Posted by SLS on December 28, 2006, at 10:30:49
In reply to Re: Lou aspects of El's post, and others, etc, posted by ElaineM on December 27, 2006, at 23:19:29
I'm glad I have a place to be able to talk about anything, including the potential for me to commit suicide when I reach such a state. To talk about it is certainly a desperate act to avoid committing suicide. It is the connection to and support of others that makes such savior possible.
I imagine there are many different motivations and scenarios for which people pronounce suicidality. For whatever reasons we find some of these pronouncements to be "illegitimate", I wouldn't want to cut off the potential connections that a truly suicidal person might profit from by creating a policy against posts dealing with suicide. Even people whose declarations of suicide are repetitive and not acted upon probably need help. It is difficult to say to what degree PB influences them to avoid successfully committing suicide.
Is there a suicide contagion for the allowance of its being spoken about here? I really don't know. It doesn't affect me that way, though. Perhaps the opposite is true in a community of people who interact so closely. Because I am motivated to rescue others, I am more likely to allow others to rescue me. Perhaps there is a contagion of rescuing here. I don't know, but I don't think it hurts to take inventory every now and then.
For now, I see the discussion of and pleas for help in avoiding suicide to be integral to this community. It is the pinnacle of rescue. Are we to allow rescue from all conditions other than suicide. What sense does that make?
- Scott
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