Posted by TexasChic on July 22, 2006, at 22:08:52
A fellow babbler posted that she was contemplating suicide and got an answering machine when she called a hotline. So I googled some suicide hotlines in her area and posted them for her. She called one of them and the cops came out and got her! The person on the hotline had said they were going to send a social worker out to talk to her. She ended up spending 3 hours in the ER, only to be released and made to walk home at 3AM in a bad neighbohood! I feel terrible about this. What else could I have done? I just don't know how to handle these situations, but I can't stand by and do nothing. I know its probably been said many times before, but I would appreciate it if someone told me what is the correct way to handle this?
-T
poster:TexasChic
thread:669540
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