May answers be the wrong place for help?!
Question: I just read a question where some1 stated his parents were disappointed because he drank and was in financial ruin.
He seemed depressed but some of the responses were so harsh or simply in caps, "PUT DOWN THE BOTTLE, I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED TOO IF I WERE YOUR PARENTS."
I realize that some posters maybe to young or simply ill-equipped whether emotionally, or in lacking empathy to assist (or even in terms of age).
However, I'm in my early 20s and my first thought was for him to go seek addiction assistance. I'm sure if he explored AA he would be able to find out WHAT caused his alcohol addiction in the first place.
Moreover, once he worked on becoming sober he could receive referrals for agencies who assist with financial help.
Answers: I just read a question where some1 stated his parents were disappointed because he drank and was in financial ruin.
He seemed depressed but some of the responses were so harsh or simply in caps, "PUT DOWN THE BOTTLE, I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED TOO IF I WERE YOUR PARENTS."
I realize that some posters maybe to young or simply ill-equipped whether emotionally, or in lacking empathy to assist (or even in terms of age).
However, I'm in my early 20s and my first thought was for him to go seek addiction assistance. I'm sure if he explored AA he would be able to find out WHAT caused his alcohol addiction in the first place.
Moreover, once he worked on becoming sober he could receive referrals for agencies who assist with financial help.
I agree with you about the reaction of many viewers here. Not very nice.
But I have also seen many ridiculous questions being posted, trying to take the mickey out of people ... some pretending to be female and vice verse.
It is sad that there are so many who have no compassion for those with problems.
However, there was one post yesterday (supposed to be written by a female) who said that she had $*x in 'collage' (??) and that now she cannot walk as she is hurting so badly. She wanted advice if she should have $*x again tonight. I thought that that post was absolute Bogus, and replied "Ohhyeah??" S/he send me a rather nasty mail. So one never knows what to believe and where to give solid advice.
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I think Y!A is a great place for people to come, who have no where else to go for help, or do not know what to do. I believe that if the right people answer, people who actually know what they are talking about, then this site can actually change a person's life. I know it did for me. I didn't have a clue what to do, when I was in need of help for a certain situation, however coming to this community, and receiving the most wonderful help I could dream of, turned my life round. To this day, I am still good friends with the person who helped me most. Thus, I believe this site is great for turning people in the right direction.
Of course answers isn't the proper place to seek real help on real issues, but it's a place where you can get insight and more input if you're not sure where you should be going to get the real help or if you're too scared to just go out and seek the real help from the professionals you may need. If you ignore the trolls it's not a bad place.