The Dallas Police have handled it.

[BeHereNow]

She is safe.
Sorry everyone, but I didn't know what else to
do.
I was in an absolute panic.
Having lost three friends this way,
I don't take such things lightly.
Hopefully she will get the help she needs now.
BHN

[EFerrari]

1. I've been out of the loop attending to my family.

Wha?

[strategery blunder]

4. Here's the thread

the one where I tried to do a reverse lookup on Anarchy1999's cell and realized I did it on the Dallas PD because her cell phone number wasn't given in the thread.;)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4948950

[EFerrari]

5. Thank you. nt

[yewberry]

7. Thanks much for the effort and good thoughts

but I think it might be better for you to delete the link to a locked thread. (It might be best to just let this one sink quickly.)

JMHO.

Thanks.

[BeHereNow]

8. Amen to that- I agree completely

I hated to resort to posting it here-
but frankly, I did not know what else to do.
I had no other contact information for her what-so-ever,
other than her cell phone number.
No last name, no address.
She is safe now and that's all I care about.
BHN

[melody]

2. good on you - you did the right thing

Mental illness and suicide threats are nothing to consider lightly. You acted correctly imo.

[SeattleGirl]

3. BeHereNow, don't worry about it.

You did the right thing. I'm glad Anarcy is okay, whatever her reason for calling you. I have lost people to suicide, and also worked at a crisis line and talked several people out of killing themselvesx, so I also take it very seriously. And I think sometimes, even if a call turns out not to seem real, it indeed may very well be real.

Take care of yourself.

[EFerrari]

10. That's right.

I never met my sister in law because she took her own life before I met her.

And without judging her choice, I would have liked to talk to her first.

Be well, my friend.

[BeHereNow]

12. Thanks sfexpat2000.

As you might imagine, the last hour just put
5000 more grey hairs on my head...
Anarchy called me from the hospital- pissed off.
but that's just too bad.
She calmed down when I told her I did what I did
out of love and the experience of losing three
people to suicide in five years, not to mention a family
member as a child.
I told her to hang out at the hospital for a few
days and consider it a vacation.
Hopefully she will, because I REALLY think her daughter
needs her and I think she needs help with her depression
so that she can be around for a long time.
Please put whatever prayer you have out there for her healing.
BHN

[EFerrari]

15. I'm there. And you hug yourself for me please.

Life isn't always what we want. But, there it is. :hug:

[TorchTheWitch]

6. You done good

Calling the police was probably the smartest thing to do. At least they can keep her from harming herself for now. I just don't know what can be done in the long term.

For what it's worth, I think you handled it as well as it could be handled.

Oh boy, I just don't know what to tell you... I'm feeling very useless at the moment. :(

[BeHereNow]

9. She is safe- she is in the hospital right now. Dallas Police rock!

They called me back to inform me that they had taken her to the
hospital and told me I had done the right thing to call judging
from what she said to them.

She called me from the hospital- upset with me for calling
the police- I told her I would rather have her mad at me
than have her dead.

BHN

[SeattleGirl]

11. Me too!

I'm sorry she's mad at you, but happy she's still with us to BE mad! I hope she gets the help she needs. I've been worried about her.

[fooj]

14. Take good care.

You did the right thing.

Peace.

[BeHereNow]

19. Thanks Fooj- I am going through "what if" right now.

Anarchy called me from the hospital several times
over the last hour- PISSED OFF!
The thing about it is, I felt bad about calling the police
each time she called, even though I KNOW it was the right thing
to do and I would HOPE someone would do it for me
if I left a message like that on someone's phone!
Argh-
Off to bed now that I know she is safe.
BHN

[Polethebear]

16. You did alright.........

As I said,I was there myself once....


Good Job....

[BeHereNow]

17. Thanks for your support- AND WELCOME TO DU!

Glad you're still around to be part of our family-
As you can see, despite our quibbling, we DO
take care of one another!
HUGS-
BHN
PS: I know about "being there" too.
Thankfully it was MANY years ago and I am fine now
and SO happy to be alive.
Maybe Anarchy1999 will feel that way too someday.
That is my prayer for her.
She is a GOOD woman going through great deal right now.
She CAN make it to the other side though and hopefully
she WILL get the help she needs now.
She can be pissed all she wants at me if she is is alive-
I prefer that to the alternative anyday.

[Why Syzygy]

18. I had a neighbor in a similiar situation in August

I made calls for him, with his permission, waited two hours with him for the psych team to arrive and take him to the hopsital. He felt so much better after getting the care he needed.

Be well, Anarchy1999!

Thanks for caring, BHN.

[BeHereNow]

21. Well, I didn't exactly have her permission, but I had some damn scary

messages on my answering machine when I got home tonight.
And like I said previously, having lost three friends to suicides
over five years, I DON"T take such things lightly.
Nighty-night and thanks for your support.
BHN

[wildhorses]

13. good to hear

[sandnsea]

20. Well oh my goodness

I was just looking for her today, didn't realize certain things had happened, and now this. I hope she is okay and it sounds to me like you did the right thing because a suicide call is at the least a cry for help and it sounds like she will get that so that is good. :hug: You poor thing, what a harrowing experience.

[BeHereNow]

22. Yes things have happened and she had called me about them

the other night- that call scared me plenty, so you can imagine
how I panicked when I got home to her "good-bye"
message.
I am SO relieved the police found her tonight.
She admitted to them that she had wanted
to commit suicide tonight when they went to her house-
that is all they needed to hear to proceed with mandatory
hospitalization-
the officer who called me back to tell me they
had found her was great- assured me that I had
done the right thing to call them and all.
She doesn't feel that way- but if she is safe,
I don't care if she is mad at me.
BHN

[EFerrari]

23. Anger is sometimes the closest thing

we can produce to "thank you".

Hope you get some rest!

[maddezmom]

24. locking

Looks like this situation has ended up in the hands of the professionals. Hope she'll get the help she needs.