Have to say this is one part of risk assesments I have never understood....
but then, I also carry a blade around with me, almost as a comfort blanket I suppose, so I do appreciate your reluctance to hand it over. I wonder if you can look at ways of replacing the one item with something of less risk, such as a stress ball or something which can be used as a safe alternative e.g elastic bands. I did this at one point and it works well, although it does take a bit of effort and slowly reducing how often the blade is with you.
I do hope you are able to still get some help from these people. Could you perhaps talk to this person about what she has done and how it makes you feel and look at ways of reducing the amount of time the blade is carried gradually - certainly more gradual than thursday.
*safe hugs*
Roiben x
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