I noticed quite a lot of people post about how they should commit suicide…and quite a lot of people try to stop them.
I have mixed feelings about this actually. I think it’s stupid you’re asking suicidal people how to kill yourself. This website isn’t here to HELP US commit suicide it’s here to PREVENT US from it.
But at the same time I understand. I mean some people are too far gone and it’s their time, and theres nothing we can do about it. Some suicidal people don’t want help and maybe you shouldn’t shove it in their faces. Some of these people have probably heard it all before and none of it’s helped and it never will. Sometimes we can’t help. And we have to accept that.
But I’m not exactly saying to just leave them be.
Suicide is NEVER the answer and I’m being very hypocritical right now. My point is to stop these ridiculous posts asking how to kill yourself. No one should be helping them succeed suicide! We need to help each other lean away from that!
You want help on how to kill yourself? Go somewhere else.
This website is for people who want help, who want to share stories of survival, and to spread hope.
Not to succeed suicide.
It even says on THE TOP OF THE PAGE to NOT DISCUSS things like that!
I’m not trying to be rude and I can’t stop you from doing whatever the fuck you want, but seriously consider not asking and not committing suicide okay?
And we’re the worst people to ask on how to succeed since we all have clearly failed in that department.
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Very well put!
I can agree with all angles on this post without feeling hypocritical! lol
Oh…and I’m a NAY for suicide!
..to answer the subject question 🙂
I think it actually helps a lot of people to have somewhere that, even if it’s against site policy, they can talk openly about their plans/feelings/etc.
There’s the added benefit of knowledge sharing. People deserve to be able to make an informed decision. My personal experience is that the more I read about suicide methods, the less attractive they seem.
I’d rather that people were well-informed and talking about suicide openly, than yearning for it secretly, and maybe even attempting it carelessly.
People should be able to discuss suicide methods because sometimes all they need is someone to listen. And isn’t this wat this site is for.
There isn’t a single thing in the world that is “illegal” and “not allowed” that people don’t do. If people discuss suicide methods and want advice on doing it who cares? It’s against the rules but then again whats the consequence? having your account post/account deleted? fine…they can make a new one in a flash…the post with the second most amount of comments is called “helium hood method” and has 663 comments and its been here since 2010….So obviously the rules aren’t strictly enforced…”Suicide is never the answer”….well first one must consider the question before they rule out possible answers… I agree with muspelhem I’d rather people ask then attempt carelessly and end up screwing themselves even more….
I actually came across a sight specifically for comiting suicide once. It was basically this guy who got better from depression and suicidal tendencys created a sight with methods and some specifics for each one. Tho the reason he did this was to show how in many cases just how hard it was to kill yourself. And alot of posabilitys of how each method could go wrong. Kinda a scare you strait program if u will. Worked too! I agree that discussjng methods shouldnt take place but at the same time sometimes it helps alot to know you have a method, that you have a sure way out. Mabye its just me but the knowlage of it makes me slightly better…
I think the only restriction on this site is that everyone should respect everyone else. I’m “pro choice” when it comes to suicide (and abortion). It’s our lives, and if we’ve reached the point where we just can’t take it any more, and we can’t find a good alternative, then suicide may be a viable option.
I like @Procel’s comments that when you know you have a method, and sure way out, that it does make a person feel a little better. If things don’t get better or get worse, you have a way to end the pain. I haven’t given up hope yet, but I’m glad I’ve got things ready just in case.
Suicide is indeed sometimes “the answer.” Most people (i would like to assume) have tried various methods of feeling something other than suicidal, or feeling terrible and/or miserable every day, or self-betterment… but sometimes, as you, yourself, admitted, some are simply too far gone to be “saved.” They have to decide this on their own. Unless you can do something that changes what causes their suffering, or empowers them to endure it further, and cope with it in more manageable and acceptable ways… then there is only one “answer.” That’s where people feel like there is no other way.
Granted, some are just so young, and seem to have been through so little, and seem to arrive at such a heavy conclusion, too early and for the wrong reasons.
Aside from saying “suicide is never the answer,” (because sometimes, for some, it really is) i pretty much agree with the rest of the OP.
Again, i don’t think “the real issue here,” is suicide… but rather, how much life sucks for some, and why… and that it seems so incredibly difficult, even impossible, for so many of us/them to do something to make life tolerable. You have to start trying to solve that, if you want to stop people from choosing suicide.
NAY. I’m a suicide survivor of far too many times. I look back and think what if I had died them? Imagine how different other people’s lives would be. It’s mot worth it, and I can say from experience that if you let it, it will start to get better.