Could be a trigger.

I am someone who has dealt with the suicidal feelings before. Someone who has, in varying degrees, attempted but failed. Generally because I just was too chicken to actually do it. Many times I have felt like life isn't worth living, but I have finally got better with it. I would love to be an advocate, someone who could talk to people who are having suicidal thoughts. Sometimes, all that person needs is a helping hand. I don't agree that when you are that close to suicide that someone on a forums can't help, because they can. I have felt so lonely before and the times where I nearly did actually go through with it I think that if someone would have just comforted me I wouldn't have even got that far.

So I do agree that the posts should be allowed. I like to try to talk to those in a PM after I see a post like that because I feel like I can help. I can say "I've been there" I know how it is and I know how it feels and I KNOW that most people do not REALLY want to do it, they just feel like it's the only option, and they need someone to tell them "No, I am here for you, it's not the only option". Obviously there are varying degrees of suicidal thoughts. Some people have them every day, and some have them every once in a while, and then some are so far gone that all they can think about is how to kill themselves. I don't agree with the rule completely because I am just so tender with that subject.

I know that it can hurt others and make others want to do it as well, but what if there are some lives it can save. What if two people who are that close meet through that form and all of a sudden start PM'ing, become friends, and get each other through that moment and then continue to keep each other up. You just never know with life. I don't want to see people who are attention seekers either do it, but the people who really feel that is the only option need help and there are people here that can say the right things even better than those hotlines they take you to. Someone who is that close knows that the person they are talking to is a trained professional, some hired and some volunteered, but to me it was always a little different than talking to someone who is not getting paid to do it and someone who just wants to be there to help. When I was in that zone I would much rather have had someone on here than one of those hotlines.

So I understand both sides but lean more to the fact that I wish it were allowed. I just feel like there are certain things that shouldn't be taken out. I myself had a post edited once for having "too much info" about a suicide attempt. I guess that someone could have taken that as a trigger but I felt like it would help others relate. There is a line but I would rather see it be allowed and then the threads be monitored rather than to just not allow it at all and then someone who may really need help feel like they can't get it here. I would just think that if you were that close, seeing that your thread on here for comfort was edited or deleted might just make things a lot worse. You just never know though, depends on the situation.