your parents will have a lot more say in this, and I would think that unless they thought you needed institutionalized it would be unlikely to happen.
Take care and be careful, however. Institutions can be scary as hell, especially the generalized ones. I met schizophrenics who acted like they might kill me in my sleep, terrifyingly violent men with records full of assaults...there are no locks on the doors (unless you're locked in of course) and relatively no privacy. I would talk to someone I thought I could trust with this first, and from there see about finding a counselor, psychotherapist, or group therapy program that would be helpful to you (instead of give you PTSD).
I know this can be scary, confiding in someone, but I wish you the best of luck. I think it's really good that you're wanting to get help for this, because the habit just causes more misery.
2006-09-21 13:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Life Skills Coach in the Indianapolis area. I work with teens within the "at-risk" set. First off, cutting is a coping mechanism. Be sure you know what lies behind your cutting. I have lived with and assisted individuals who cut and it is a very serious problem but it can be stopped if you believe in yourself and confront what is the root cause of your cutting.
Don't be affraid to get help. I can understand if you don't want to tell your folks but only you know how they might react to such information. That said, if you have solid enough of a relationship then they need to be told before they find out on their own. They will wig out and maybe over-react if they find out from someone other than you. Some kids that I work with cut and the reason why they were institutionalized was because they never stopped the cutting before it got out of control. I knew one young man who had to wear rubber gloves with duct tape around his wrists because his cutting was so bad. Remember this above all else, you are not the problem and you are not weird. The sickness you have is the problem and you can rise above it.
Start journaling and writing down what makes you cut and where you do it. Start to think about why you want to cut before it becomes something you do out of habit and without feeling or remorse for what you are doing to your body.
I don't know you but I believe in you.
You can do it but you should seek out help and if you can ask for help from your parents. Just try to do it before they have to send you to a residential treatment facility because you don't want to go there. It just isn't the best place to be.
Good luck to you.
2006-09-21 13:40:50 · answer #2 · answered by billyniehaus 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been in about 8 times and did all the antidepressants and shock treatments. When I had my first hospitalization in Gracie Square Hospital in New York City for anorexia/bulimia, my roomate (an older woman) showed me how physical pain releases mental pain. I stopped for a long time but started again and I have to wear long sleaves and long pants. My husband yells and freaks but I keep doing it, same with the anorexia and bulimia. If they think you are a threat to yourself, they may ask you to go in-patient for counselling and treatment. This depression sucks, my mom would say "just go get your hair highlighted or put on some red lipstick to get out of your rut". Oh, if she ever knew what was in my brain, her head would spin. Good luck to you.
2006-09-21 14:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by LaLaLisa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they will not automatically put you in an institution, unless they feel that you need constant watching.
Cutters are not necessarily suicidal. Sometimes - oft-times it is the only they have to deal with inner pain. Some people turn to alcohol, some to drugs, some cut.
I hope and pray that you get the help you need to deal with your inner pain in a healthier way. I feel very sad for you that that is how you feel that you must deal with it now.
2006-09-21 13:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by Road Warrior 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hospitals tend not to be the best places for cutters. Actually, they tend to make things worse. The best place is outpatient care for the most part. Hospitals are used when the person is truly dangerous to themselves. Once the danger has passed, outpatient is the order of the day.
2006-09-21 13:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by adamsjrcn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude they wont
i went through this a lot of bad sh*t happend to me and i used to cut
your doing the right thing i know
just talk to your parents or drive to a hospital and tehy will help you..
sometimes they put you in one with other cutters or w/e
(the book cut is acurate)
but that didnt happen with me i just went to therapy for a while
good luck
**hugs**
the best feeling is when u throw all ur razors away
it feels...awsome
2006-09-21 13:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by Hannah=brokenteeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. It depends on how big a threat to yourself they think you are. Chances are you'll either get outpatient one on one or group therapy. I doubt that they'll stick you in with the hard cases.
2006-09-21 13:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly the in reality aspect per chance slightly worse is waiting for someone to go back and %. you up and there late ' or the do not inform you what time their coming.They both are fairly confusing to do.
2016-11-23 14:02:16 · answer #8 · answered by hariwon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not sure but please get whatever help you need to stop hurting yourself..you are so young and have a long wonderful life ahead of you ..get on the right track and good luck ...god bless you and help you get through this
2006-09-21 13:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by va8326 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sure they would if thats what you wanted and believed would help you. Talk to your parents about it.
2006-09-21 13:31:04 · answer #10 · answered by Love Is Pain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