Calista and Muffy,

i am glad to see you each are taking matters like these seriously and helping to educate us all on what can be done to prevent ourselves from becoming ensnared in these harmful peoples webs... im reminded of a book i read so many years ago that deals with depressed peoples environments and how it is important during times of vulnerability we must take extra caution with whom we spend our time with... unless there is a strong flame of hope, depressed people often influence and affect each other in unintended and negative ways with simple comments like 'i feel like giving up' or 'there's just no use' and the like... sometimes they will share methods of self harm with each other rather than focusing on more positive and life affirming topics.. so, always be careful and on the lookout people!