There's been an increase in suicidal posts and messages in chat recently, so I thought I'd post a small reminder about the guidelines. PsychCentral is first and foremost a self-help community and not set up to handle suicidal thoughts and ideation. Messages like this --either in the forums or in chat--can cause a lot of distress and feelings of hopelessness for other members. If you're feeling suicidal, please get help from a trained professional immediately. (You can find resources here: http://psychcentral.com/helpme.htm.) For the sake of the community the admin/mod team is going to be enforcing this policy, so please respect the guidelines. Thanks.