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Viva_La_Revolution

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9. Thank you all! She's getting help as I post this

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 03:47 PM

Aug 2014

It was a near thing, luckily her roommate just got home, and I messaged him to check on her.

I met this person online, playing a facebook game, but she is my friend...

Please, if anyone you know is depressed, talk to them. Don't let them have to resort to someone online they've never really met.

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Need Canadian DU'er help! A friend there needs mental health help [View all] Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2014 OP

You could try calling on the DU Canada Group rocktivity Aug 2014 #1

If i needed mental health care. jambo101 Aug 2014 #2

she said she went to emergency before and they just sent her home Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2014 #3

Yes, I think that would be best ... polly7 Aug 2014 #6

She needs to go to emerg and be specific laundry_queen Aug 2014 #7

Having your confidence shaken is almost as bad as being suicidal. rocktivity Aug 2014 #10

I'm not from Canada but here are some phone numbers octoberlib Aug 2014 #4

Yes, if she can't or won't go to emerg or can't get help there, those numbers polly7 Aug 2014 #5

Contact the local CMHA office... SidDithers Aug 2014 #8

You too, Sid. I do have a list here with my EMS stuff but it's just regional, that site polly7 Aug 2014 #12

Thank you all! She's getting help as I post this Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2014 #9

You are a very good person. polly7 Aug 2014 #11