Suicidal Over Icewater

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Cami and I are setting here watching the news. Joshua comes in and starts in about his mom getting him some ice water. He can't do it himself. His mother does do for him and it is very hard for her to put her foot down and make him do for himself. She has recently been up to being more assertive and today we had quite a time. I told her it is going to get worse before it gets better. Our job is to make sure he is safe. When he gets upset enough that he is talking about being suicidal then we have to tell him what the consequences will be if he continues this kind of talk. The police would need to be called and he will be taken to some place where he will be safe. He is already on medication and I really wonder how today's upset would have gone if he wasn't. He first pleaded, then begged, then screeched and yelled, went in his room and said he was going to starve himself, then talked suicide, then started in about his legs hurting too badly. Cami went in his room and told him what the consequences would be if he continued. He finally, after about an hour of this and after Cami told him of what the consequences would be if this continued, went and got himself some ice water. I hope that the next go around is easier. I am so relieved. What a day!