Hi
@DotsIt is so very difficult when our loved ones attempt, when they come home 24/7 suicide watch is draining. I understand your fear, I was terrified leaving my husband in his own after his attempt. A mother leaving a daughter after an epileptic fit would probably have similar feelings.
Living in fear is not sustainable for our own sanity. It is so very important to get your own support through this (as it is for all the family - not just the primary patient). I felt ill equipped as to what to do when he was discharged, I feel stronger because of the support and psych education I now have, but cannot say how this would translate in a crisis.
Be ever so gentle with yourself, it is very hard to come to terms with the fact that our loved ones do have a potentially terminal disorder. Because of the way this occurs in mental illness, that it is behavioural, we often think of it differently or more preventable than with what happens if a patient has another illness. An attempt is not our fault; it is an effect of this disorder.
Darcy
