The worse were the suicidal strangers. When some bloke in the UK messages you in NZ about how they don't think they can carry on anymore...you feel kind of helpless. You've had maybe 10 chats at most and suddenly this bloke is telling you he wants to die. Who do you call? More linkedin 'friends'? How much emotional investment should you put in? These people are strangers...you'll never meet them (unless they're in your country), how much time away from family do you want to invest? I realized I was in too deep and needed to withdraw completely. His suicidal ideation wasn't my problem. I know it sounds heartless...but you have to step away if this was the kind of drama you were getting drawn into.

He was fine. It wasn't the first time he had expressed those opinions. I did call on his other connections in the UK to check on him. But that was one step too far.