sorry if this thread rambles on, but i had a very traumatic time yesterday and need to express some feelings.
one month ago yesterday my wife and son left me and she took all the furniture, car, money, etc. yesterday she started her move interstate to live and i asked her to visit me with my son one last time, but she refused any contact and i'm pretty sure that i'll never see them again. my son is only 3 years old and he's lost his daddy through no fault of his own!
i made my request through my 22yo stepson to his mother and after he told me the negative response, i went into a tailspin on the phone and hung up on him while saying 'it was all over' - apparently he thought i was going to kill myself. Shortly thereafter the police arrived at my home and forcibly took me to the psych ward at the hospital as i was very incoherent when they found me. they lodged official police paperwork with the hospital which started a legal process on me - it basically meant that i was considered suicidal and subsequently i was forced into their care against my will - i was told that i could not legally leave without the approval of the head doctor from the pysch department and that i would be forcibly restrained if i did try to leave.
i spent all day going through pysch assessments with various specialists to ensure that i was not suicidal, homicidal (to my wife), was able to cope on my own healthwise - i have lost about 15 kilos in the last month because i haven't been eating. although i was certain i was going to be kept in the psyc ward with drugs for a day or two at the minimum, late last night they agreed to let me out on the condition that they were able to phone me at any time and that they could do random visits to see me - since i had no choice, i agreed. i resisted going onto medication and they have relented for the time being, but they can still override my wishes if they feel it necessary - they currently have legal authority to do so.
in regard to legal authority, i am still under their offical care until they consider that i am 'over' the immediate dramas - in other words, if they think i am going to have a mental relapse or i'm not cpoing in a general sense, they can still forcibly take me back to the pysch ward against my will!
i never thougt i would ever be in this position. normally i am an independant, strong person, so this is a real low point in my life!
if you all don't mind, i will probably add more to this thread as i sort through things.
i will go and have some breakfast now - it'll be the first time in four weeks that i've had a proper breakfast (i'm under orders from the Pysc doctors - they'll be checking on me).
thanks girls
Christine.