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My (21f) brother (17m) is hearing voices telling him to kill himself. We’re both unsure if he should go to a counselor while on my moms insurance, as she may find out because he’s still a minor. My family is not good with sensitive information. My brother is 17, he'll be 18 in a few months. This week I found out he’s been hearing voices telling him to kill himself. This is all completely out of left field. I knew he was a little down lately but WOW. I want him to get help, obviously, but if he goes to a counselor now I’m worried it’ll just get worse for him. When I lived at home I was suicidal and depressed. I was hospitalized for it once at the age of 15. My mom often tells people about the situation pinning herself as the victim. To this day she still talks about it. My dad doesn’t believe in mental illness as he never experienced it himself. He thinks crazy people just want attention and need prayer for their egos. He thinks suicidal people are just sad and blowing it up. They’re both big members in the church, and although they allowed me to be medicated, they also made me use a heavy dose of prayer and essential oils. If I didn’t regularly exercise and show interest in a social life we’d have long painful talks where it was a 50/50 chance they’d be yelling for three hours or praying. I’d cry every time and they’d assume it was either me rebelling or the “demons leaving me”. Because my brothers issues are so much more severe, I’m really worried how it will pan out in their house if they find out  on the one hand, they’ve mellowed out a lot ever since I had my son. But on the other hand they’re still pretty heavily religious and anti-mental illness.I don’t want to make him wait 3 months, so I’m looking into affordable counseling to try and help him with. But if there’s a way he can go under my parents insurance without my mom being able to request his medical info, that’d be much better. He could tell them on his own terms or not tell them at all. I want it to be his decision, not my moms. So in the state of Louisiana and the age of 17, what are his rights in regards to his mental health? He’s hearing voices telling him to kill himself. He doesn’t WANT to die, but he did attempt it once. He didn’t like it and stopped, but it still happened. Thank you
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Smirking_Serpent posted:My parents are trying to kidnap my child. I mean, there is only really one way to be sure they'll never try this again but you might not see your kid for 25 years to life.
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Nov 20, 2018 21:59
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My cousin got bitten by a suspected rabid cat. His parents refused to have him vaccinated. He might die. What can I do? Can I secretly have him vaccinated? I told his parents he might die but they said vaccines aren't safe and it was just a 'little bite' (The wound bleed for like 5 minutes). I didn't even know that they were anti-vaxxers. We live in a country where rabies is common. Located at the Philippines.
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Nov 20, 2018 22:02
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Smirking_Serpent posted:My cousin got bitten by a suspected rabid cat. His parents refused to have him vaccinated. He might die. RIP that cousin, if you don't get it within a few days of exposure it's too late.
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Nov 20, 2018 22:40
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Not to mention cat bites are far worse than dog bites with regards to infection and disease. Any medical professional would tell you to get it examined ASAP.
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Nov 20, 2018 22:42
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dudeness posted:I mean, there is only really one way to be sure they'll never try this again but you might not see your kid for 25 years to life. he hasn't grown a spine by now so he definitely won't do that
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Nov 20, 2018 22:54
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what’s learned helplessness precious
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Smirking_Serpent posted:My (21f) brother (17m) is hearing voices telling him to kill himself. We’re both unsure if he should go to a counselor while on my moms insurance, as she may find out because he’s still a minor. My family is not good with sensitive information. Tell him he's mistaken and the voices are actually telling him to kill his parents
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Nov 20, 2018 23:09
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Smirking_Serpent posted:My parents are trying to kidnap my child. I'd refer them to that 'estraged parents forums' link shared earlier in this thread (https://www.issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/) and tell them "Here you go, this should explain everything"
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Nov 20, 2018 23:59
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I find the recent sad stories a lot more interesting than the Red Dead stories, just saying. Although the parents not believing in mental illness is pretty rough.  hope that dude gets some help soon.
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Smirking_Serpent posted:My cousin got bitten by a suspected rabid cat. His parents refused to have him vaccinated. He might die. My god, get him a vaccine course or get him poison. Rabies in humans is nightmarish and no one should have to go through with it. Smirking_Serpent posted:My (21f) brother (17m) is hearing voices telling him to kill himself. We’re both unsure if he should go to a counselor while on my moms insurance, as she may find out because he’s still a minor. My family is not good with sensitive information. Religion and mental illness don't mix. I have a cousin who had a few psychotic episodes and the parents didn't even come to see him until it got so bad they couldn't ignore it anymore. They don't believe in mental illness, so they also blamed my dad's suicide on my mom for not making him happier. I will be so happy when depression is quantifiable so you can point out your bad chemical balance and say "loving there!". People believe any other organ can malfunction, but when you say it's your brain you just need to smile more. I also wish there was a drug you could make people who don't believe in depression take to simulate its effects. And I'm going to need some honey packets for those chicken fingers, thank you.
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Nov 21, 2018 00:10
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SuddenExpire posted:RIP that cousin, if you don't get it within a few days of exposure it's too late. Any time before symptoms set in is good. It can be weeks sometimes. The earlier the better, but don't assume it's too late unless they're actually hydrophobic.
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Nov 21, 2018 00:18
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Prank gone wrong (Michigan)quote:We were out on a school retreat this weekend. Everyone in this story is 18 if that's relevant.
