So myself, I’ve never really seriously thought about suicide. I still don’t. I mean I’ve thought about it a little, more just pushing the boundaries of my own body and wondering if I really could. I mean Sure my life can be pretty crappy at time but hey, whatcha gonnah do (WAIT! don’t answer that…). either way my point was that I probably don’t understand most of the people here.
Please bear that in mind before you lynch mob me! D:
But from my very short time here, I find a fair few posts seem to be… *Points up at the title* Well, kind of attention seeking. Now, again, I’ve never been gripped in the talons of depression or a desire to end my own life, so I probably don’t understand. I mean, I’m pro euthanasia myself and… well, while i think suicide is a pretty bad idea, I respect peoples right to death.
But surely, if you’re posting in a place like this you really do want some support. And even the posts discussing methods etc, surely it really isn’t that hard to… well, kill yourself. People do it by accident all the time! (Dammit, this is NOT a place for my brand of humor!)
TLDNR: SO. I think my original point for coming here was to ask you all, just why do you post here? What drives you to tell other people about your experiences and that fact that you may or may not plan to end your life? And for the guys on the other side, trying to talk people down, why do YOU come here?
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A person I met here saved my life. I am here to return the favour. So I log on now and again and just provide adivce to those who want it. Thats why im here.
because i’ve gone though and still going though pain whcih i’ve almost started to cope woith and i really want ot help people, i dont know how i found this but it makes me feel good when i can help people on here 🙂 x
There sure are plenty of attention seekers here. You learn to ignore it. I usually scroll through the posts and if I’m lucky I’ll find one post per page that is actually worth reading. The rest is just people proclaiming a new deadline for their suicide, probably the 20th time they’ve said they’re going to do it on a certain day and then magically they’re still alive.
As far as why I’m here, I generally don’t create my own posts that often, as I said I just scroll through the site and try to find the one or two people I think I can offer some advice to. And I guess doing that appeals to me because I don’t exactly do many other good deeds in my life and I’m used to depression and feeling hopeless, so I’d like to think that through the internet, maybe I have been able to help a few people or calm them down or just share my experiences with them and let them know that they aren’t alone because I’ve been through it too.
Well, I won’t fail. Don’t give a shit about attention. No truly suicidal person would. Period.
I’m here because of both of those reasons. I’m suicidal and I understand that I need help. But at the same time I absolutely want to help everyone else. It gives me a drive to live when I know that I can help someone here 🙂
And it’s nice to be cared about as well, so I also ask for help myself 😀
Lots of philanthropists and smart people here, it would seem! ;3
Psychology is a strange thing, isn’t it?
I’m a little obsessed with gestalt therapy at the moment and what fritz teaches really seems to apply to alot of things.
I mean, sometimes it really is a good idea to get / give support to people, but it can end up causing a kind of co dependance, no?
Not to sound like an asshat but it ends up becoming a behavior to fulfill the ego. Post about suicide, get lots of responses that make you feel special, so you simply keep on in a vicious cycle.
I won’t lie, i do it all the time. Not in a suicide-y depressed way, of course. Playing dumb, seeming anxious, getting angry at people rather than actually feeling real emotion.
Anyway, just something for you to think about. Once you’re aware of it you can start changing.
I looked up Gestalt therapy – I think I got the general gist of it, though I’m not sure.
It’s one of my dreams to become a psychiatrist, so I want to collect information from everywhere :3
I also like to think I’m not that co-dependant, since I pass on that cycle. I get help and then give help. What do you think?
Oh, not YOU in particular, you as in everyone. Thought i’d point that out just in case…
But what does it matter what I think?
I’m just a random guy on the Internets who likes sounding smart ;3
I just find it really, really interesting how we can doublethink like this. We sabotage ourselves. It makes no fucking sense what-so-ever. We almost WANT to be oppressed. I’m guessing, somewhere along the line, someone figured, “Hey. If we can convince everyone else that we know more than them, we suddenly become gods in their eyes” And then everyone else figured that they could piggyback on these authority figures by knuckling under, feeding their need for dominance. So now we’ve split the very essence of what it is to be a whole, because everyone starts acting. Now everyone fits into groups, no one can be themselves because it’s difficult. It’s easier to play the character than it is to be the person.
Almost all of society is a damned farce, people don’t interact with people, they are interacting with masks. So everyone has screwed themselves over, just in different ways.
Weasel,
It really doesn’t matter what you think; I just like listening to people’s opinions. 🙂
And yeah, even if what all you said was true, I couldn’t really care if there was a double-entendre to me helping people – because ultimately it makes me happy and it also makes them happy. At the same time, though, it really IS fascinating. Psychology is a real treat! 😀
But I don’t want to sabotage myself. Sabotaging myself like that causes regret and dismay, which could also lead to depression. I don’t have depression and I never want to have it either, so that’s why I don’t care much about over-analyzing things.