Posted by Gabbi-x-2 on April 29, 2005, at 13:30:42
In reply to Re: Desensitized to suicide? » Shy_Girl, posted by PM80 on April 29, 2005, at 8:11:55
> You are not evil, and I would guess that you are not alone in your fascination with suicide. Of course, you can post this. This site is designed so that you can post these kinds of things.
Not necessarily, other folks have been reprimanded by Dr. Bob for detailing their fascination with suicide, it must be done very carefully.
Your smileys tell me that you are trying to keep things light, make a joke of sorts, about a very serious issue for you. I have read that in therapy, the patient will often joke about and make light about the very thing that is most serious and hurts the most (no, i'm no doc, just a patient who has done her homework).I took the question Shy Girl posed at face value, that she was worried about becoming desensitized. Therefore it wasn't an issue to me that she might be trying to make light of, or make a joke of, something that hurt or was scary.
Regardless, this is a public board, and for many of us who have been affected by suicide seeing a smiley after a sentence like "I just love thinking about suicide" can feel as mocked as if those affected by other violence, read, "I just love thinking about murder" (smile)The questions are far more likely to be well recieved without them.
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