to ask whether you've ever been arrested?

[doremimimi]

And if so for what?
And what was your experience like?

don't all speak at once!

I all lol so think it's wrong to bully someone about their past suicidal behaviour.

Also

Not arrested but had my car impounded for not renewing my registration in Virginia. My friend and I were on our way to lunch when I went straight in a left hand turn only lane. The officer pulled me over and then informed me that he must impound my car as it was not registered.

He put us in the back of the squad car and drove us to the police station. I was beside myself as my husband had registered my car and put the sticker thing on the plate.

I got my husband on the line ( before mobile phones were a thing)
I startled the officer when I began shouting “ Scott! Scott! I’m going to kill you!” Apparently Scott was also the name of my officer.

We were able to sort it in the end. My friend and I spent a few minutes getting our pictures taken in a holding cell and trying on some handcuffs.

This being the real world, nobody gives a shite about 'rebel songs'.

Oooh several times. Mania.

I'm in my 40s, never been so far and hope it stays that way!

Once being arrested was part of the daily grind so to speak. A difficult time of my life.

It's infuriating to read how many men make up charges against their spouses. My friend was recently arrested at work on such a false charge.

I hope you're being supported now OP.

Got arrested for being drunk and disorderly when i was 18 years old!

My older brother got started on by 3 blokes in a kebab shop whilst on leave, he is not one to back down, police came and because he is military, they had to get the mod police involved, they picked him up and dropped him at home and just said it was 3v1 good on ya

Alot when i was younger
Nothing major at all

Last time was when i was 17...
Then i grew up....

Nope. Closest I’ve been was when my physically abusive ex was going at me in the street on a night out in town, not hitting (yet) but shaking me, screaming at me etc, and someone must have called the police. They pulled up and separated us, asked me if I needed help and said they’d take him away if I just said the word. I was scared and misguidedly loyal and said no. Idiot. The only other time was being pulled over one Saturday night for no insurance when I forgot to update my policy having changed from a normal plate to my personalised one. Oops. Policeman was a joy and said he’d pretend he hadn’t seen me and to sort it Monday morning.

I think some people should be more sympathetic towards the op as it was a tough Time in there life. And obviously needed help

, let's hope none of this happens to you and you guys find yourselfs at crisis point as you wouldn't deserve any sympathy...I say that with mh problems myself.

Good thread op and ignore the goading ones

I think some people should be more sympathetic towards the op as it was a tough Time in their life

It's the OP's own lack of sympathy that's caused people to post a little harshly.

No. Have come close several times mostly to do with demos.
I’m a defence barrister so have seen my full of police/prison/court cells and been locked in with clients plenty of times. That’s enough for me !

Yes. I was 17 and drunk. Terrible experience. The police processed me and kicked me out of the station at 3am to walk home alone through town. I was bawling my eyes out, terrified and a lovely taxi driver picked me up , took me home and never charged me. That would never happen in this day and age. The police officer would have been fired.

I've been arrested 7 times, not a major criminal just very involved in peaceful protests.
Most of the time the police have been fine, twice I've had arresting officers be unnecessarily rough and one groped me.
As for in police cells, very boring but the police treat you like you treat them, I was always polite and respectful so I was treated likewise.
I got given a book to read and meals were generally microwaved veggie lasagne and they had hot chocolate too.
Solicitors have always been nice but often Tory so seem bemused by my motivations.

Not a brilliant experience or one I'm keen to repeat.

@Surplus2requirements Me too. Anti-road protests plus anti-war protests and animal protests. The 90s were interesting!
None of my work mates would ever believe it looking at me now.
I even made the nationals for a certain incident with a circus.

I think people should be more sympathetic toward the OP, it was a tough time in their life

And yet she sounds very flippant about throwing herself under buses and running amok with a knife, quite proud of being as disruptive as possible while in custody and very dismissive of the fear and concern she caused others while in the grip of whatever episode she was having.

Arrogance and grandiosity and blatant attention seeking are always unbecoming qualities, whether caused by insanity or not.

Yes, for filling my car with petrol and failing to pay when I had perimenopausal brain fog . Arrived on the doorstep three days later with a photo of me clearly not trying to get away with it or hide my identity. The officer more or less said he wanted a nice easy arrest he could get done and dusted and back to the station to watch the cup final. I was decrimed and my record is clear

I think some of the comments aimed at the OP are quite nasty. I do think the OP shows a lack of insight into her behavior though. I’m not blaming you btw OP, I showed a lack of insight for a long time. It’s only since I’ve got well and done some serious work on myself that I have gained some. I have also been a total knob in the past about my behavior, which due to MH was pretty awful. I’ve had to do some serious self reflection and facing up to things in the last year and a half and it has helped me no end. Now looking back on the way I behaved at times makes me feeel quite sad, because I really was a mess, and incredibly guilty, because I put my loved ones through utter hell. I must have been terrifying at times. Like you OP I would have never hurt anyone else but when faced with an out of control mentally ill person having a meltdown all bets are off. I would not like to deal with someone as out of control as I was at some points.

I hope things are better for you now OP, and I hope you can put sufficient space between you and your MH problems to have a good long period of self reflection and gain a bit of insight into how your behavior impacts on everyone around you. I say this because until you do there’s an increased possibility of it happening again, and as you’re more than aware, it ain’t fun. While you’re still in denial, blaming everyone else and using your MH as an excuse to kick off you’re not learning to manage your own behavior, and until you do face up to that responsibility you’re in danger of going round in circles and staying in that cycle of self destruction, getting ill and struggling to get well for ever.

I’m not having a pop OP so please don’t think I am. I’ve been there. I have been through some awful things in my life and they all caught up with me in a spectacular collapse in my MH so I do understand. I hope you can access whatever help you need to get your life back on track and put it all behind you.

Arrogance and grandiosity and blatant attention seeking are always unbecoming qualities, whether caused by insanity or not.

Wilful ignorance, insults dressed up as 'telling it like it is' and trying to add as many big words into an belittling sentence is not particularly becoming either - sane or not.

As for how I am now? Thankfully - I'm 100% (well 95% anyway lol).

It was a very tough period in my life. At the end of the day, I'm the one who suffered. Police didn't give a shit if I shrieked for hours for a cup of tea. One nice cop asked me what was the lovely song I was singing when I was singing the national anthem. You'd need to understand the history of arrests of Irish people in England to understand why I sang it. I'm sure I was no trouble to them whatsoever really - probably amused them to be honest - 'just another loony in the cell'. I'm pretty sure they've had worse than me to deal with!!

OP I’ve just realised who you are. I recognise you from past threads that I think were deleted in the end because you got rather abusive when you didn’t get the responses you were hoping for.

OP, I will assume your last post was aimed in my direction. If it wasn’t then I apologise. You can accuse me of whatever you like, it matters not to me. I was just offering you the benefit of my experience although I realise you didn’t ask for it. You can disregard it if you want to, you are under no obligation to take any notice, but please be aware that people will still speak as they find, and atm it seems as if you lack insight into the way you come across. That is entirely up to you of course, but this is a public forum, so people will comment on what they observe. I’m glad you’re feeling better though. I wish you good luck for the future.

You don’t sound very well.

Yes I'm afraid so. I'm nearly 60 now and this was drunken and disorderly at 17 ended up being handcuffed to a trolley, out of A&E and straight into a prison cell. I wasn't prosecuted, I was let off with a caution.
I have been a model citizen ever since and went on to work for the prison service in a medical capacity for some years.

Vandalism. Aged 19. Agreed to pay for damages on the spot so we signed some papers and were let go. even parents didn't find out