So I'm at McDonald's. There's a man having a serious psychotic break. Begging everyone to call cops for him cuz of zombies and mars and the galaxy of aliens.
Can't get his name out of him he's in there but he's having a hard time. Poor guy. I have called and have the
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Mobile crisis team coming for him. I told him he's going to be okay. He sat down and cannot stop panicking.
"Zombies, eating me navy seals, aliens!"
Man it has to suck to be so stuck inside of all that.
I'm just now mainly trying to keep him calm Which he is and I told
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The managers and employees at McDonald's that I have somebody coming for him but I definitely did not want cops coming. Im really hoping the mental health crisis team can get here for him soon. They just called said 5-7 minutes. 🙌
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@AKLibraryChick
They just did about 16 mins ago. The ambulance just got here. They clearly saw how bad he was and they got him out to their car. He walked out. There is a little bit of a trickery. We had to do to get them out there because of all of his fears at the moment but I am so so happy
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@GrowingJohnsons
Makes me so grateful for the crisis response team. I would never ever want to call the cops on someone in this condition. In a lot of places there's literally no other options
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@ineptninja90
Exactly. I was SO HAPPY and relieved to hear we had one and that they were on duty. I really hope we can expand this because there's a lot of times they're not on duty and all it took was one mental health counselor and then one EMT. We need to put more money towards it and we...
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@BoogidFfskw2002
He could be going into a diabetic seizure, try a candy bar/sweets or orange juice.
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@GrowingJohnsons
You did an excellent job for him. Thank you. Plus your thread included info we can all use to help others.
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@GrowingJohnsons
Did he eat a Big Mac? I heard those things have some kinda weird shit in them. 😜
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@GrowingJohnsons
Magnificent job.
We should all put the 311 Mental Health hotline into our phones NOW.
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@GrowingJohnsons
Thanks for not calling the cops. It’s important to have an alternative number in your phone.
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@GrowingJohnsons
Thank you for having compassion and not getting the cops involved. I've had psychotic breaks like that and I don't think folks appreciate just how terrifying they are. Your reality is literally melting around you and all your worst fears and traumas are coming for you. It's awful
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