manic panic

oh wow. manic panic. i've been looking around at a lot of diaries that i've never seen before. and today i came across a powerful one. i'm speechless. i talked about kurt cobain in couple entries recently. now i'm kind of spooked by what i saw in one diary today that referred to nirvana, and death as true bliss. i've never seen this diary before and so don't know much background info about this member. but it seems that from her entries and a lot of her recent entry titles, she's screaming out for help and i wish i could help.

actually, i have graduate (master's level) training as a counselor. i don't advertise that fact much out here on this site for a variety of reasons. there you have it. you all now know one more thing about me. anyway, i'm currently taking time away from the world of work due to my disability. and crisis intervention isn't my area of expertise. but if there's one thing i know from my education and training, it's that people don't idly make dark statements about wanting to be dead. i'm trained to recognize all the red flags that indicate suicidal tendencies. it's better to err on the side of caution and prevent rather than wish you could have done something. i say that based on both my personal and professional ethics. based on her journal entries, this individual is without doubt, at high risk for self harm, but i really don't know how to be of help. maybe it's none of my business. i'm either being an alarmist, or simply am a caring and sensitive person. my conscience tugs at me right now so maybe i'll reach out and contact her. i really don't know how to help. i checked her profile to see if it gave away a geographic location and alas, she lives in another country. if someone else here on this site knew this user in real life it would be so helpful b/c then i really would go through with standard protocol in this type of situation and contact them to tell them to make sure this woman isn't left alone at any time. but there's just no way to do it in a place like this. that's the one drawback of being part of a virtual community--a lot of people have never even met face2face. unfortunately what i've just written probably doesn't make a bunch of sense... what am i to do?