I'll second what Genevieve said, Greenleaves. Telling people you're in pain will result in good support. Posts about suicide tend to really work people up, though -- they get so worried about you that they can't offer the kind of support you're looking for. It's like if you saw someone with a broken leg who was standing at the edge of a cliff. You'd be so concerned with saving them from falling off the cliff that you might just tackle them to get them away from the edge -- even though that makes their leg worse. Does that make any sense?