Since I have not really posted up about them in a while, here are some of my anime figures I have at work. Don't mind the Parks and Rec poster behind it.
I have three Q-Posket figures of Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon, and Nami from One Piece.
I also have the three cosplaying figures. My favorite are Pikachu as Nezuko and Nezuko as Pikachu. I just find them funny.
Which is your favorite? Do you have some figures on display at your desk / office?
Why To Avoid Calling 9-1-1 For A Mental Health Crisis
For safety, family members of those living with serious mental illnesses should rely more on themselves for de-escalation. Much of the early research on the effectiveness of crisis intervention training was based on post-training surveys that asked police officers how they thought the training would affect their behavior in the field. Most officers said it would increase their empathy and that probably does help in situations that do not spiral out of control. But more recent research has found that when officers feel threatened they still tend to reflexively rely on their gun to neutralize a threat. So there should be training for families and caregivers with a laser-like focus on the dangers of calling 9-1-1, rather than such risks just being a small part of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Basics or the NAMI Family-to-Family training, if they are mentioned at all. If there were such a program for families and caregivers, here are ten points that should be emphasized:
Weapons, especially guns, should be kept away from persons who may experience a mental health crisis. Red flag laws that have been proposed can be ineffective since they are temporary and the timing of a mental health crisis is unpredictable. So families should play a leading role in keeping dangerous weapons away from persons with serious mental illness. This would make life safer for a person living with mental illness, their caregivers, family members, friends, social workers, and emergency first-responders. All of this seems like a no-brainer to me. But when I told a former employee whose son had a psychotic break that he needed to lock up his weapons and ammunition, he replied that it was something he had not even thought about. Later he told me his son, who has schizophrenia that responded well to medication, did consider suicide by firearm.
Persons with mental illness are over-represented in the criminal justice system, among those killed by police officers, and even among those on death row. Reducing contact with the police is the best way to reduce the chance of a family members with mental illness becoming entangled in the criminal justice system.
I have been told that some African American families and others who have historically had negative experiences with police develop family and community plans for resolving conflicts without relying on police officers. NAMI families should be encouraged to do the same.
When you call 9-1-1 for help with a mental health crisis, you have no control over whether you will get a response from social workers, EMTs, or police officers. That decision is made by the dispatcher and is affected by their attitude about mental illness which you know nothing about. Police officers are the most typical first-responders who are dispatched to mental health crisis calls. There is a risk that police will get involved even when 9-8-8 is called.
When a police officer responds, you have no control over whether a family member will be taken to a hospital or jail—you relinquish that control to the responding police officer. Although my adult child with schizophrenia has not been violent for years, my wife and I were scratched and spit on in the past. A former local police chief, though a supporter of diversion, said in a meeting that a suspect who spit on a police officer would probably be taken to jail.
When a police officer responds, you have no control over whether an officer who is a specialist in crisis intervention will be dispatched. You also know nothing about a responding officer’s personal attitudes about mental illness. Local police officers have said at meetings that the closest officers typically respond first and they make the decision about whether to wait for specialized officers to handle a crisis. They often do not wait.
When a police officer responds, at least one gun is introduced to a situation where there may not have been one previously.
Police officers receive more training in neutralizing a perceived threat with a gun than they receive in using other methods like de-escalation. Any use of force may result in injury or death—use of a taser, baton, or fists is a bad outcome.
If a police officer is threatened or thinks a civilian is threatened, they are likely to reflexively draw a weapon which is often a gun since that is what a police officer is most trained to use.
Once a gun is unholstered in a crisis situation, it is difficult for a police officer to re-holster it during that crisis situation. One hand also is now occupied with the gun and is unavailable for wrestling with a subject. Among a police officer’s greatest fears is having their gun taken away and used against them, which increases the chance of them using it when a subject refuses to drop a weapon and approaches them.
@Thenerdyverseofmadness This scene will always be in my heart. Whenever I see Nami wearing Luffy's hat (in canon, official arts, or fan arts), I'm happy.
Many fans try to dismiss the moment when Luffy gives his hat to Nami, because "other people have wear it", forgetting the meaning behind the action, in how when Nami is dubious, crying or anxious Oda uses the hat in a way to give hope to Nami.
So, it definitely made an impact, whenever she talks about Luffy, this is one moment comes to her mind, I love how she went from hating pirates, to trusting her live to a pirate. The #strawhat is like a link between #Luffy and #Nami, at least how I see it. <3
Ngl I’m a little confused on how this works for the most part but I am interested putting my One Piece hyper fixation into urusai #onepiece#anime#newbie
@tiger_lily420 Welcome from another #OnePiece fan! It seems you have already gotten help. But I would recommend not to think too much about it to the point you feel overwhelmed, just use it as you would on other social media. :D You will learn as you keep using it.
Are you up to date with OnePiece? I see you are a #nami enjoyer too! ;-)
The first episode of #OnePiece on #Netflix is very good. I really enjoyed it.
The changes made to the events and how the crew came together felt pretty streamlined, which definitely came with it adapting a 20-year-old #manga and knowing what is down the line. Also, the cast is impeccable.
Strong start with some fun teases of events down the line. Also, it's quite stylish when it needs to be. I'm moving on to episode two now.
For once, I'm actually excited to be waking up before dawn for work: I'm getting paid to help spread awareness about our new local crisis and support hotline for San Diego and Imperial Valley, CalHOPE (833-842-4673), at #SDPride!