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Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie
This thread will probably be taken down because someone complained they were triggered by it.
I personally feel there should be an entire section on suicide. Talking about suicide does not cause someone to do it. A suicide section might actually save someone.[/url]
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First of all, I think it's unfair of you to assume that just because a member complains about a thread or a post that it will automatically be taken down. Unfortunately, members get triggered all the time here. We do what we can to help warn members of possibly triggering posts, but at the same time, each member has to take some responsibility for dealing with their trigger. Reporting such a possible issue is one way of helping the community and themselves.
Secondly, we've had a number of members in the past who have wanted to discuss their active suicidal thoughts, plans and/or ways of accomplishing such. These are times when members are in crisis and need to look for support IRL. We are not trained to be, nor is Psych Central set up to be a crisis intervention site. Discussion of suicidal ideation has always been allowed when in the Depression Forum.
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BTW-I pm'd Doc John over 24 hours ago and have not heard back from him yet. If he does decide to close our thread, we are simply going to take this somewhere else. Either I or one of our helpers will let everyone know the new address.
I'm not sure if they are going to delete this thread or not, but just in case, I wanted you to know we will continue to fight-and to win!
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It takes DocJohn awhile to respond to member pm's. He has a lot on his plate, and he never wants to answer someone with thoughts off the top of his head. He will always do some research before answering questions of this type. Please be patient and if you have waited a couple of days, then by all means, shoot him another pm as a friendly reminder.
At this time, we will be moving this thread to the Depression Forum with a 10 day redirect. We normally only do a 5 day redirect, but feel this thread warrants an extra 5 days.
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to all members!