@BPDSurvivor .. so here we are again.. 5th admission on 4 weeks.. Came to Emergency in crises, waited 8 hours to be told "you can't just keep coming to hospital because you are fighting hurting yourself and want to be safe" and "you need to use the tools you have to distract yourself"... Home we go to be back an hour late for the 4th ingestion incident on 4 weeks.. 

I argued with them.. Be great to have those tools but that's not helpful this minute.. Their response? Let's make an appointment for Friday and get her assessed for those tools.. 

In other words We have a flat tyre on the car.. call roadside assistance to help change it.. they say we should know how and stop calling. They make an appointment to teach us to change it Friday.. Doesn't help when we already on the side of the road with a flat tire and can't wait for Friday....

Aren't health professionals trained to recognise someone in crisis? Why is it so hard to get help in crisis?

All I want to do is help my child and it seems to be an uphill battle all the way and I'm tired and scared of not having the strength to keep supporting her...