I had to send my Best friend to the mental hospital. - General

Yesterday about 10PM, I recieved a message from my best friend and we started talking on facebook. Something was up, He was talking to a girl in taiwan and stuff, I wasn't so surprised because asian people always have some ways of meeting with family etc. So we start talking and i'm usually up till the late night, from 2-3am. We talk about how he's sick of his mistakes and stuff. Then he completely changes the tone of the conversation, saying humans were weak, His dreams and stuff he'd kill them. I told him humans weren't weak, that they can take one hell of a beating, and still come out alive. I told him to watch three guys one hammer for proof if he really wanted, But then he changed the tone yet again to how he'd been depressed and sad among other things. I was talking to him for a while longer, took a shower came back and he told me why he was talking. He had stopped talking to me a month before, and we had just started talking again. We were supposed to hang out today, friday. He had dreams of killing me. He had dreams of killing his family, His exes. A lot of people. He continues to talk about it and i tell him he's not a killer and he's not a criminal but he keeps on getting worse, He starts talking about he wants to do a home invasion, How he wants to kills someone, Torture them, and other things. He starts yelling at me, Telling me i'm provoking him, All kinds of things and being violent, Actually scaring me. I'm almost NEVER scared. He kept telling me how he's going to come over to my house last night and stuff, How he wanted to kill me and all. I didn't want to do this, But i had no other option. I had him elaborate on the entire thing, Meanwhile i called the police. They drove to his house, called him and had him come outside where he was arrested, And sent to a hospital, At three AM. I kept him on FB for as long as possible so they could get him before he could cause any harm, To anyone. I've been really tense since but i've been trying to hide it. I just woke up from my dream, I was him screaming at me on how much he hated me and wanted me dead for putting him there. I'm scared honestly, He's been my best friend for the longest while. I'm just trying to clear my mind. Today, his father came over, thanked me for what i did, asked about all these things, To which i told him to the best of my ability. He thanked me for my time, I sent his messages to me to his sister so she could see i wasn't trying to get him in trouble for something small, That he was actually angry and wanted to hurt or kill someone. It's been on my mind all day, I went to a football game and stayed out all day pretty much, trying to make it so i'm not thinking about it. I feel like i betrayed him. But i also feel like i somehow saved him. I'm in limbo on what i did. Everyone has told me i did the right thing. I just feel like i should have seen it coming. like i could have stopped it somehow... Facepunch.. I sent my Best friend to the mental hospital.... I just hope he doesn't hate me.

Probably not the best idea sending a mentally unstable to a shock site containing murder..

[QUOTE=KillerSlash;32903747]Probably not the best idea sending a mentally unstable to a shock site containing murder..[/QUOTE] I didn't know it at the time he was unstable, if i had i wouldn't have said that.. He and I used to joke about stuff like that, he used to find it funny and last night he was serious. Dead serious.

:(

Imo, you did the best possible solution. If not for you, he might've become a serial killer and then get convicted, or even worse killed during arrest. But now he has a chance for a normal life.

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;32903816]Imo, you did the best possible solution. If not for you, he might've become a serial killer and then get convicted, or even worse killed during arrest. But now he has a chance for a normal life.[/QUOTE] Me i just sort of feel like i could have done something. I could have seen it and all.

You did the right thing.

saving lives is better than losing the friend who would soon take those lives you did the right thing OP

Once he's on meds and normal again he'll understand why you did what you did

You did what was best for him, mate. Hopefully they can help him get better soon.

Something similar happened to me where I sent one of my ex's to a mental hospital for threatening suicide. Kept her talking on facebook while I called the police. She hated me for about a month but then realized that I was trying to help. She now says that I saved her life. It really amazed me how long it took them to get the police over to her house, though. It was like, 45 minutes from the time that I called to when the police arrived.

While you may feel like you just betrayed your best friend, you have actually done quite the opposite. You have in turn possibly saved his and other peoples lives. When someone goes around talking like that, the best you can do is seek professional help for them and hope the best comes of it. Don't get yourself down because of what you did, when he finally comes around after being looked at, I'm sure he will understand and appreciate what you did for him.

