Do you ever get concerned about certain users on here?

Well no one has every accused me of being normal. In my family we have always said why be normal? Normal is safe, predictable and boring and who want's to be all that.

Hppy

There is only one poster whom I had genuine concerns about. They left, returned under another name and now are gone again (or doing a better job of masking who they are). That individual genuinely seemed to need mental/medical attention.

I get concerned about this one running around with a Shaun the Sheep picture as their user pic...

Seriously, if you (OP and general) ever have a concern about another poster, use the "Report Post" feature (yellow triangle with exclamation point in it) on one of their posts and let us know what your concerns are. It's better for you to do that than to discuss concerns in public threads. It also brings it to our attention faster.

We do investigate every single report that is made. However, please understand that for the privacy of both the poster you are concerned about as well as your privacy, we may not give you an update as to what actions, if any, will be taken.

Ummm...I'd be more concerned about the one running around with Dr. Johnny Fever as his user pic and I think if the truth be known, there's probably a lot of us that are very concerned about him!!.

After many years on this site, I've come to see AN as family, and have indeed become friends with number of members with whom I talk almost daily via Facebook or text. But I don't just pay attention to my friends, I tend to watch over the forums that I frequent, and when I have a concern about a member I will PM the Admins and ask them to reach out to the person. Dealing with someone else's mental or physical health crisis is way above my pay grade, so I turf it to the people who can actually help. That doesn't stop me from worrying, of course, because as a nurse it's in my blood. But if it's none of my business, I just report it and let the staff handle it.