Posted by cubic_me on August 29, 2004, at 19:52:42
In reply to Re: suicide discussion, posted by daisym on August 29, 2004, at 16:18:26
I completely agree with everything that has been said here. I've been suicidal to varying degrees for the past 3 or more years, and without talking to people, either online or IRL, and just having them know what I am feeling, I would have felt even more lonely. A couple of people I have talked to have really over reacted, and that has just made me feel like I have to protect them from what I am feeling.
Sometimes I feel like I have become hardened to people talking about suicide. When my best friend told me that she had tried to kill herself 3 years ago, I was freaked out, tho I didn't show that to her. I talked with her about both our suicidal feelings until she killed herself over a year later, and I continued to talk to people online. The suicidal people I had come into contact with online used to occupy my mind, and I did used to feel responsible for them, however I became more and more able to talk to extremely suicidal people online or on the phone, and then switch off and get on with what I had to do. When I think about it, I feel harsh for doing that, but if I didn't then it would mentally destroy me.
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