Put on hold when calling suicide prevention

[StephenHawking]

i shit you not.

san francisco's local hotline is automated and, if busy, you get "all our representatives are busy now but your call is important to us.''

can you fucking believe that

only in california

 

[dolf]

next time, contemplate topping yourself off peak.

 

[dolf]

seriously though, that's pretty bad.

gotta cost some lives.

 

[StephenHawking]

i'm not sure a busy signal is any better but can't they at least customize the message

 

[BotanyBoy]

Made me think of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9WQNa1w04

 

[Busybody]

i shit you not.

san francisco's local hotline is automated and, if busy, you get "all our representatives are busy now but your call is important to us.''

can you fucking believe that

only in california

so what?

if peeps wanna kill themselves

LET EM


stop wasting other peeps time with phone calls!

 

[BotanyBoy]

Do they ask you to press 1 for engerish or 2 for sspanyer??

 

[Busybody]

rare form today, Bootay Boi

 

[BotanyBoy]

rare form today, Bootay Boi

What? Just because I don't get all bent out of shape about it doesn't mean I can't laugh at it....

IDK maybe it's the army that did it to me. In my squad alone we had my korean/nordic ass, a kid from Puerto Rico a redneck from upstate NY who had never even seen a black person until he joined up, a gay black kid, a Hmong kid, frenchie, and a the most cholo mexican you ever met in your life, a semi retarded polock named ski...and a cali surfer boy.

The racial jab's,slurs, shit talk, and jokes were like a 24/7 comedy channel with R.L. Ermey...

I mean seriously people would send us care packages with the most random books, I remember this one.

I think we got a solid month maybe even 6 weeks of lulz out of that book...

 

[SinCity_Smitty]

Do they have 'Loser' by Beck playing for the callers on hold?

 

[BotanyBoy]

Do they have 'Loser' by Beck playing for the callers on hold?

 

[Busybody]

What? Just because I don't get all bent out of shape about it doesn't mean I can't laugh at it....

I think we got a solid month maybe even 6 weeks of lulz out of that book...

Hey.....Im just pullin your pud

you know I like to do that

 

[waffen4threich]

Hey.....Im just pullin your pud

you know I like to do that

Your entire life is this board. You're already dead and just don't know it.

 

[MatthewVett]

i shit you not.

san francisco's local hotline is automated and, if busy, you get "all our representatives are busy now but your call is important to us.''

can you fucking believe that

only in california

Just out of curiosity, what's your alternative? Should it route calls to random numbers and let ordinary citizens deal with it, or what? I mean, once the representatives are booked, I just can't imagine what else you can do, unless you want them interrupting calls already in session to deal with new callers, and then put them on hold anyway.

 

[eyer]

So a suicidal person who quite obviously thinks so little of their own life...

...is a victim 'cause s/he can't instantly connect live with someone they insist should care more?

Sounds like cradle-to-grave entitlement mentality...

 

[khbostic]

Theres a community mental health clinic thats federally funded in each county of the nation.
sadly the headlines today read theres more people dieing from suicide than accidents.
The side effects of major anti depressants read :may cause homicidal/suicidal behavior as a side effect,as does ADD meds.The colombine and a few others were on anti depressants.
Stuff from the health food store type outlets are generally milder ,kinder,safer,and more efficacious like ST Johns Wort Ext= Hypericin ,here in the States.
I read a while back,10% of the country is taking something for depression.A one a day multi vitamin goes a long way towards better overall health incl mental health.
If one needs a tranq, vitamin B3 comes in 500 mg caps/tabs without a prescription,better taken with the one a day,and a B complex 50 or 100,for Real.

 

[khbostic]

http://www.blacklistednews.com is where the story was

Op Cit: http://www.blacklistednews.com ,apx 1/2 way down pg today is where the story headlines on suicide has surpassed car accidents as a cause of death.
Info from National Depressive and Manic Depressive Assn at 800 826 3632
Says also Alcohol,sugar and caffiene should be avoided in those prone to mood shifts like depression.

Depression is caused by main neurotransmitters in the brain falling low,which is caused by diverse things.Like stress from diverse sources.It produces the stress hormone cortisol,which runs all the neurohormone/transmittor levels low.
I did apx 3.7 million in 4,5,6 leaf clovers and talisman sets for charity in the past 22yrs. as a fundraiser.I coupled health and longlife resource pgs to them,with many nostrums,from a natural medicine approach.

Many things available at nutritional outlets were in those pgs.
DHEA and Pregnenolone are 2 top supplements made for people over the age of 35 yr old.These directly neutralize the stress hormone cortisol,and combat depression.
The problem is to adjust to proper dosage,like the bottle of DHEA comes in 25 mg cap,I took one it was way too strong at 25 mg,so knowing dosage issues,next dose I opened cap and took 1/4 and the arthritis symptoms I got with full cap went away.
The other major issue is to switch to decaf coffee,or limit oneself to 1 cup a day,stay away from all other stimulant substances too.No cocaine,methamphetamine,diet pills,ADD drugs,or other caffeine sources.Because it will potentiate these,and give a really nasty brainstem headache ,relieved by next dose and ibuprofen,or other Nsaids.

http://www.lef.com is the life extension foundation,just north of the Miami city limits sign where they are,a non profit.They say its one of the top 10 things to use for life extension.Membership is apx 82.50 a yr if you can afford it,I d recommend it as one of my top resources.You get it back in 12 issues of their journal,25% discount on their supplements,theyve a phone support line for med concerns,40 doctor/scientist advisory board instead of just a second opinion.They say in the protocol book,pottassium is found low in suicide victims,found in beans,potaTOES,ORANGES,APPLES...SALT MAKES POTTASSIUM EXCRETE AT ACCELERATED RATES AS DOES HEAT COLD WORK SWEATING...
Our bodies make less and less of it as we age,by age 35 we re down 50% of what our bodies made in our 20s.The older we get ,the more we need of it ,adjusting dose upwards.Its a O T C item in the States,available at most pharmacies.
The pregnenolone,once swallowed ,becomes 1/2 as much DHEA,once digested,so 25 mg ,or 1/2 a 50 mg cap turns into 12 1/2 mg DHEA,which I prefer,because it helps the brain in ways the DHEA can t ,especially memory,but also helps build those neuro transmittor levels back up.

Kava ext,Hypericin,5HTP,Valerian,Whey Protein Powder,all help anxiety,depression,and stress as well.Glutamine helps mental exhaustion and builds up the brain as well,its in the Whey protein powder,great stuff,found in most big box store pharmacies.

I put these and other things in my health and longlife resource pgs with my charity fundraisers.In the past couple yrs,I told the red cross,just hand them out as therapy,and put it on the hospital bill as therapy.

I really have a 2yr degree in Mental health social work,para professional,34 yrs back,and have studied alternative,natural approaches in the mean time,putting the grtst hits of such in said pgs,apx 10 pgs.God Bless us everyone...PS,I also put in 1/2 doz bookclubs that give 100 to 200 in books for ea club joined,I said try and pick self help titles,trade books like on carpentry,building and repair stuff,general trades for rehab...as well as diverse resources to save the price of the 4,5,6 leaf clover or talisman set,so as to give a instant rebate thru said resources,as well as listing the record clubsdvd movie club...army surplus outlets...Nurses day today,and red cross month/red cross day is the 8th...I was a State Psych nurse a few yrs