Involuntary commitment. Happened to a good friend of mine during a nasty divorce, the husband made up a suicidal story and my friend was committed without the court appointing her a lawyer to defend herself. She's struggling to get her rights back, it is apparently possible, but they're gone forever until you spend a lot of money on lawyers so it's true it's not strictly the case you can't get them back but they default to staying gone forever.

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mx7zysuj4xew 2 days ago | parent [-]

Just curious, but did this person have a history of emotional lability plus previous (voluntary) outpatient treatment?

	▲	aftbit 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		This is just another form of stigma. Better to go without getting treated for mental health issues, or that very responsible decision to seek treatment will be used against you later. See also the jump seat pilot who tried to pull the fire handles on a commercial flight.