Posted by gabbii on August 4, 2005, at 14:14:28
In reply to Re: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!, posted by Nickengland on August 4, 2005, at 5:41:36
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> >As you stated in the post, what if someone is suicidal, comes to this board for a final attempt at reaching out and is blocked because she broke some obscure rule. Does she just kill herself now or what?
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> The purpose of this board in such extream measures is not for the aid of the last resort measures of a suicidal individual. If someone is reaching out, firstly using the internet, then this site www.dr-bob.org as their last resort, they are held for their own responsibilty whether or not they take their own life at the end of the day. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but it remains a fact.
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I don't think that is a fact. Suicide isn't cause by a negative reaction over the internet, for sure, it's reasons go much deeper. However often people who are suicidal don't have the means to proper treatment, that *is* a fact, there is no help in many cases, as much as people would like to believe otherwise, I can attest to that, because of the isolation and lack of community help the internet is becoming a more common way to reach out.
Is it sensible? No. is someone feeling suicidal likely to be in the mind set to do what is sensible? As a last ditch attempt at reaching out perhaps because it is a place where people have felt some connection, some comfort before, I think perfectly understandable. And a slap at that time isn't the cause of suicide, but there is such a thing as the last straw, something that can tip the scales, many people who've survived suicide attempts talk about that "one last thing that finally did it"
I was, thankfully reminded recently of something I'd said, about being careful how one responds to posters because you never know just how far down someone is. I didn't heed my own advice, and was reminded of it by a friend, and I'm glad she did. We can't stop suicide, of course, but I think being open to the realities, not the just the goals of human interaction, is important in such a sensitive area.
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