I heard this today from someone who works on the psychiatric ward. I have trouble believing it, but I thought I'd share:
A woman with a history of mental illness and several previous suicide attempts got into a bad spot and had decided to kill herself. She actually drew lines on her wrist where she planned to cut. Her husband was away, and she was alone with the dog.
Like I said she drew the lines where she was going to cut, and got a knife. She took the knife in one hand, and was about to place it on her wrist when the dog took her wrist (the one she was planning on cutting) into his mouth and would not let go. He held it gently, but firmly, as if to say "if you're gonna do that, you'll have to kill me first."
The husband came home to find his wife on the bed, crying, with a knife in one hand, and the dog laying next to her.
Apparently, she told him what happened and he relayed it to the intake nurse on the ward.
As I said, I have problems believing it, but I asked several people on the ward about it and they all swear up and down that it's true, since it purportedly happened here very recently.
So, true or not? I don't know, but it definitely has the makings of urban legend.
Surgery rotation is going well, but you won't believe the wierd s*** I hear in the cafeteria.
Steve
A woman with a history of mental illness and several previous suicide attempts got into a bad spot and had decided to kill herself. She actually drew lines on her wrist where she planned to cut. Her husband was away, and she was alone with the dog.
Like I said she drew the lines where she was going to cut, and got a knife. She took the knife in one hand, and was about to place it on her wrist when the dog took her wrist (the one she was planning on cutting) into his mouth and would not let go. He held it gently, but firmly, as if to say "if you're gonna do that, you'll have to kill me first."
The husband came home to find his wife on the bed, crying, with a knife in one hand, and the dog laying next to her.
Apparently, she told him what happened and he relayed it to the intake nurse on the ward.
As I said, I have problems believing it, but I asked several people on the ward about it and they all swear up and down that it's true, since it purportedly happened here very recently.
So, true or not? I don't know, but it definitely has the makings of urban legend.
Surgery rotation is going well, but you won't believe the wierd s*** I hear in the cafeteria.
Steve