Posted on Dec 6, 2017
Have you ever had to talk someone out of doing something they would regret (monetary, suicide, etc)?
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Many have had to talk people off of a ledge so to speak. Have you? Share your story and give some advice to everyone.
Posted 7 y ago
Responses: 10
I unfortunately had to talk an ex out of suicide. I called the cops to try and find him, but since it had been so many years since we dated, most of the info I could give them was old. His old address, his old car. I was able to convince my ex to turn his location services on his FB messenger he was incoherently chatting with me on. As soon as he finally turned it on, I called the officer back who I was working with, and they were able to find him in a parking lot, puking up his guts from how many pills he had taken. I am not sure if he would still be alive if they hadn't have found him. He either would have OD or crashed his car and hurt even more lives.
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Mara Hedin
Thank you LTJG (Join to see). It was a very long and emotional night. I hadn't been with him in years, but we remained "friends" on FB. I couldn't just let someone take their lives. I had to try and track down his recent friends and see if anyone could get an updated address or updated make of his car. I am just glad the officers took my call seriously and let me call them once I was able to locate my ex.
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One person during basic training, he was talking about going AWOL. Talked out doing it.
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