That was a good thing you did, OP

[QUOTE=Norfair12;32903926]While you may feel like you just betrayed your best friend, you have actually done quite the opposite. You have in turn possibly saved his and other peoples lives. When someone goes around talking like that, the best you can do is seek professional help for them and hope the best comes of it. Don't get yourself down because of what you did, when he finally comes around after being looked at, I'm sure he will understand and appreciate what you did for him.[/QUOTE] The best way i could put it all, I'm betraying him, But i'm also saving his life. My greatest betrayal is his greatest triumph, I made him lose the battle, But i also made him win the war.

Sorry. I know how it feels like. I had to send one of my friends off too a mental hospital. He's better now but he tells me when he takes his pills he still has gruesome dreams of him killing animals and family.

Even if he hates you now, he will thank you later.

Or go even more insane and murder you in a brutal fashion.

Definitely did the right thing OP

[QUOTE=markg06;32904029]Or go even more insane and murder you in a brutal fashion.[/QUOTE] I'm afraid that may be the case but we've always been an equal match fighting. Sort of like goku/vegeta. I also always carry some type of weapon or something. I even sleep with a knife in my hand. But We've always been even fighting to the point of where we matched each others strength. He's partly the one who taught me how to fight, But i also know a lot of thai kickboxing. In short i'll most likely be able to stop him. In all likelyhood, it's not even that simple. If he does come to kill me, it'll be in the night.

Friends help each other. You just helped him. So no, it's not betrayal. You probably did the best thing : If he's not too stubborn to admit it he'll realize how you actually saved his life

Well done, you've created the male version of that chick from Sucker Punch. Now he's going to kill some robot Nazis :v:

Well done. One less whacko out there, let's hope he'll go sane again so you can hang out again :smile:

[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;32904055]I'm afraid that may be the case but we've always been an equal match fighting. Sort of like goku/vegeta. I also always carry some type of weapon or something. I even sleep with a knife in my hand. But We've always been even fighting to the point of where we matched each others strength. He's partly the one who taught me how to fight, But i also know a lot of thai kickboxing. In short i'll most likely be able to stop him. In all likelyhood, it's not even that simple. If he does come to kill me, it'll be in the night.[/QUOTE] Or he could go buy a gun and just shoot you, I mean sleeping with a knife in your hand is hilarious and I can't imagine if he booted your door in whilst you're asleep you're going to be really effective when you're swinging around like a lunatic.

[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;32904204]Well done. One less whacko out there, let's hope he'll go sane again so you can hang out again :smile:[/QUOTE] If you go by this i'm a wacko too. Things are never as they seem. I have bipolar schizoaphrenia disorder. I don't take meds, i heard voices when i'm stressed among other things. I know what's real and what's not. That's what blurs the line you know.

Doing something like this shows that you are a true friend. I am sure he will thank you once he gets out.

[QUOTE=markg06;32904235]Or he could go buy a gun and just shoot you, I mean sleeping with a knife in your hand is hilarious and I can't imagine if he booted your door in whilst you're asleep you're going to be really effective when you're swinging around like a lunatic.[/QUOTE] If you really want to know why i sleep with a knife, When i was in 6th grade (7-8 years ago) Kids would push me off my chair and start kicking me, when i was asleep. It's obvious you're heartless enough to be an asshole in this situation, Whilst you probably aren't older than i, Or lived in worse conditions. It's so i sleep better at night, I have flashbacks into things like that I have PSTD and other disorders. I have partial brain damage from being kicked and beaten up when i was younger, To the point of where i can't remember anything before 6th grade. I do not respect you. You are not a respectable person. But I must digress, Arguing on the internet holds no bounds, In the former nor the past.

You did the right thing. It shows you care about him

You could have saved him from possible murder or suicide. You did the right thing, buddy.

I scrolled down the page, looking for people who had been banned for trolling. I found none. Has Facepunch evolved into a mature community yet?

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;32904387]I scrolled down the page, looking for people who had been banned for trolling. I found none. Has Facepunch evolved into a mature community yet?[/QUOTE] It's only a matter of time until some internet tough guy (read: insecure faggot) shows up to tell us how alpha he is.