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talk guidelines for "threads like this "

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peridito · 27/11/2019 08:11

Hi ,deleted thread on 26/11/ by Neonomore .

What are the guidelines that this transgressed ?

Was there an assumption that the OP was discussing suicide . What was the thread "like" in your view ?

I've looked at talk guidelines but it hasn't helped .

TIA
I thought it was someone having a MH crisis .

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Somethingsometime · 27/11/2019 15:22

I don’t understand how it was a safeguarding issue either.

Op hadn’t given away personal details, the thread was a supportive place for her to get the encouragement she obviously needed.

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peridito · 27/11/2019 15:18

Hi ,I'm so glad to hear that you're in touch with the OP .

I don't really understand about taking it down for safeguarding reasons

Safeguarding means protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of adults at risk, enabling them to live safely, free from abuse and neglect

maybe concern that she may give her name and address ?

What do Samaritans et al recommend as best practice - is there a link or could you explain ?.

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MNHQ
MichaelMumsnet · 27/11/2019 15:04

Hi @peridito
We took down that thread for safeguarding reasons.
We follow community best practice as set out by the Samaritans and other organisations.
We're in touch with the OP off the boards.

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peridito · 27/11/2019 14:06

She did but she was needing a lot of encouragement - she had a review on Friday but we were urging her to get help immediately .

She had been to A&E but by the sound of it she had fled after a wait .She was terrified of being sectioned and anxious to go to work .

She went to her GP surgery but her GP was not there and she was told to go back to A&E but she said she found A&E overwhelming .

She was clearly becoming more unwell as the thread progressed but she said she had phoned 111 and ,I think ,999 and was waiting for return calls .

I'm sure there are factors we are unaware of that might give something of an explanation about how she seemed to be slipping through the cracks, but she did seem let down by those she'd turned to for help . She seemed grateful for the help she was getting from posters and I think posts were helping her accept that she needed treatment .

I feel so sorry for her .

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Alrighteo · 27/11/2019 14:01

@neonomore I hope you're safely tucked up in a hospital bed with nothing untoward happening in your imagination. I'm sorry that your thread was pulled for no reason when you really needed encouragement to go to A&E. I'm thinking of you. x I hope you made it to hospital.

Sparklingbrook · 27/11/2019 13:49

I didn't see the thread but it sounds like they needed RL help.

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peridito · 27/11/2019 13:42

It wasn't about suicide ( I'm only guessing that the perception that it was about suicide was the reason for deletion )it was about someone having a psychotic episode that they were desperate to control and in doing so were taking -probably too many - of the prescription drugs they had ,including diazepam .

She had had difficulty accessing help and was waiting for a return call .
She said that the kindness from posters was the only kind thing ,or words to that effect .

@neonomore I hope you got help and that you are or will soon be feeling better .

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Somethingsometime · 27/11/2019 13:26

I would like to know this too.

A few of us were encouraging the op to get help for her mental health crisis but it didn’t seem to be a thread about suicide unless it has moved on in the short time after I last posted then it was deleted?

It seems harsh to pull it when she was so distressed.....