Posted by AprilA on February 29, 2000, at 17:25:18
In reply to Re: Goodbye Cruel World notes, posted by Dr. Bob on February 29, 2000, at 5:06:44
> > I don't think these BB's are safe for people who already hurt.
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> I guess there are two other issues:
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> 1. How people here might deal with this kind of thing.
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> I think it helps one to help others, but efforts to help unfortunately don't always succeed. That doesn't mean that one shouldn't try to help -- that's the whole idea here! -- just that one shouldn't always expect, let alone feel responsible for, a good outcome.
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If you had read that post before anybody else would you have tried to call UCLA?Personally my plan for the future if someone I think I can help find says they have taken an overdose: I plan to call my long-suffering Psych. and give him the information and let him decide what to do. If it happens much I'll have to ask you to block me from the site because I like it and don't have enough willpower to stay away.
I wouldn't have reacted so strongly except I thought something could be done.
I see an enormous difference between talking about being suicidal and stating you've all ready taken action.
> 2. What if any general "policy" there might be.
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> I don't mean to be heartless, but a forum like this *may* in general be better off without people who act in certain ways.
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> I think we generally accept this when people are hostile. But what if they're "just" unrelentingly depressed and suicidal (and possibly not doing what they "should" about it, either)? Both may be in pain. But both may also, because of the reactions they elicit, make it harder for the forum to serve its purpose. They should be supported, too, but this might not be the place.
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> That's a really difficult question. I think when a person's needs go beyond support and information and require intervention is this really the safest place for them? But I have no idea how you would decide. At the least I would hope no one would be permanently "banned".
Still I would want the spirit of this place to be respected-I don't know how to answer that. AprilA
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