[seesaw]

I do not have a solution to this, and I cannot remember what the guidelines say about this, but I have noticed an alarming number of posts with people saying that if their situation doesn't change by X date that they will

Possible trigger:

end it one way or another...referring obviously to suicide

and this is very alarming and triggering content. I was under the impression that discussions of

Possible trigger:

suicide

were not allowed. I would think that referring to it in this way would also be covered by our community guidelines.

I have noticed this mostly in the Relationships and Communication forum. Maybe a sticky note could be created as a reminder?

Thanks,
seesaw

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by seesaw

I do not have a solution to this, and I cannot remember what the guidelines say about this, but I have noticed an alarming number of posts with people saying that if their situation doesn't change by X date that they will

Possible trigger:

end it one way or another...referring obviously to suicide

and this is very alarming and triggering content. I was under the impression that discussions of

Possible trigger:

suicide

were not allowed. I would think that referring to it in this way would also be covered by our community guidelines.

I have noticed this mostly in the Relationships and Communication forum. Maybe a sticky note could be created as a reminder?

Thanks,
seesaw

I too have noticed an increase in this problem. what I do is click the report post button (found to the left of the post where you see who posted the post its down at the bottom next to the icon that says whether the poster is online or not.) when the report post icon opens the report page I type in why I am reporting the post.

I also go to the bottom of the main community page and notice which moderator is online at the moment (usually in a different color than the rest of the members names) I send that moderator a private message stating I sent in a report and why and that I also wanted to make sure an online moderator was aware of the against the rules posting is going on and where to find it.

usually when I do this the post that is obviously against the no suicide discussion rule the post gets locked for administrative review or it is very quickly removed so it doesnt trigger others.

I know there are some people who do not report posts like this but I do the moderators cant be everywhere at once and in some cases they may not know whats going on unless there is a report made.

[seesaw]

I have been reporting the posts that I see that do this. But I haven't been PMING the online administrator directly about it. Maybe I will try that too.

Thanks,
Seesaw

[DocJohn]

We do not ban discussions of suicide on our site, since, after all, we are a mental health support site. It would be pretty rare for someone who's gone through clinical depression to not have experienced such thoughts at least once...

We do have a policy about discussion of suicide and topics in this area:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/depr...resources.html

We just ask that people properly trigger their posts as such, and refrain from posting about any detailed plans, methods, or such.

I'd encourage members not to focus on the specific issue ("Are they talking about suicide?!") so much as what they're actually trying to communicate -- reaching out for help and for someone to just listen to them and hear them...

Best,
DocJohn

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by DocJohn

We do not ban discussions of suicide on our site, since, after all, we are a mental health support site. It would be pretty rare for someone who's gone through clinical depression to not have experienced such thoughts at least once...

We do have a policy about discussion of suicide and topics in this area:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/depr...resources.html

We just ask that people properly trigger their posts as such, and refrain from posting about any detailed plans, methods, or such.

I'd encourage members not to focus on the specific issue ("Are they talking about suicide?!") so much as what they're actually trying to communicate -- reaching out for help and for someone to just listen to them and hear them...

Best,
DocJohn

thanks Doc John. I dont mind the ones that say I .....feel.... suicidal or a post saying a week ago I attempted suicide.

I report the ones that are in active suicide mode of posting sentences like "I am going to...... then a description of what they are going to do and when."

[seesaw]

Originally Posted by DocJohn

We do not ban discussions of suicide on our site, since, after all, we are a mental health support site. It would be pretty rare for someone who's gone through clinical depression to not have experienced such thoughts at least once...

We do have a policy about discussion of suicide and topics in this area:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/depr...resources.html

We just ask that people properly trigger their posts as such, and refrain from posting about any detailed plans, methods, or such.

I'd encourage members not to focus on the specific issue ("Are they talking about suicide?!") so much as what they're actually trying to communicate -- reaching out for help and for someone to just listen to them and hear them...

Best,
DocJohn

I understand that, and agree that it's very appropriate in the Depression and Self Harm forums. The remarks I am talking about seem to be in different forums where they are feeling in crisis and seem to be referring to a specific plan or decision to do so. The post I reported earlier was, in my opinion, making that kind of crisis decision and while the person was upset about other things in their life, what stood out to me the most was this claim that they were going to

Possible trigger:

end it all

I felt like the only kind of advice I wanted to give at that moment had nothing to do with the problems making them feel that way, but with the fact they were stating they seemed in immediate danger and needed to see professional help.

Thank you for your clarification on this topic, DocJohn. I appreciate it. And my intent is not to not give support to those feeling those feelings, but I think, as you have stated, there are specific forums for dealing with that and a limit as to what we can reasonably provide support for.

seesaw

[seesaw]

Moderators, can you please close this thread? DocJohn has given his response and the solution has been advised.

Thanks,
seesaw