While I'm getting trained on dealing with people in crisis and trying to figure out if the person is a danger to themselves or others, I'm always disappointed that none of the suggested responses involve something like, "Have you considered joining a union first, and dealing with this collectively?"
@violetmadder @jonobie @frykitty
What? Like acknowledging that the problem is •systemic•??
What are you •mad•? That would risk giving your client the idea that their concerns are •reasonable•!?!
I made the mistake of articulating my feelings about the current state of the world as, "I'm not making any plans past 2030." Meaning, I'm not sure there's any •point• to making plans past 2030, because there's a substantially better than zero chance that there won't be a world to make plans •in•. >>
@violetmadder @jonobie @frykitty
This had the result of pcp somewhat urgently reminding me of the existence national crisis hotline.
Which, honestly, was just plain insulting. (And also I've heard stories of people winding up having less than optimal encounters with law enforcement as a result of such calls. So, yeah, hard pass.
I really need to remember that maintaining my integrity does •not• require disclosing to untrustworthy authority.
The whole idea of 988 and mobile crisis lines is to get in touch with people who are NOT cops... BUT the connection to the authorities IS still there and sometimes-- if there's not enough crisis folks on staff at the time, or if the person is deemed dangerous-- the cops do end up being the ones sent.
About 20% of mobile crisis calls end with somebody getting hospitalized. That's the part of the work I dread most, I don't want to be involved in dishing out 5150s if I can help it. I'm no clinician, so I'm not qualified anyway, but yikes.
@violetmadder @jonobie @frykitty
Well, & USian LEO judgement is famously NOT reliable.
I've heard of far too many instances of explicit "welfare checks" winding up with the checkee dead.