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juliet065
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What is the name of your state? Illinois
This is going to be really long, so I'll just give the basics and if anyone truly wants to help me, feel free to ask for more specifics.
I've been subscribing to a parenting message boards since I got pregnant (my son is now almost 1). A couple of months ago I replied to a post by basically giving a contrasting opinion. My post started a heated debate, and I even received threatening emails. I therefore asked for my username to be deleted so I could sign up with a new name and just avoid certain forums. I've had no problems until this week. On Sunday, I was feeling very suicidal. I couldn't find any hotline numbers anywhere, and was alone, so I went to this website to ask if anyone knew what I should do. I was desperate, scared, and begging for help. The moderators of the forum deleted my post and those of anyone who replied to me. About 15 minutes later I slit my wrists, and was subsequently taking to the ER and then sent to a mental hospital. When I came online again on Wednesday, I saw that some people were asking about me and wanting to know if I was okay, so I posted what had happened and said that I was doing better now and thanked them all for their support. That post was also immediately deleted. The next day my father had a stroke, and so I posted asking if anyone had any personal experience with strokes and could give me some positive feedback. This post was also deleted. Shortly thereafter, my access was denied to post anymore messages. Now, they do have a disclaimer that says they don't want people giving medical advice, however they do not forbid it. They just recommend taking any of it without talking to a medical professional. Many, many other posts are on the board which are asking for medical advice and they are left untouched by the moderators. Plus, my last two posts weren't asking for any medical advice anyway. Do they have the right to do this, first of all, and would I have any sort of legal standing to sue them for my attempted suicide, since being able to talk to someone would have prevented me from slitting my wrists. Please don't give me any crap about how people are "sue-happy" lately, I just want actual legal advice. Thank you.
This is going to be really long, so I'll just give the basics and if anyone truly wants to help me, feel free to ask for more specifics.
I've been subscribing to a parenting message boards since I got pregnant (my son is now almost 1). A couple of months ago I replied to a post by basically giving a contrasting opinion. My post started a heated debate, and I even received threatening emails. I therefore asked for my username to be deleted so I could sign up with a new name and just avoid certain forums. I've had no problems until this week. On Sunday, I was feeling very suicidal. I couldn't find any hotline numbers anywhere, and was alone, so I went to this website to ask if anyone knew what I should do. I was desperate, scared, and begging for help. The moderators of the forum deleted my post and those of anyone who replied to me. About 15 minutes later I slit my wrists, and was subsequently taking to the ER and then sent to a mental hospital. When I came online again on Wednesday, I saw that some people were asking about me and wanting to know if I was okay, so I posted what had happened and said that I was doing better now and thanked them all for their support. That post was also immediately deleted. The next day my father had a stroke, and so I posted asking if anyone had any personal experience with strokes and could give me some positive feedback. This post was also deleted. Shortly thereafter, my access was denied to post anymore messages. Now, they do have a disclaimer that says they don't want people giving medical advice, however they do not forbid it. They just recommend taking any of it without talking to a medical professional. Many, many other posts are on the board which are asking for medical advice and they are left untouched by the moderators. Plus, my last two posts weren't asking for any medical advice anyway. Do they have the right to do this, first of all, and would I have any sort of legal standing to sue them for my attempted suicide, since being able to talk to someone would have prevented me from slitting my wrists. Please don't give me any crap about how people are "sue-happy" lately, I just want actual legal advice. Thank you.