What I don’t understand about the ER’s philosophy is that they have no interest in helping someone who is about to be in a crisis, they only care after the fact.

For example- last year I went to the ER 3 times for bad depression, I could barely function and each time I went to the ER they said depression wasn’t an emergency. After going 3 times and not getting any help I partially gave up hope and took a bottle of Tylenol and lighter fluid, my next ER visit I was given charcoal to drink and was admitted, but if they had helped me the first 3 times I might not have been at that point.

So if I go to the ER and say my anger is uncontrollable and I would like medication or any kind of help to control myself, I don’t agree with the philosophy that I would actually have to go hurt someone for them to see I reached my breaking point. And I don’t want to hurt anyone. I want to feel better. I don’t want to be in a crisis but the ER seems to not be able to help me until I have done something crazy like swallow Tylenol and I don’t know how to communicate to them when I am desperate for help.