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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
I am sorry this happened to you. What a nuisance to cancel your vacation and spend money on lawyer's fees!
I think you are overreacting to the case, though. If you adopt firm policies for yourself, you would not run into such situations. The policies should be: 1) no lending money to friends during this period of your life, 2) no visiting dangerous parts of town, 3) etc. - you get the point.
In other words, your mistrusting the whole humanity in reaction to this incident is an overkill.
Please see somebody about your suicidal ideation though!
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Part of the intervention with the family was to get me to see a counselor, which I am doing both to get rid of the suicidal thoughts (which are gone thanks to the wonderful family & REAL friend support) and to deal with trust issues.
Obviously no one gets a cent from me now, I don't care if someone is dying. Sorry if that comes across as cruel, I don't want people using my kindness as a means to turn me into an ATM. Obviously now I realize how big of a sucker and a dope I was during this period. I suggested so many avenues outside of me lending money and this guy refused.
I don't want to say I mistrust all of humanity, but I hate the cynical feelings that I have now (ex. I see panhandlers on the street and I just want to scream "Freeloading Bums" at them.)
