I got a real peeve people who threaten suicide. Guess I've seen it used as guilt axe so many times, combined with seeing closely how a real suicide fucks up a family, I'm jaded. My internal reaction is to say 'then fucking do it' Then of course rational thought over rides that urge and I do what I need to do to 'help' the person. Usually not of want to help them, but more so for their families and friend's sake. So today I was confronted by a raving acquaintence , who when realized we weren't gonna take his shit was 'Well, I should just get a gun a blow my head off' My response was "Fair enough" with a shrug. I was still being politer to him, than he to me. But damn, I wanted to just yell it out "Then fucking do it" What stopped me there was not his family, as far as I can tell he has no family or real friends. Out of all the people I've ever seen use suicide as an argument tool...I think this one is actually nuts enough to do it. /purging rant Now that I've got that out...might be time for a little Metta
I've heard that ppl who say they're going to usually don't. The ones that keep quiet about it are normally the ones who actually do it. I dont know how much of that is true, but it makes sense. Saying they are prolly is just a way to get attention
I agree with all of you...people who say they're going to do it, usually never do...they want the attention. I only know this because my mother had a few suicide attempts and she never said a word about any of her attempts. The only reason she's alive today is mainly because of neighbors or friends who happened to randomly show up when she was unconscious. It wasn't her fate... But I had a good friend who was drinking himself to death and he threatened me with suicide one day...I told him I'd hand him the gun if he was that gung-ho about it. I didn't talk to him for 2 years after that night...
This one guy in my english class in college gave a speech about his paper. It was about listening to people if they say they are going to kill themselves. He had lost a close friend a few years back. I've heard a lot of people talk about how they will, and never do. Im sure i've done it at some point. I would think you would know if the person is for real. Its not something people just go out and do, its something that has been building for a long time.
Very true those that say they are going to commit suicide don't. It is the quite ones that people need to worry about. I look at suicide like this its a permanent solution to a temporary problem. There is always another way. The question are they willing to find it?