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Nov 21, 2018 00:28
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Haifisch posted:Prank gone wrong (Michigan) I love the torturous, elaborate, completely idiotic explanation for why he’d sneak up behind someone and gently caress up their hair 
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Nov 21, 2018 00:34
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There's nothing wrong with being old money you weenie
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Also symptomatic rabies is almost entirely fatal, even with the Milwaukie protocol
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Lol at not being able to tell the difference between two people wearing the same shirt. Motherfucker must think Target is a bunch of clones.
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Nov 21, 2018 00:39
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quote:She looks fine and honestly she'd look cute if she just cut it all off anyway. 
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Nov 21, 2018 00:58
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those prankers are wimps too. like, what they wanted to happen was exactly what did happen, they cut someone's hair and they freaked out. they are just such extraordinary wusses that they set it up so that they could pretend that was happening, but actually there's no way it can go wrong, so I'm extremely gratified that their little escape hatch failed miserably. they wanted the social cred and alluring mystique of bad boys but they didn't commit
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Nov 21, 2018 01:19
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Pick posted:same, i write letters of recommendation for like anyone i know who isn't a jackass Would you write one for me?
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Nov 21, 2018 01:45
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Beachcomber posted:I guess you guys aren't familiar with Maremma Sheepdog I want a podcast that does follow up stories on threads like this
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Nov 21, 2018 01:48
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Biplane posted:Would you write one for me? Sure
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Nov 21, 2018 01:59
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JHomer722 posted:I want a podcast that does follow up stories on threads like this Same. Pro-click but I need a better ending.
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Nov 21, 2018 02:10
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Pick posted:There's nothing wrong with being old money you weenie There’s almost certainly a lot wrong with being old money but probably for different reasons than the relationships askers are thinking of
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Nov 21, 2018 02:10
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Pick posted:There's nothing wrong with being old money you weenie Old money is scum
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Nov 21, 2018 02:37
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Peachfart posted:Old money is scum 100% inheritance tax to prevent Old Money NOW!!! Sounds like being an heir is detrimental to one's mental health, so we'd be doing them all a favor.
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Nov 21, 2018 02:41
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Can't iso-quote it, but the honey packet chicken fingers line cracked me up
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Depressio111117 posted:Same. Pro-click but I need a better ending. There’s a followup thread in the archives and the last hint of this situation IIRC was her asking a local pet forum (non SA) about Mareema rescues in her country. If it was the same person as the SA OP, she literally had it for a few weeks before getting rid of it lmao. Pup was tied to a tree in the yard and ignored, as everyone thought would happen. It then, being a hardcore sheepdog breed who needs a job, thought his job was to protect the tree and got nasty with anyone who came near it. I hope the poor boy found a farm to live out his destiny on and the OP never got a pet again.
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Depressio111117 posted:Same. Pro-click but I need a better ending. https://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/165357-my-maremma-puppy/ this doesn't give me much hope it worked out okay edit: lmao jesus value-brand cereal posted:Fishy fishy: I wanna get a maremma Sheep dog JHomer722 fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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Pick posted:Also symptomatic rabies is almost entirely fatal, even with the Milwaukie protocol Do we even know if the protocol does anything and that one girl wasn’t just a crazy fluke?
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JHomer722 posted:https://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/165357-my-maremma-puppy/ Notice no mention of the cat or tree 
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fruit BOO!ts posted:Do we even know if the protocol does anything and that one girl wasn’t just a crazy fluke? They've found it has like a 1-in-10 success rate. Honestly a 10% chance of living seems like it would be worth trying on all cases. At the very least it could be an interesting experiment with brain science. Like who the gently caress is like "Yeah, got an animal bite, just gonna let that fester" anyway. E: it's a better chance than people have for surviving most cancers, and we still treat cancer. Scathach fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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There's a segment on NPR, I think what they were basically saying was that if a person survives rabies from the Milwaukee Protocol then that person was going to survive regardless and it all actually has to do with previous exposure or something. edit: Here it is if anyone is curious https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/312245-rodney-versus-death dudeness fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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Peachfart posted:Old money is scum Unless it's yours.
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Well poo poo: https://pandorareport.org/2014/05/01/no-rabies-treatment-after-all-failure-of-the-milwaukee-protocol/ That and you can't just do a blood test and see if it's actually rabies the girl had. They'll never even know of it was that or some other virus or disorder. Yeah so if you look like you have rabies you're hosed. E: god this sent me down the Google rabbit hole where I discovered parents that didn't get their bat-bitten son the vaccination because he didn't like shots. Neither parent was so much as accused of neglect when their kid died wtf. Scathach fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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rabies is one of the few diseases people aren't afraid of ENOUGH
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Haifisch posted:Prank gone wrong (Michigan)
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Scathach posted:E: it's a better chance than people have for surviving most cancers, and we still treat cancer. that's not really how it works. cancer survival is not binary, IE yes you survived or sorry you're dead. It's measured across groups of people with the same disease by looking at the percent still alive at a given time out from diagnosis (one year, five years, ten, etc). I guarantee you the survival curve for literally any cancer you can name is better than rabies.
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DeadMansSuspenders posted:This was the best part of this story for me, he just has no concept of how much things cost. Every prank story is better than the last. I kinda get this, if you’re a guy it’s easy not to realize how much of a loving ripoff being a woman is, especially if you don’t grow up with siblings who go in for fancy hair poo poo. $200 for me is like... multiple years worth of haircuts, even in the US.
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JHomer722 posted:https://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/165357-my-maremma-puppy/ man if only we were as socially down on people who shouldn't be having children
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