TW: possible gore/violence and mention of narcotics abuse.
Lately the black lives matter tag has developed into a slew of different topics, one currently being the recent coup that just took place at the U.S. Capitol.
Now, I'm happy to say most of posts are discouragement from doom scrolling and reminding others to step back and take care of themselves in healthier methods
Unfortunately that is not all of them.
I snapped a screen shot of @enragedbees highly questionable metaphor before they blocked and deleted my comments, thus hiding my reblog.
This is a dangerous mindset to project onto a social media platform with minors and those who suffer with maintaining their health, mental health, and utilizing effective and safe coping mechanisms.
I asked them to edit or remove their post due to what they were advising people to do because they were encouraging using any means necessary to cope that which could ultimately result in suicide or death.
To summarize even fatal coping mechanisms such as self harm, drug use, and abuse of alcohol. They used a medical emergency as their metaphor such as a stroke and attempting to driving yourself to the hospital.
I will told them step by step what that accomplishes:
As someone who just passed her level 2 first aid course, I can guarantee you that you won't make it to the hospital.
Your analogy here is terrible.
You'll have weakness on one side of your body.
You'll veer/get bombarded by incoming traffic.
Your airway is closing up cuz that is a thing for stroke victims that most don't know about.
You're not breathing if you're not dead from the car crash.
You're now going into shock.
Your heart isn't beating from the not breathing- cardiac and respiratory distress
If you aren't dead from the car crash and if haven't quite died from any of that yet, the moment you turn your head after the car crash that has likely fucked your spine/neck your paralyzing/severing that you're dying in the car.
Or your car door has been ripped off as you didn't have the ability to close the door as you drove off, you've fallen out because you never clipped your seat belt because of the weakness on one side of your body, you're on your back, not breathing, closed airway, you've vomited -stroke victims vomit- you're choking on your own vomit, the car crash has left you with a ruptured spleen from floating ribs, liver damage/internal bleeding, you have broken legs and one of your arms has an exposed fracture with an arterial bleed.
Your shock has advanced to the point of cool, pale, and clammy skin, your body was diverging all blood flow to your brain and heart, but the shock has progressed too far and your body can no longer control or regulate itself.
On the list of priorities in large car pile up of now multiple injured or dying people the stroke patient is a code black and not going to be looked at.
What's suggested is you dial 911 and spout whatever you can while you can, not hanging up and do your best to lay on your side 3/4 prone to keep yourself from choking on your own fluids, or run to find someone who will call 911 for you before you lose consciousness and collapse from lack of oxygen.
So the answer really for your crisis is be informed, have a plan, and talk to people.
Don't take it all on yourself because you won't last long if you do.
Please use critical thinking when reading any coping or self help posts on this website.
Please reach out to any one or organization to talk to if you are suffering and your mental health state is altered or suffering.
The rhetoric used in @enragedbees post is dangerous and is going to get people hurt, or killed because it's encouraging them to self-medicate which can result in overdose and death. Others have called them out and they aren't changing or fixing their post. Please report their post.
Please, if you need someone to talk to message my inbox and I'll chat with you a while. If talking doesn't help, please try to eat something doesn't have to he huge -could be a slice of bread, a few tea spoons of peanut butter -any food you have. Drink water, small sips.
Practice deep and steady breathing to calm your heart rate.
In through your nose, out through your mouth.
You're not alone, the world is in this together.
Here is a website with a list of help lines.
http://worldhelplines.org/usa.html
