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Why?!

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BlancheM · 25/10/2018 22:04

Why don't you allow threads full of support and empathy? Why take away someone's lifeline when it was the only safe place they felt they could talk? What harm was there in it?

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BlancheM · 25/10/2018 23:16

I can't see how pulling someone's call for help out of their clutches after they've taken that brave and probably only step, is helpful to the person posting, no.
Go and be a smart arse somewhere else, please. I only asked out of genuine concern and I have experience in what happens when someone doesn't feel able to reach out, anywhere for advice.
It needs a rethink.

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PurpleDaisies · 25/10/2018 23:10

The policy needs a rethink.

You know better than mental health professionals and charities?

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BlancheM · 25/10/2018 22:46

Oh well, it wasn't made very clear this time. There was nothing triggering on that thread, either.

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SillySallySingsSongs · 25/10/2018 22:38

I think MNHQ are being very responsible

On this I do too.

Budgieinaberet · 25/10/2018 22:35

MNHQ have made it very clear why threads like this are pulled.

They deliberately do not get into discussions about it.

They take advice from the Samaritans

Just because a thread is pulled do not assume MN think it's all over, and not their problem

I think MNHQ are being very responsible

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BlancheM · 25/10/2018 22:26

The policy needs a rethink. I don't know what advice the samaritans offer online in regards to signposting to other organisations but we all know the helpline is a listening service, they can't give advice.
Why can we talk about mental health freely in retrospect but not at the time when it's actually crucial to a person's life? The number 1 piece of advice promulgated by mental health charities is to talk. That's a brave step, to talk. It shouldn't be shut down with a 'we don't allow threads like this'.

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BlancheM · 25/10/2018 22:22

It's not for me to judge what feels like a safe space to someone in circumstances unknown. It clearly seemed like the only place that OP could honestly say how she felt. And she received advice- good advice and most importantly, solidarity. It could've been useful both now and to read back over at a later date.

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FlibbertyGiblets · 25/10/2018 22:16

HQ have a policy in line with Samaritans advice. They will point OP to RL services and delete.

Please tell me you don't really think MN is a 'safe space'. It is not.

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BlancheM · 25/10/2018 22:12

I think it's clear which thread I was referring to: a young mum desperate for help because she feels like a failure. Cue everyone trying to tell her she will be ok/how to get support/relating stories and then, 'we don't allow threads like this.' Talk about tipping someone over the edge :(

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SillySallySingsSongs · 25/10/2018 22:06
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