Anyone actually ever called the national suicide prevention hotline?
....was it even helpful?
51-55, F
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Platoscave · F
No they can't talk to you and can't tell stories from their own life even, and all they wanna do is see if u are a police case, so the police dept. likes them cause it keeps their workload down and the nuthouse likes them cause it drives a lot of (often illegitimate) business. Nobody there understands that pain is the cause and no client gets that these workers don't know about that or care. They want their career resume to look good or they wanna think of themselves as good people. But it takes more than gestures in an office. Real connection and community are lacking and should be built stronger to prevent this level of despair, and the workers are not able to discuss this or anything else.
ItsJustMeAgain · 51-55, F
@Platoscave What do you mean they can't talk to you? What do they do then? Is it just a referral service?
Platoscave · F
pretty much. They are trained to look through a phone book to get u information you can always get 4 yourself.
ItsJustMeAgain · 51-55, F
@Platoscave Yeah....so then you have to dish out ungodly amounts of money to try to get help, and when it's found out that you're suicidal, they hospitalize you...?
Platoscave · F
The nuthouse is mostly a very illegitimate operation and just about any old time they always wanna generate more business for themselves. They can scam off the public trough so that way if the patients are not hit so much everyone can think what a great "public service" they are... never knowing what fools they are for thinking that...community basic health gets trampled to pay 4 this racketeering..and that is just what it is. False diagnoses, coerced admissions, false distorting of your private information, illegitimate surveillance etc... padding of services (really fancy food for instance in some places...) just to entice padded (taxpayer paid) reimbursements for themselves, huge bolstering of big PHARMA, I could go on...
ItsJustMeAgain · 51-55, F
@Platoscave I really don't understand how you feel about all of this. KIDDING...! Thanks for your responses.
Platoscave · F
They work 4 the system and pretty much keep it in place when what is needed everywhere is integrated systems of mutual community and mutual self help and some healthy democracy behind it, meaning inclusion of everyone in economic and social decisions. That would cut into the despair. I have figured out these places after being hurt one too many times that way.
ItsJustMeAgain · 51-55, F
@Platoscave I am sorry. Thank you for sharing your experiences with me.