Why do you have suicidal thoughts?

[DUDale]

I've been placed in psych wards and mental health facilities 7 times. I have attempted suicide near 50 times from overdoses , hanging and cutting to name a few.
I have been diagnosed with several things over weeks of being observed and studied. I have borderline personality disorder, severe major depressive disorder, scizoaffective disorder, cptsd, bulimia, chronic suicidal ideation, substance abuse disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and addiction to self harm.

I do agree that mental Healthcare in the US is a joke but I believe I would be the perfect definition of someone who is mentally ill.

Do you believe that the mental health industry has helped you? Made things worse? Made no difference either way? Have any psych meds helped, harmed, or made any difference? I have been through a lot of the same things that you have and have had some of those diagnoses. A lot of them, I don't believe are credible. You describe weeks of being observed and studied. My experience with psych hospitals is that I was mostly ignored and certainly never studied. Seemed like, other than the money they were trying to make from billing insurance, no one cared 1 way or another.
Hank Williams said:
"No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive"

 

[savavmdiv]

When you say medical debt it makes me believe you are in the united states although it could be an issue in other nations, but UK, Canada and most civilized countries have health care systems where it's not an issue. In the united states we don't have a health care system. What we have instead is an insurance fraud racket with the highest costs, richest doctors and the worst health care outcomes on the planet.

Yes I am in the US. I can say it is not the only factor, however it is a major part driving me to find a date.

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

Do you believe that the mental health industry has helped you? Made things worse? Made no difference either way? Have any psych meds helped, harmed, or made any difference? I have been through a lot of the same things that you have and have had some of those diagnoses. A lot of them, I don't believe are credible. You describe weeks of being observed and studied. My experience with psych hospitals is that I was mostly ignored and certainly never studied. Seemed like, other than the money they were trying to make from billing insurance, no one cared 1 way or another.
Hank Williams said:
"No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive"

Nothing helps . It's just more trauma