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Okay, I want to switch gears again. I want to talk about, um, risk, like suicide or harming others. Okay? I know all these things don't apply to everybody, but I want to make sure I go through and ask certain questions. Is that okay?
Okay. All right. Have you ever had a suicide attempt?
No. No, no. It's a sin to, uh, to kill yourself. Only God can take your soul away, so that's no. Can't do that. So no attempts.
Have you ever had thoughts of suicide?
I mean, sometimes when I get really sad, I thought think that the world would be better without me. But I, I bring myself out of that. I don't think it's anything I'd ever do.
But not something you ever do? But sometimes, yeah, a thought crosses your mind like that?
Yeah.
Do you remember the last time a thought like that crossed your mind?
When we were getting evicted from our last place, 'cause I just felt like a complete failure.
How long ago was that?
I was about a month and a half ago.
Yeah. All my friends in the house turned against me because I couldn't pay rent, and it would have been like the third month, but like, not consecutively, so I didn't see the big issue.
Mhm. Um, and so they told me that if I didn't get out, they would call the police, and I had to stay with my sister. And then I just, I felt like a failure. I felt like a failure to myself, to my kids.
So it's a tough time for you. Yeah. So you had some, sounds like maybe passing thoughts?
Yeah. Like I said, it's nothing I can ever do. Ever.
If that ever changes, would you tell me?
Yeah, I'll tell you.
All right. So how about harm to others? Meaning, do you ever feel like you have, you have thoughts or you ever, um, develop a plan to hurt someone else?
When I was younger, not anymore.
When was the last time?
Probably when I was in high school.
Right. A while back?
Yeah. When I was still in that, like, violent stage in my life where I would fight. But it never went to anything like, "I'll kill this person." It was always just, you know, "I'll knock you out, but I won't kill you." That was a while ago.
So, but presently, no thoughts of harming anybody else?
No. I, I if I ever feel really, really angry, I guess I'll punch a wall. I'll, I have like special plates that I'll throw on the ground and break them.
Mhm. Like the suicidal thoughts, uh, if thoughts of harming others do come up, would you tell me about those?
Oh, yeah. I don't want to go to jail over hurting somebody, so I'd tell you.
All right. Thank you. Have you ever heard or seen anything that other people have not heard or seen?
No. Never.
How about under the influence of drugs?
Well, when I used to do cocaine, sometimes I would like think that somebody's at the door and they're not at the door. No, like nobody's there, or think somebody's in the house when there's nobody in the house.
Mhm. But not on an effect of drugs? It never happened?
No.
Okay. That all right.
So I want to switch gears again. I want to talk about, if you're okay with this, the goals for counseling. Okay? So the goals that you want to meet by spending this time with me, you know, with treatment and your general goals, like your goals in life. Okay? So let's start with, if you're okay, your goals in life in general.
Guess I haven't really thought much about it. But I would like to just have a really, I mean, it doesn't care, I don't care what the job is, just a nice cushy job.
Better job?
Yeah, where I can just relax, you know? My kids will have a good future. I'll have a good future.
A better future for your children?
Oh, yeah.
Any any other general life goals?
I guess be drug-free. Like I said, I'd really like to quit, but it's hard.
All right. How about goals specifically for counseling? Like what you hope to get out of this counseling?
I'd like to learn to be less angry.
Mhm. And then their blood pressure down a little bit.
Um, sleep more.
More sleep.
Eat less.
Eat less. And I guess try to quit.
Try to quit drugs.
Quitting drugs.
Mhm. How confident right now are you that you can meet these goals? The specifically the counseling goals?
Like, kind of, I guess is that answer? It's answer. Kind of. Kind of confident. Yeah. I mean, like I said, I haven't really moved forward anywhere and every time I go to a counseling place. So I mean, I'm willing to give it another shot, but because of my history with it, it didn't really go anywhere the first place, but willing to try again.
All right. So you're kind of confident and going to try again?
Yeah.
So throughout this intake, I've asked you a lot of questions. I want to thank you for answering them. Do you have any questions for me?
No, not really.
So next time I see you, sorry, with you, it'll be about a week. Okay? And we'll start with the actual counseling sessions. Right? So I'll still have some questions, but not as many as I've asked today. Okay? Does that make sense how it's structured?
Yeah.
All right. So we've completed intake. I'll still have some more questions, but we get to the coun, the counseling sessions next week. We'll get started working on specific details of what's happened to you and what might be causing it and how I can treat it. All right.
All right. So I appreciate again you taking this time and answering these questions, and I'll see you next week.
All right. Thank you.
Thanks, Rhonda.