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Old Jun 30, 2013, 12:29 AM
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I've been on other forums that do allow people to write suicide notes or talk about intent to commit. It's highly highly stressful. I've seen posts where people as young as 12 write "I'm going to commit suicide" and I message them to try and get them to call a hotline or something. I know better than to stay up all night trying to do help them make it until the next morning and get proper treatment. I've talked to many people who didn't know any better and they put all of their energy into trying to help those posters and then at some point during their conversation, the suicidal kid stops responding. Maybe their wifi died for a day or two and they are totally fine. But what is the person on the other end going to assume? Then they blame themselves for someone else's suicide and it's just a mess. It really dragged down the environment of the whole forum. Many people basically only talk about suicide and SH and it's highly triggering
Thanks for this!
lizardlady, Nammu