Posted by Dinah on October 22, 2004, at 16:08:59
In reply to Lou's response to NikkiT2's post 405913-2 » Lou Pilder, posted by Lou Pilder on October 22, 2004, at 15:15:49
Lou, it is against the rules on some message boards to discuss suicidal ideation. But, thankfully to me at least, it's not against the rules here. With depression, I find not discussing it is really the pink elephant in the room. Feeling that it's not a taboo subject not only allows for support, but it also reduces the menace of the thoughts (for me at least).
Posters do get concerned, and let Dr. Bob know about posts that scare them. If you ever get concerned about me from a post of mine, for example, I wouldn't be offended if you say "Hey, Dr. Bob. I'm concerned about Dinah. Could you take a look at this post?" With the expression of concern for my welfare in the alert, it would seem like a caring thing to do. But if you just said "Look at this post" without the expression of caring, it might reawaken all those scary thoughts of taboo in me.
Admittedly, it is scary when a poster, and especially a friend, expresses those thoughts. But wouldn't it be even scarier if they didn't feel free to express them here?
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