Do you think its a safe practise to use yahoo answers to self diagnose mental illness and life advice?

A girl I know uses yahoo answers to dictate her state of health, determine if friends are good or bad, wheather she is right or wrong in any situation and uses it to have sarcastic digs at people. Do you agree that this is unhealthy and dangerous?Do you think its a safe practise to use yahoo answers to self diagnose mental illness and life advice?
it's 100% best to seek real professional helpDo you think its a safe practise to use yahoo answers to self diagnose mental illness and life advice?
well- its always good to hear a few opinions.





Yes it is defiantly dangerous
you'v got to be kidding?
that is dangerous, you cannot live life on here.
It's highly dangerous - I doubt that people here are medical professionals. And even if they are, well, you generally need to meet people in person to give a complete diagnosis. Using the internet full stop to diagnose yourself is a little silly, because you could have NO idea whether or not the information is correct.





If your friend is really worried about the state of her health then she needs to see a doctor.
Of course it's not safe.
Well, Yahoo Answers is great for getting advice on life situations and personal emotional battles..Its up to that person, whether or not her situations are improving as a result of Yahoo Answers.


I believe that most people who are truly mentally ill - don't really know they are, so therefore will not look to Yahoo Answers for that kind of advice.


Whether you have some kind of mental illness, bi-polar, or depression.. Yahoo Answers cannot diagnose a person who thinks they are mentally ill. Even if that was the case, Yahoo Answers cannot offer dependable therapy and medication for someone who believes they have a mental illness.


I hope this answers your question..just tryna do my best justme..
definately not the right thing to do... maybe u can have an opinion from various people but its finally left for us to decide whats right for us...as far as diagnosis of mental illness is concerned best left for a qualified practitioner....
my father used to use the iching oracle, when ever he needed to make a decision. This ended up being ridiculous. Tell your friend to always get a professional opinion on medical matters. And on personal matters, sure she can ask for advice, but let her know that it is her own opinion that counts.
Never.


But you could get some suggestions from other nerds like me.
It can be a bit unhealthy and dangerous. tell her to go see a therapist or a psychiatrist.
Of course it isn't what people should do to get mental illness advice or life advice, but I think what many people do is just kind of put the question out there to see what other people have to say. Maybe its kind of like when a couple of friends are together, and one asks the other for an opinion about something. The asking person may have no real intention of listening to any advice, but maybe they're just trying to get a reading on what different opinions may be.





People with something like depression need to talk to a professional, but sometimes they alsos need to get some feedback from others who have been through the same thing. As long as they know not to take anything anyone on here says too seriously, there's probably no harm.





Yahoo Answers isn't like an Eight-Ball that only comes up with a few of the same things and that isn't listening. There are people who come on here to look to see if there's some question they may be able to offer some insight on. I can see how the person who feels the need to put questions on here must be someone who is looking for someone else to offer some opinions or guidance; and maybe someone like your friend can't be as free with questions if she were to, say, try to get answers from someone like her mother or a teacher or even a friend.





I think your friend needs to be careful about how much she listens to. I've seen some answers on here that - really - are not particularly enlightened to say the least. I've also seen some very decent, caring, intelligent answers on here.





Chances are your friend is more looking for the answers that will back up what she already kind of thinks. The sarcastic digs aren't really the purpose of this site, and there's really no point in spending time trying to write up digs and hope someone will see them.





If your friend is truly using this site to determine if friends are good or bad she really should be careful about what she listens to. She probably knows, herself, what is good and what is bad. When it comes to whether she wants back-up on whether she's right or wrong about things, maybe her asking for objective opinions isn't such a bad thing. I'm thinking she must be young person, and young people tend to like to hear all kinds of opinions.





With regard to her health - she should be careful about that one. If she knows she needs a doctor she should, of course, see one. If, on the other hand, she's just looking for general information about how to tell if you can rule out that you have chicken pox maybe even that's not all that dangerous. It just all depends on how much she really listens and how much she reads with the proper skepticism.





I think if she were to link up with one individual one here and ask them for life advice it could be dangerous. I'm not sure how dangerous it is to have anonymous questions and anonymous answers that your friend may either see are inappropriate answers or else sense that they make sense. This site is apparently serving some purpose for your friend right now, and I'm not sure it would be better if she were to shut off her computer and try to figure things out without a selection of different ideas as a starting point. Not everyone would ask questions on a site like this (the kind of questions you're talking about), but some people apparently want to get as many varying opinions as they can about some topic.





It does sound like your friend is a little too wrapped up in the whole Yahoo Answers thing, but I'm not sure that at this point its all that unhealthy or dangerous. Maybe it could be later if she lets it get more out of hand, but chances are she'll move on to some other thing some time in the reasonably near future. It sounds to me like she found herself a new form of Eight-Ball - and who wasn't fascinated by the Eight-Ball even though we all pretty much knew that six or eight answers were stamped on that little pyramid-thing that floated around in there. I think your friend is temporarily fascinated in some way - that's all.





Still - yes, though, she should be careful too.
yes except for severe issues that maybe related to suicide. i rememeber someone was asking for the best way to kill themselves. oh my gosh people actually gave suggestions.
no it is not safe to rely on any answers to do with health, a doctor is needed for that! I can't say all the relationship answers are right, but I have read a lot of very good answers %26amp; that is not to hard to work out really because if someone is very mean %26amp; uncaring to a person the main advice is to respect them or get out of their life. I don't think she should use answers to be unkind %26amp; sarcastic to people though,thats not a good idea. Sharing the answers is ok but being catty is not.
looking for advice regarding second opinions is always good but no one here is an expert on heath matters and you should always follow up with your dr's advice on serious matters. this is a good place to compare answers if your uncomfortable discussing matters further with your dr but in a case of extreme emergency you should not use this site you should always call 911 if you cant reach your dr's office
Yes. It is not good to rely on an online community when you cannot verify their authority on certain issues. When it is about real life health situation, it is best to seek advice from professionals. Yahoo! Answers community provides only additional information.
Probably not, but it is far cheaper considering the cost of or lack of health care in this country.
I'm more concerned with you. You pick idiots as friends.
i think that most people take yahoo answers with a grain of salt. im sure your friend would not take it seriously. maybe u should talk to her about it instead of having a sarcastic dig at her.
No, don't take serious advice from Y/A, it's more a bit of fun.
NO - Advice yes - information yes but not to diagnose
In no way, shape, or form should anyone use Yahoo! Answers for life advice. This girl you know that does this has a serious problem.
of course it is, she should not do that