#CLEARLY is struggling thorugh an episode but also CLEARLY isn't dangerous. i'm just supposed to let him sit there. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thewingedwolf · 18 days ago

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me: i feel like at every library i've worked out, there's been a patron or two that are clearly struggling with alcohol but aren't quite seeking help. do you have any suggestions for that situation? speaker: well the program is voluntary. me: yeah, but i mean...what do we do in these situations? speaker: if they aren't reaching out, nothing.

#'the program is voluntary' who is suggesting i just call the cops on them omg. i'm saying.#libraries regularly have an issue where someone is spiraling out specifically due to substance use. you are HERE #to help us deal with people spiraling out due to substance use. GIVE ME SOME ACTIONABLE THINGS.#i think what's frustrating is that the professionals know just as much or even less than someone who just Has A Sick Family Member #work tag #'you can't call us just bc someone is in pyschosis' then like. what is the point of you. no genuinely.#if there is no one i can ask for help when a patron - true story - is muttering about conspiracies and picking up books that have #trigger words in the title (like angel demon gods zion etc) and keeps lifting his shirt at random patrons #to explain to them that 'she is biting him here here and here' and keeps fixating on staff and getting too close.#CLEARLY is struggling thorugh an episode but also CLEARLY isn't dangerous. i'm just supposed to let him sit there.#there's nothing to do. okay got it. so you're useless is what you're telling me #and the skills i learned growing up to handle my uncle's triggers and my own triggers are the only things you can offer.#not to be like 'i hate social workers almost as much as cops' but jfc.#sorry omg i'm just so annoyed by this whole thing. we've had two very serious mental health crises happen at work the last like six months #and the answer when i've been like 'what i'm just supposed to like stare at him the whole time?" has been 'yes.'#well that doesn't feel safe for the patron or me!#j is passing out drunk regularly!!!!!! he's not doing good!!!!!!!!!!

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