What are the pros to hospitalizing a suicidal teen???

Question

Or any other suicidal person. I can sit here and tell you why it's a retarded idea for most *your kid wants to die, let's take away everything they have to live for. THAT MAKES SENSE!*

But, aside from the "24/7" monitoring *which is crap, been there, lots of times when the kid is left alone* what would be a good reason to take everything they care about, from the ability to go to someone they trust for help, to the indaviduality they care about so much?

Prove to me why you think complete isolation will make anyone feel better.

Isolate a determined person in an empty room, we'll find a way to do some damage.

Hell, I've got a pretty little scar from a laundry basket. All it really takes is a wall, though.

i'm the teen constantly threatened with full time care.

funny how pple answer better when they think they're answering a question asked by an "adult"

Answer 1

So YOU do not have to deal with their whining.

Answer 2

If it's a good hospital, than the teen won't be isolated. If it's a state or government run hospital the child may be isolated sometimes, but isolated without instrumentation to hurt her/himself with.
I hope you can afford to send your teen to the best because all persons deserve the best there is to offer.

BTW: I've answered each of your questions on this topic to the best of my ability knowing that you were probably a teen asking from an adult point of view.
I understand that you are hurting a lot. I read your lists of problems in your life, and as a teen I went through many of the same things that you did. In retrospect, the biggest problem in my life was my mother, but in the midst of my trauma, I was angry and agitated and wanted to take things out on myself because I believed the ideas she instilled in me (essentially, that I was worthless).
You are not worthless, but you do need help and you are still a child and really can't help yourself and your parents don't seem to be much help either, so why don't you tell them you need to see a good therapist several times a week or to be committed for a while to a really nice facility where you can get a break and a grip.
Hold on. It'll be OK, albeit with many many downs and ups.
Best Wishes.

Answer 3

Because if you know someone is going to hurt themselves and you don't do anything you are an accessory in the eyes of the law. So the teens parent would get in legal trouble, not to mention how the public would view it if it was known to them before the fact that the teen intended themselves harm and then
actually did something.

And its not really taking away everything they have to live for if they already want to kill themselves now, is it?

And if the reason you want to die is because your parents cut your allowance/took away your game-boy/whatever you spoiled little things "live for" then your shallow and there's too many like you anyway.

Its not to make you feel better, its a last resort because you're being unreasonable or you're are legitimately ill and need to be contained until they can devise a way to help you.
If you're acting out because you want something now would be the time to grow up a little and cut the crap before you end up with a reputation for mental instability. Because your parents will have you on a short leash from now until forever.
If you actually have a real problem like you're bi-polar or your parents starve and molest you, then you need to go be isolated so you can get help.

Answer 4

"People answer better when they think they are answering a question from an adult"? Judging from not only this post but all your posts, it could not be clearer that you are a child. As far as answering "better" is concerned, obviously "better" to you is when someone says exactly what you want to hear. Otherwise you throw a tantrum like you do with your mother and tell everyone to gofuckthemselvesuptheass. People do not dislike you because you look differently than others in your area. They dislike you because you act like a spoiled brat. I feel tremendously sorry for your mom and all you must be putting her through. She should seriously commit you for a tremendous length of time. What would you expect she do? Spend her every waking moment walking on eggshells because if you do not get each and every demand of yours met you will scream and cry and threaten suicide? Threatening suicide because you did not like where you were going to be graced with family and friends and a lovely dinner is absolutely disgraceful. You should really have it bad in life and have no food or family at all, no schooling in order to behave badly at and get expelled from, no whirlpool tub for your cat to fall into or a mom who can joke around and splash water at it, no anything. You might then take a very close look at yourself. As far as the "oompa loompa" that took your boyfriend.....if he dealt with tantrums you throw at your mother every day, leaving you for the Godzilla would look like a better option. YOU are the one creating the damage to your own life and relationships and nobody else. You are clearly hard to even deal with since you come on here and merely argue your points and lash out when you do not get the response you desire.

Answer 5

Wow...I'm not sure what kind of hospital you are familiar with, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone.

Ideally, there are several reasons for hospitalizing someone who is suicidal. 1) Because they are in a controlled environment and they are monitored, they are less able to hurt themselves or someone else. (Note: I said less able. I did not say unable.) 2) In a hospital setting, counseling and therapy can be more intensive because it can take place at any time, not just when schedules permit. 3) The hospital setting removes the individual from the events, people, and situations that are contributing to the suicidal thoughts. 4) If there is a need for mood stabilizers or anti-depressants, these can be administered and adjusted to the correct dosage more rapidly than when the person is at home.

In reference to your comment about taking them away from everything they care about and the individuality they care so much about, those who genuinely, deeply care that much about themselves, friends and family are not usually suicidal. Well, they are not genuinely suicidal in terms of wanting to die, rather than wanting attention. To truly feel the best thing for your life is to end it means you have nothing in this world to live for and there is nobody and nothing that can benefit from your existence. In that case, there is nothing from which to separate the suicidal person. They have already created the separation.

Answer 6

It is not isolation they also get professional help & medication if needed! Ateenager is not a small child they are young adults, and need to be treated as such.You do not know everything your child has to live for!!! If you are comming acrossed as an overbearing & intolerant & opinionated adult you need the isolation NOT THE KID!!!Beware there could be a problem here??

Answer 7

teens today have it pretty bad the world they are growing up in has government lies scandals and every thing around them is built on lies and they are tired of being lied to and told its their fault for feeling the way they do and its not there fault there right the world needs a great big change, they are told what to do when to do it and for some have gone ways off and its never the child's fault its the system in witch they live or there parents way of bringing them up its abuse someones failing them and its not the teens fault we blame em but hay they did not get that way on there own ? its like kiking a dog and starving it out and playing games on it and then telling it 15 years later to get the paper for you and then its to late its tire of the **** and will either run off or bit the s.h.i.t. out of your a.s.s. ( figure of speach not personal) then say thats a bad dog put it to sleep ok see what I am trying to say ?

Answer 8

too much missing here to answer-are they administrating control drugs? are there issues, that being isolated causes them to address other needs there by offsetting other destructive needs..too much missing here, obviously putting them out on the street was not a solution?

Answer 9

IT MAINTAIN SAFETY TO THE CHILD, but i dont think your that sick your in need of love ,try finding a friend that wil lhelp you get on in life not trying to end what you have in it