4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by HarleyGuy13
Wufwugy you need to do something RIGHT NOW. Believe me when I tell you that if you don't you will regret it. There is no downside to calling the local authorities as they will try and help him. You can call your own police and they can track down the local police for you if you have his phone number.
If he gets angry at you for doing this that is to damn bad. You would rather be his enemy than palbearer (sp).
I have dealt with these situations many many times. I spent twelve years as a law enforcement officer. Over those years I dealt with so many suidcides you would not believe it. I have spent hundreds of hours talking with people trying to help them figure out how they can find help or deal with their problems. I was a certified hostage negotiator which 80% of that training was in dealing with suicidal people.
Some of the hardest conversations where talking with people who had been confideded in prior to the act but did not act on it. The pain those people had to deal with was very intense. Some of the most common themes were the didn't want to say anything because they a. didn't think they really would do it, or b. didn't want to make them mad.
If he is talking with you then he wants help and needs help. If nothing else make a call in an effort to help those who would be left behind. They are the ones who have to deal with the pain and the loss. The person who kills themself take the cowards way out and leaves the others behind. My father killed himself on October 9, 2006. Please call somebody.
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Thank you very much for posting this. This is a weird situation for me, and I've been stressing all day about this, not knowing what to do partly because I'm simply just stricken with the peculiarity of the situation.
I dearly care to stay out of somebody's life, and I am highly skeptical of 'professional' help with mental conditions (uncle is a 60 yr old schizo who would have been much much better off if he was hit by a bus or killed himself at age 20). But I am now convinced that the conventional correct response is the correct response.
I've contacted the 911 in his area with the information that his first name is Tom (omg it's renton omgomg), is/was a student at Stoney Brooke, residence in Long Island, and his cell number. They say it is unlikely that they can help. I am trying to get his IP or maybe even his last name from the admin of the website we met on. Last name would help a ton I bet.
Visiting him is out of the question. We were planning on me visiting him in the future some time, but he was packing his bags when we last IMed and he has left his place of dwelling and he didnt answer his phone.
I cannot visit him anyways because I do not have savings right now. If he doesnt go through with his plans I may just hafta visit him real soon though.
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