Happened to my sister, not me. I'm worried about her though. I don't know if this is in the right place, but it's kinda involves relationships, so ...
She's just made an attempt on her life, paracetamol OD. I'm concerned for her, and also, that I have the wisdom to guide her and influence her towards the right action for her, or to guide her to the best help.
It's not something that's just happened, it's a culmination of things, over the years really, bad life circumstances (bad partner, he's a bad influence on her, and my sisters' daughter, money worries, her partner drinks etc). To my way of thinking, she needs to get rid of him, he has a bad effect, and it adds up over the years. She realises this too, but she's hanging on to him, cos he brings in a small amount of cash, and her daughter wants her parents to be together, but still, it's not good for my sis, and she's depressed.
To my way of thinking, get rid of him, reduce financial out-goings, maybe sell house, down-size etc; but put people before property.
It's a danger of course, for me to suggest that I know what's best for her, but I see it differently, more objective, from the outside. So, I'm considering to continually re-enforce the idea, or suggest to her, that she should think about making such and such changes. Maybe presenting as options to her.
I dunno, what do you think? I'm not a trained councellor or anything. They're keeping her in hospital for a few days, which I think is good, give her thinking time etc.
I just needed to type that out, am sure different people will have different takes on this, please feel free to suggest away.
Thanks,
Jamie.
