After a diagnosis with a chronic illness, I've been experiencing passive suicidal thoughts. I have ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION of acting on these thoughts. How do I talk to a therapist about these thoughts without getting sent to an ER for suicidal ideation and held there against my will? I work in an ER. I see people get involuntarily brought to the ER against their will by police for passive suicidal thoughts and are held by us against their will until psychiatry clears them or signs a hold on them. The whole process looks pretty traumatizing and I dont want to be on the receiving end of it.