How can I help this person?

Question

am worried about the behaviour of someone on here. They constantly thrive off sympathetic attention rather than actual attempts at friendship. If they feel they are not getting this attention they make up lies about people. They even claimed that a woman on here was abusing her children (not likely, one of the best mums about, her kids are very happy and very healthy).

She also lies a lot about things to make people feel even more sorry for her. What should I do? I know I dont know this person as such, but she has been doing this for more than a year and the stuff she did last night was actually illegal. How can we help this person before she ends up in serious trouble? Or should we just ignore it and hope that she eventually gets sectioned?

Answer 1

just ignore her.

      have a happy life!

Answer 2

man this section gets more and more like a chatroom every day!

not that I'm complaining, but there must be a lot of confused people on this site thinkin "what on earth has that got to do with current events?"

Answer 3

I'm not sure I understand the question.  This is not a forum for making friends, or enemies for that matter.  If someone is being abusive, then report them and block them.  If you want to find a forum for making friends, then I believe Yahoo has a 'chat' section.  Although personally I think the whole concept of making friends online rather odd anyway - I prefer my friendships face to face!

Answer 4

its very sweet that u are concerned but i wont say that she seems to have really upset u by her behaviour to u or others so i would say u should report her. what ever she has done sounds pretty nasty and cannot go unnoticed by yahoo answers. there are too many nasty unhelpful people on here!

Answer 5

You must spend your entire life on here cuz I dont know the people and what they do in their lives you need to get out more

Answer 6

Maybe you could ''help'' this person by first stopping pretending that you 'care'.

Answer 7

it is very nice of you to try and help but to be honest i think you would just be opening a can of worms for yourself.

realistically best thing to do would to just ignore them

Answer 8

what did I miss last night, I was here....... or was I...(lol)

Sorry don't know what your talking about :( but if its pychiatric issue just ignore if u don't really know the person...  

Answer 9

Feel no more sympathy for the deranged woman!

Cross your fingers she goes into complete meltdown. The reason I say this is that she has been the most cruelest of people on here, and she is beyond help.

Some people are just plain nasty, spiteful and bitter.

Answer 10

omg i think i know who you're talking about...although there's probably alot of them on here doing things like that.  if i see another question like "what do you think of me (photo attached)"  i think i'll scream and throw my laptop across the room.  argh!  why can't people be happy about themselves and not have to have other's opinions???  it's ridiculous.

anyway, i think you should let this person know that they could get into heaps of trouble and they should ease up.  after that, if they continue with it, let them suffer their own conequences.  it's the best way to learn.  then you shouldn't feel bad because you did go to the trouble of warning them.  i think you're a really lovely person for worrying.  good on you.

Answer 11

Block them and tell us who it is , so we can do the same.

Answer 12

If she is posting questions gossiping about other users and identifying them by name this is 'calling out' other users and is against Community Guidelines so her questions should be reported.  I know it sounds harsh, but it happens to all of us sometimes even if we post with good intentions, and sometimes it is the only way to save people from themselves and to clean up YA towards what it was intended for.

Have a look at the forum also as there are discussions about what to do in situations like this.

Answer 13

Ignore it, and report what is illegal. It's the only way to deal with people like that hun x

Answer 14

Babe nobody can help me.

Answer 15

Its best to let people who really know the person help.

If you don't really know her, you probably won't be of much help.

Its a nice thought tho'...

Answer 16

sounds like a lost cause to me

what the h**l happened last night?

Answer 17

It's difficult to say without knowing exactly what she has done. Is she of harm to anyone or herself, because then there is a duty for yahoo answers to do something.

Answer 18

Someone did try to help, but got no thanks for it. It was all thrown back in their face and then some.

I suggest you shut up, just shut up and ignore it.

Answer 19

Is this about Faith/EDEN?

Answer 20

Report it as abuse, if you think this.  

Answer 21

This person is sad and needs psychological help, before she get herself or other into trouble.  It would be better to keep out of her way.  The Establishment are very reluctant to help in these cases.  Have a word with your local clinic nurse next time you visit you doctor.  She is probably a very lonely woman brought on by her own actions.

Answer 22

we get a lot of nut cases here...Im one of them..

Answer 23

Some people are beyond help. Ignoring it is probably the best thing, although quite often that's easier said than done.