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Calling helplines
I call helplines a lot - Sane, Beyond Blue, Lifeline and Blue Knot. I am an annoying repeat caller and they must all be sick of hearing from me. I've been calling them a lot for the past 18 mths because I've been having a lot of bullying and harassment. Years ago I used to call Lifeline every single day on my way home from work to debrief my stressful day. Last year, I called Beyond Blue or Lifeline almost every morning on my way to work as I was suicidal. I usually didn't tell them I was suicidal but I was. I was trying to decide if I would quit my job or suicide. I ended up quitting my job. I am annoyed with Beyond Blue because the last two times I have called I told them I got legal advice about the harassment and was told there was nothing I could do as there had been no threats. Both times, the phone counsellor tried to tell me that I could get an order. Both times I told them I had spoken to a lawyer and was told I couldn't. They are not lawyers yet they argued with me. It was really irritating.
Does anyone else have that experience of phone counsellors trying to give advice about things out of their area of expertise? I was really frustrated and ended the calls.
