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Redway
22-01-2026, 04:31 PM
By that I mean radio-“therapists”/advice-hosts (e.g., late-night BBC local radio, where people voice their distress over the radio, U.S.-Loveline) less bound by modern scaffolding and liability-ethics, less safeguarding and more public emotional triage. Would you be willing to take that risk and speak in a capacity that’s the opposite to the bounded, strict confidentiality of Samaritans, or would it feel too exposing?
Parmy
22-01-2026, 04:40 PM
No, but I used to enjoy listening to them.
Oliver_W
22-01-2026, 04:56 PM
If they were as good as Fraiser Crane, maybe :laugh:
Redway
22-01-2026, 05:17 PM
No, but I used to enjoy listening to them.

Don’t be offended but I could totally see you in a Jerry-Springer audience (God rest the man’s soul).
Parmy
22-01-2026, 05:59 PM
Don’t be offended but I could totally see you in a Jerry-Springer audience (God rest the man’s soul).

Well you would see me, cause you'd be on the stage.
Livia
22-01-2026, 06:01 PM
No. There are some things that should be done in private. That's one of them.
Ray.
22-01-2026, 06:06 PM
Well you would see me, cause you'd be on the stage.

:joker:
Redway
22-01-2026, 06:46 PM
:joker:

Oh, you.
Maru
22-01-2026, 07:23 PM
No, if I'm going to have someone embarrass me, I'd rather it be done by a professional. (a joke)

Don’t be offended but I could totally see you in a Jerry-Springer audience (God rest the man’s soul).

Parm's energy has always been kinda like that for me also on TiBB.
Maru
22-01-2026, 07:27 PM
:joker:

Not a hard sell for some of us. This is a BB forum after all...
Mystic Mock
22-01-2026, 11:13 PM
If I were to ever talk to a Therapist it would be in a private setting.

My innermost thoughts I like to keep more private anyway.
Redway
26-01-2026, 11:08 PM
https://youtu.be/LLi7NcVF2_8?si=Tfae-43pzKlLNM-3

Ouch.
Ammi
27-01-2026, 05:53 AM
…no, but they were of their time, weren’t they…and that wasn’t the time of the internet or social media or forums or the like so I guess for some, they helped in not feeling so isolated and in reaching out over those radio waves etc…it all helped Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Seattle…
bots
27-01-2026, 10:46 AM
Compared to the 80's there are far more specialised services available, and a ton of resources on the internet.

Radio 5 have a talk in type show on late night weekends. I caught it once and ended up listening to the whole show. However, i think that was more a case of morbid curiosity
Crimson Dynamo
27-01-2026, 10:16 PM
Do you remember when that serial killer called Howard Stern?