Gee...that was fun.

So, it seems that, for a laugh, a friend of my soon to be ex-wife decided to phone my psychologist and tell him I called her and was suicidal.

Not being able to contact me directly, and being 60 miles away, he sent a "suicide response unit" to my home. That was a social worker, a registered nurse, and three cops in uniform.

So I've spent the past hour convincing them that I'm not suicidal... and they finally just fucked off (10:30pm).

How invasive is that? It's kind of scary, actually...if the social worker decided I was a danger to myself, I would have been arrested and taken to a psych lockdown for assessment.

Talk about freedom being a state of mind!

Needless to say, convincing someone you're not insane is pretty difficult when you're absolutely livid about such an invasion of privacy, and you've been working since 5:00am.

And what a great impression on my new neighbours, since I've only been living here a month.

What did you say to the person who thought it would be hilarious to send those people after you?

...I found out where the info originated by calling my psychologist at home and asking him "WTF" this was all about...

wow

I say the person that made the false report should be next on the cops' to do list. Here in the states that is a crime.

...that she was genuinely concerned. It would be very difficult to prove otherwise, legally.

I just want to drop it, but I'm still pretty pissed-off.

Especially as it was a case of a phonecall which went like this: "this is so-and-so from the Mental Health unit...can we talk?"

"We are talking"

"I mean in person"

"no"

"well, we're right outside... either we can talk face to face now, or I can call the police to help us..."

Fuck me.

Said friend probably meant well. I'm sure wifey told her I was suicidal or something, and said friend, who fancies herself a pop-psych counsellor cum know-it-all decided to act.

Why was that done to you?

Imagine them believing I, the Emperor Napoleon, am insane!

but to send someone after you. That's extreme. I'm glad it all worked out for you.