Today we talk a little bit about our experiences with these malicious people online. Everyone is entitled to a social media presence. You should not have to worry about someone trying to track down your location by identifying the building in the background or some other sneaky and bizarre tactics. We have to create more awareness around situations where people escalate their online disagreements to real life stalking and criminal behavior. It is no surprise all of the people we have run into are felons, have diverted medications from the elderly, assaulted police officers and one is even currently wanted it Florida. Not even kidding. Come check out what we have to say and how we are working to prevent this from happening to others in the future. We want to be a resources to those that need help in these strange situations that are not talked about enough.

Continue to conversation about how social illness is exacerbating and already large issue. Mental illness is something we are only discussing openly in recent times. There is still very little research on how social media affects those with untreated mental illness and how those affect their viewers with their perspective and ideas. It becomes dangerous when these people seek out others in real life, as happened with mike and myself and we are here to tell our stories and warn others!

It is no secret that there are many large creators that do not use their platforms for good. In fact, it seems they may be encouraging their followers to bully and attack anyone that doesn't immediately agree with them. Let's talk about how this effects the medical community specifically. Examples of this are encouraging mass reporting of nurses over social media posts when there are more appropriate ways to deal with that issue.

#nursing #nursingstudent #onlineharassment #onlinesafety

Sources:

The Brain Injury Guide and Resources. (2012) Substance Use/Abuse and TBI.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. (1999). Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 35. Chapter 3 – Motivational Interviewing as a Counseling Style.

Corrigan, J.D. et al. (2016). The Essential Brain Injury Guide, Edition 5.0. Brain Injury Association of America.

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