Posted by Happyflower on March 24, 2007, at 13:39:41
In reply to Sad UK news story *trigger*, posted by cubic_me on March 24, 2007, at 13:06:40
How terrible. This is why I am worried about sucide threats that we get in chat and on the board sometimes.
It is VERY distressing and even though we don't have cameras, the feeling is the same, such helplessness.Can you imagine how others will feel if a babbler deceided to do this? The guilt would be aweful for everyone who couldn't help even if they wanted to.
Nobody know for sure if the threats are real or not, and allowing these threats not only harm the person who wants to commit sucide, but the people who are left behind are the ones who suffer the most.
What if I deceided to use this forum to do this? What if I deceided to off myself and I tell you all that I am going to OD or hang myself. Most of you don't "know " me in real life, but you know me well. Wouldn't that be the most horrible feeling?
I had a cousin who accidently hung himself after reading a Playboy article years ago. The family is still suffering from the effects and he wasn't trying to even kill himself. This sort of thing "changes" people who have to live with the guilt of "not doing enough". Can any babbler truly deal with that feeling?
Sucide isn't as rare as some think, it actually happens a lot.
I really don't think this site is set up to really help someone who is seriously thinking of doing this, but allowing the threats, is also setting us up for this same thing, because I believe it will happen one of these days. It is sad that it takes for something bad to actually happen before anything is done about it.
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