how about we all contact another member when we are ready? the chosen member should already know how they are feeling so no qualms on trying to talk them out of it. that person would be a ‘safety’ person just in case the attempt isn’t successful, to help the process along. I’m sure there’s legal lines on it, however if neither tells, then no harm no foul… right?
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Success consists in someone NOT commiting suicide, because the pain has diminished to a manageable level, and thus s/he has decided this is not what s/he wants to do
not many here will actually end it. Thats a good thing.
Suicide buddies rarely work out, and for a reason. Feelings always get in the way. Who wants to watch their friend die? And if it’s not their friend, well, at the last minute people often reach out hoping to receive encouragement to keep living. I would much rather hear that somebody recovered from their depression and went on to lead an enjoyable life, rather than help convince them to kill themselves. Gah. Do you honestly want that weight on your mind? Knowing that you could have tried being more positive, but instead you were like, go ahead, kill yourself.
Read ‘A Long Way Down,’ by Nick Hornby.
Do any of you guys sleep in two shifts ? I’ve just woken up in the middle of the night. I just read the reviews of two fascinating books on the subject: one said that electric lighting has completely changed our patterns of sleep, and marshalled as evidence literature/writings that showed that hundreds of years ago in Europe it was the norm to wake up in the middle of the night, do some activity, and the go back to bed.
hey req, please explain that comment you made last night….. you know,,,,, the one you thought i was talking about someone in particular and I was “mistaken”.
I would not advice that.
It’s a bit foolish to ask someone over the internet to be there for you so you can take your life.
a) person may be too unstable to watch you, and would potentially be traumatised by the experience
b) you don’t really know the person.. even if you talk on here, you still don’t know the person in person.. I guess you don’t need to get along, but can you count on them?
c) you may encourage your “buddy” and others on here to commit suicide
“that person would be a ‘safety’ person just in case the attempt isn’t successful, to help the process along.”
I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to kill a person whether they want to be killed or not.. and “helping” is just as bad as directly killing them (unless you have a compassionate judge). Things will always leak out one way or another.. someone is bound to see or investigate when they find someone’s remains.. it’s naive to think otherwise with great certainty.
Yea, I figured as much. I’m assuming most duck out at last minute and would be more than willing to ‘snitch/cry’ to police, haven’t researched all that much on it, but I will be looking into it more…
@WIG Oh, you knew who I meant though, didn’t you? I thought you were referring to somebody you met on SP. The person I was thinking of is in a relationship and so forth. I knew you were friends with them and I was wondering if you had a crush on them or something, because if you did you’d probably be disappointed as they were involved with someone else. But if that’s not who you meant, then I’m sure you have nothing to worry about.
Anyway, I don’t mean to go off topic here, my apologies to the OP.
I assume I do given I had a talk with her about the subject (been friends with her for months actually) . However, I knew her status all along, she was commited to him, etc. I am still her friend.
I do have an offsite relationship going on now, just began recently, happy at the moment.
But evidently some freak on here took it as me “stalking” her, according to a post I made on here of my own, where they assumed I was talking about her, when I wasn’t.
Well, it wasn’t me. 😛 I never said anything about your posts.
no, i didnt think it was.
some freak saw a post I made about how I met someone who made me happy, and they assumed I was talking about her, then made the comment accusing me of stalking her.
Bullshit.
I have a good idea who it is though.