r/mentalhealth

8h ago

u/SusFiggy

NSFW

What happens if I tell my therapist I have a plan and intent, but no specific date?

It just feels like I'm getting closer and closer.

Sometimes I don't want to go through with it - because of my cat, my friends, my family - and I know I should be honest and try to listen to that part of me. Hence this post. But I can't stop thinking about it, about what I would need to do beforehand, about how tired I am and how hopeless it feels, about how I don't want to be here.

If I tell him this, what would happen? I know he is against hospitalization unless it's a last resort.…