Current Events > "Suicide attempts are just cries for help" what's so wrong about that?

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Cheese_Crackers 06/13/20 8:14:17 PM #1:	If someone is hurting enough that they do something drastic, why should they be disparaged for that? We have no idea what their stories are. Doesn't matter if you think an attempt wasn't "serious" or not. Some people, for whatever reason, don't know any other way to let others know that they need help. Maybe we should start listening to cries for help. --- Though the fear of death is a common one, the fear of life is a more rational one. <cite>Cheese_Crackers posted [p:940631966] in "Suic... [t:78769983]...</cite> <quote>If someone is hurting enough that they do something drastic, why should they be disparaged for that? We have no idea what their stories are. Doesn't matter if you think an attempt wasn't "serious" or not. Some people, for whatever reason, don't know any other way to let others know that they need help. Maybe we should start listening to cries for help. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
p-m 06/13/20 8:17:04 PM #2:	Absolutely, can't disagree with anything you've said there --- 00000000000000000 <cite>p-m posted [p:940632100] in "Suic... [t:78769983]...</cite> <quote>Absolutely, can't disagree with anything you've said there </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Veggeta X 06/13/20 8:18:24 PM #3:	Problem is the mass majority of us do not know how to help even if we want to. --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys <cite>Veggeta X posted [p:940632176] in "Suic... [t:78769983]...</cite> <quote>Problem is the mass majority of us do not know how to help even if we want to. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/20 8:21:04 PM #4:	usually when people say that then they continue to do jack shit about that cry for help and don't help at all in any way They just like to dismiss it so they can not get involved <cite>Zikten posted [p:940632301] in "Suic... [t:78769983]...</cite> <quote>usually when people say that then they continue to do jack shit about that cry for help and don't help at all in any way They just like to dismiss it so they can not get involved</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheese_Crackers 06/13/20 8:22:06 PM #5:	Veggeta X posted... Problem is the mass majority of us do not know how to help even if we want to. I can't pretend that I would know what to do if a friend or loved one told me they were going to commit suicide. Luckily there are options besides "do nothing" or, god forbid, "ridicule them". --- Though the fear of death is a common one, the fear of life is a more rational one. <cite>Cheese_Crackers posted [p:940632354] in "Suic... [t:78769983]...</cite> <quote>Veggeta X posted... </cite> <quote>Problem is the mass majority of us do not know how to help even if we want to.</quote>I can't pretend that I would know what to do if a friend or loved one told me they were going to commit suicide. Luckily there are options besides "do nothing" or, god forbid, "ridicule them". </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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