Tell him to eat a nice piece of gouda cheese. That'll help kick in dopamine in a snap. (Best cheese evar)
You get a call from from someone suicidal
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I suppose I'd try to console them.. but with my other hand, I'm dialing 9-1-1 and asking for instructions on what the hell I should about the situation. At that point, I do whatever they tell me to do, and I stop caring; whatever happens is on the person who called me, and the police to a lesser extent; I'm simply a middle-man.
Although, this has actually happened to me before, albeit not with a stranger. A kid called me who I never got along with very well; he started thanking me for always being nice to him (I wasn't a bully or anything - we simply did not get along very well) and for always being his friend. This immediately set off alarm bells since he knew damn well that we were not friends, and he was also speaking in the past tense.. you know what I mean, I hope. I immediately told the teacher who actually knew his parents' number. Blah blah, he'd apparently been calling a lot of people, and I wasn't the only one who thought something was up.. blah blah.. parents found him, he's still alive. Fin.
Although, this has actually happened to me before, albeit not with a stranger. A kid called me who I never got along with very well; he started thanking me for always being nice to him (I wasn't a bully or anything - we simply did not get along very well) and for always being his friend. This immediately set off alarm bells since he knew damn well that we were not friends, and he was also speaking in the past tense.. you know what I mean, I hope. I immediately told the teacher who actually knew his parents' number. Blah blah, he'd apparently been calling a lot of people, and I wasn't the only one who thought something was up.. blah blah.. parents found him, he's still alive. Fin.
Hmm...a legitimate moral question that examines how society has come as a whole, likely asked due to the recent suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer at the hands of people hell bent on making one life miserable for the sake of their own pleasure and convenience.
*Reads the comments in this thread, noticing the sheer abundance of people encouraging the suicide*
Society's fucked. Good job guys.
*Reads the comments in this thread, noticing the sheer abundance of people encouraging the suicide*
Society's fucked. Good job guys.
"GOD DAMMIT! ANOTHER ONE OF YOU GUYS! THIS IS THE 14TH FUCKING TIME THIS WEEK! YOU'D BETTER KILLYOURSELF, BECAUSE I SWEAR I'M THIS CLOSE TO DRIVING TO YOUR HOUSE AND KILLING YOU MYSELF!"
Joking, even though that does happen too much for my comfort. I'd probably just console him talk him down, and have a relative call 911.
Joking, even though that does happen too much for my comfort. I'd probably just console him talk him down, and have a relative call 911.
I've had this call for real but it's been people I know. I tell them that I'm not qualified to help them and they should call a suicide hotline. No, they didn't kill themselves.Johny64 said:
I also know quite a few people who did kill themselves. None of them gave me a call beforehand to let me know, in fact they all did a great job of pretending that everything was fine, which as I've learned is the standard modus operandi of the genuinely suicidal.
A stranger? I'd hang up, probably a prank.
I've got a couple scenarios planned out:
1. Let the dude/dudette explain the situation, then choose from my standpoint.
2. If it's a chick, I would suggest to come over and let her try out some fun stuff before she dies, like weed or ecstasy, because she's gonna kill herself anyway, and let her pay for it. Might end up to be a fun evening and maybe she even changes her mind on suicide.
3. If it's a dude, then just say "Don't care, don't care, don't care." and hang up.
And the last:
4. Be the good Christian I am and talk the person out of it.
To choose which one I use, I will utilize a "wheel of fortune" to determine the kind of answer I will use, except Nr.2 (if premise applies) will take 80% of the wheel. I wanna make it fair, at least
1. Let the dude/dudette explain the situation, then choose from my standpoint.
2. If it's a chick, I would suggest to come over and let her try out some fun stuff before she dies, like weed or ecstasy, because she's gonna kill herself anyway, and let her pay for it. Might end up to be a fun evening and maybe she even changes her mind on suicide.
3. If it's a dude, then just say "Don't care, don't care, don't care." and hang up.
And the last:
4. Be the good Christian I am and talk the person out of it.
To choose which one I use, I will utilize a "wheel of fortune" to determine the kind of answer I will use, except Nr.2 (if premise applies) will take 80% of the wheel. I wanna make it fair, at least
truly suicidal people don't call. they just jump. or pull the trigger. or go about their own various means of ending life
Well I'd just assume it was either a prank call or a really desperate attention seeker, I'd probably just hang up.
Although I'd feel awful if I heard about a local suicide later on...
EDIT: And yeah, as it's been said, if they really wanted to die they wouldn't ask people to talk them out of it. Because then they wouldn't want to. Usually a clear sign of the latter of the previously-mentioned.
Usually.
Although I'd feel awful if I heard about a local suicide later on...
EDIT: And yeah, as it's been said, if they really wanted to die they wouldn't ask people to talk them out of it. Because then they wouldn't want to. Usually a clear sign of the latter of the previously-mentioned.
Usually.
I dont know them, so I'd tell them they should probably call someone who knows them more then i do.
Then again, I believe that someone shouold get over their depression on their own, instead of someone crutching them along.
... though the last person I talked to that was suicidal killed himself anyway and used it more as a way to say good bye to all of us. sobering really...
so take from that what will you I guess.
Then again, I believe that someone shouold get over their depression on their own, instead of someone crutching them along.
... though the last person I talked to that was suicidal killed himself anyway and used it more as a way to say good bye to all of us. sobering really...
so take from that what will you I guess.
A lot of these responses remind me of a while back, some guy was on a webcam and in a chatroom, saying he wanted to kill himself. A bunch of idiots encouraged him, told him to do it... guess what? He did. Live on the webcam. In fact it's not all that uncommon - google it and you'll find a bunch of people, mostly teens, who have killed themselves with live audiences cheering them on.
My utter contempt for those people cannot be put to words. As someone who has known people who have been suicidal at one point in their life, gotten help and come out the other side I find it pathetic that people would have these attitudes.
My utter contempt for those people cannot be put to words. As someone who has known people who have been suicidal at one point in their life, gotten help and come out the other side I find it pathetic that people would have these attitudes.
This is something I do for my job on a regular basis, not always suicide mind you but I work overnights at an emergency answering service and when someone like this calls we keep them talking on the line until we can get an emergency psychiatrist to speak with them. The hardest one I've had to deal with was someone threatening to shoot his mother and then himself. Most of the time though they're not actually planning to go through with anything and just want attention.