I wasn’t intending to return to this thread but forgot to turn off notifications, and this little gem popped up:
And of course, those pretending they think she did something wrong are the sort to have a screeching melt down at anybody who doesn't comply to their selfish demands. Massive, bizarre overstepping of boundaries - anyone defending this is a fellow nutbag who sees themselves in the batshit neigbhour.
Or alternatively some of us have experience of working within mental health services and are well acquainted with the distress anxiety like this can trigger - regardless of whether there is a pre existing MH condition or not. And the notion that we can’t switch off empathy or understanding for someone in distress at 5pm when the working day ends.
Just look at the language you’re using here to describe a young girl in distress, who may or may not have a MH problem feeding into it. Batshit twattery, loony, nut bag, unhinged, mental. And the final insult ‘if she’s so unhinged she needs help, call the authorities’. Do you know how hard it is for those with mental health issues and their families to access the help they need ?
For me, this wasn’t about the cat. It was about the distress experienced by the young girl and the utterly callous responses to that distress - and to be clear, l don’t include OP in that - she followed up with the neighbour and reached out to her.
Those with mental health issues are unfortunately still stigmatised, still subjected to the ‘pull yourself together’ mentality and are generally isolated - not least because of the general lack of understanding and intolerance from those who have no experience of it. Many of those with severe conditions end up in the criminal justice system because there is literally no other provision for them, and generally society doesn’t care until it comes knocking on their door. One look at this thread, and your horrible comment in particular, offers an insight into exactly how we’ve arrived at this state of affairs.
I’m done. Thread hidden.