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My daughter just got admitted to a psych unit for trying to kill herself after she was raped and I can't hold it together


I am a single father. I just got home from the hospital and I feel so defeated and like everything has crashed and burned today.Long story short, this morning I walked in on my daughter sitting on the floor of her bedroom, about to hang herself. We have a great relationship and I even have permission to enter her room if she didn't answer my knocking for a minute because she's always using noise canceling headphones.I went to ask her where our dog's harness was, and upon opening the door I just saw her sobbing violently but silently, and looking at the noose hanging in her closet. I knew exactly what it was and I ran to her and yanked it out of her hand.I told her we had to go to the ER and she began yelling at me. So I ended up calling 911 because I could not physically force her to go on my own.In the ER, at first she was angry and would not allow me to stay in her room, but she did get calmer and actually asked me to stay because she was scared. We talked to nurses, doctors, and social workers; they were able to get through to her and she admitted how suicidal she was and confided in them that she had been raped by a friend's relative a month prior.So they decided to admit her, and that's where we are now. I'm going to visit her every day with her favorite snacks and books. She will be discharged home in (predicted) 7-10 days and I'm looking into getting her a therapist or even a higher level of care if needed. I'm researching trauma and suicide so I can better understand this whole thing. But I'm still so lost and i failed her because I didn't fucking notice what was going on. What else do I do? via /r/TwoXChromosomes http://ift.tt/2AWKtHD
My daughter just got admitted to a psych unit for trying to kill herself after she was raped and I can't hold it together My daughter just got admitted to a psych unit for trying to kill herself after she was raped and I can't hold it together Reviewed by M. Amaar Tahir on 12:48 AM Rating: 5

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