Depressive members

[erinallen]

Hi, I have a delicate situation, I have some members, including regulars who have written to me that they are depressed, they write to me that they are always sad, upset. Although I try to make them happy, to do something, to have fun, they are very reserved, most of the time they only give me tokens once and then they just want to talk. How do you proceed in this situation? I feel bad for them but I'm also not here just to talk.

 

[ava]

if someone starts talking about their mental health, i put i stop to it in the most kindest way possible. im mentally ill too and im not capable of being a therapist because im hella not qualified. it's also very triggering for me. i tell them they should take the money they spend on adult entertainment and go to a therapist.

i cannot find that woman petting sharks meme that satirizes how sex workers deal with a lot of men with untreated mental illness.

you cannot make everyone happy. that is unrealistic. a member's mental health is not your responsibility. you are gonna burn yourself out trying to appease people who don't care about how them unloading their emotional problems on you affects you. some of them are emotional wankers who will do this to everyone to feel some sort of comfort at the expense of others. it's a form of emotional abuse.