So, wondering if anyone here might be able to tell me what to expect if I tell my doctor I have been deeply depressed and thinking about suicide. I have had 3 others exit (2 guns, 1 drugs) and I tried a lot (consciously or unconsciously) with alcohol a few times years back but somehow always made it to morning. I think only thing that has kept me going is 1. no guns and have never owned one 2. seeing the pain others and myself had to deal with when the others died.

I will not take medication to shift my mind around - some people might, thats fine, I just won't -

I guess I am worried about saying anything because I don't know if they might put me in some involuntary hold and medicate me..

I only want to say something now because I am pushing away and hurting the few people left that care about me and sometimes I feel like I can help them, or others..

I tried to reach out to crisis chat but seems they can't really tell me anything. Maybe someone here has a good resource?

>>33264985 (OP)
You can be detained against your will if you are judged to be an imminent threat either to yourself or to others, but not otherwise. So, if you go in there and say "I have thoughts about killing myself" you'll be fine. If you say "I'm going to kill myself on Tuesday, and I've bought the gun I'm going to shoot myself with," then you will quite likely get detained.

>>33265162
Okay - thanks, this seems to match up with what I could find while scraping around - its kinda hard to know what is real or just AI slop now, so its good to get some extra input.

>>33264985 (OP)
By law, a doctor CAN NOT have you committed for being depressed or for considering suicide. By the same law, they MUST if you are an IMMEDIATE threat to yourself or others.

Put another way, "I think about suicide a lot" won't get you committed, but "I have the gun tight here" will.