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Experiences of Crisis Teams?

Jenny Butterfly

I really feel in crisis for quite a bit of the time these days.  However, asking for help for myself and being open and honest about our situation also brings with it the worrying possibility of unwanted "help" from services untrained in autism.

I'm thinking about the Crisis Team in particular, with which we've had some very disappointing and damaging experiences.  

Is there anything to ask or be aware of that might enable us to actually get something useful from them?  Any special autism-friendly service?

Otherwise what on earth do families do when they're in crisis but know this team cannot help?

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  • im always wary of being too honest and getting put in a mental health facility. although the thought of cutting myself or whatever dosent really appeal..  if i could click my fingers, i wouldnt be here. 

  • in reply to NAS78828

    That is also a very serious concern for me.  I do, generally speaking, want to be here but all of this pushes me towards feeling differently.  I find it hard to see a way out without triggering the whole "unhelpful help" scenario. 

  • in reply to Jenny Butterfly

    Having been seriously ill (physically) last year I definitely know I WANT to live. I got close enough to not living to realise just how much I don’t want to die. It was an extremely traumatic experience. 
    lt taught me just how preschools life is - and more than anything I want to stay with my loved ones - my husband and sons. But I’m so stressed and unhappy at the moment - what I want is to feel happy again and to be able to enjoy life. I don’t care anymore about material things or success. I just want to be able to enjoy life again. 

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  • in reply to Jenny Butterfly

    Having been seriously ill (physically) last year I definitely know I WANT to live. I got close enough to not living to realise just how much I don’t want to die. It was an extremely traumatic experience. 
    lt taught me just how preschools life is - and more than anything I want to stay with my loved ones - my husband and sons. But I’m so stressed and unhappy at the moment - what I want is to feel happy again and to be able to enjoy life. I don’t care anymore about material things or success. I just want to be able to enjoy life again. 

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