Clinically Insane Customer - ignore or help?

[seedubya]

When it comes to mental illness, don't make even partial judgements unless you know all the facts. For all you know that could be as good as that lady ever gets. I spent 7 years working as a nurse in a pscyh. hospital and I have an aunt and cousin with paranoid schizophrenia. Families have the roughest ride by far - at least the sufferers are shielded to some degree by their delusions.

 

[nj_computer_repair]

Yeah, but why are the hottest ones also the craziest ?

LOL

so true!

No, but seriously, I would avoid working with someone like that. It is a tragic situation and is unfortunate that disease effects people like that in this world. From past experience, just getting involved can create much unwanted anxiety for you. If you value your own sanity, keep a safe distance.

 

[nudone]

thanks for the further replies and reassurance that i did the right thing.

i'm sure this will be a common thing for a lot of us on here - we provide a service, we help people in trouble and so it feels a bit odd to avoid helping someone. i mean, the money is essential, of course, but we do what we do because we enjoy helping people (well, that's why i do it).

but as MaxMon said, i think helping someone like this who was so vulnerable was a bit too risky. i could well imagine that i'd receive further call outs from the woman if i'd helped her - and each call out would be for a problem that didn't really exist. there's also the risk that she'd just start accusing me of incompetency for not being able to fix the imagined problem - she was already trying to take some "corrupt" police men to court - i could have been next on the list.

 

[Alana]

I would advise her to get a new computer. I also had computer problems like those explained by this poor frustrated woman who may be in the menses. Some times a mother board is fried and that is the noises coming from it the sounds before it finally goes. The mouse may need a new driver also that accounts for the mouse being controlled by outside forces. Other problems can also be logically explained if one will look at the other side from being in her shoes.