False Suicide Threats

i don't mean to sound like i'm sticking up for those people who try and deliberately worry people but saying they want to kill themself, but there is one thing i've learnt - always take a suicide threat seriously. No matter if you think it's a joke, it could be their way of covering up, and they really mean it. I know i sound like i'm sticking up for people who joke about it, but i'm just saying - how would you feel if someone mentioned suicide in passing, you thought it was a joke and ignored it, and then they really did kill themselves?

I'm not asking for a fight or anything, i'm just saying my opinion.

Thanks to anyone who bothered to read it and i hope you think about it,
xx, PorteR

yeah well maybe someone should fucking murder you *cheekybaby* cuz your not really helping and your opinions are useless and mean, i mean maybe yeah if they wanted to commit suicide they would have already done it, but think about it maybe they want someone to know, or maybe they are scared and just need some more convincing to not do it, or maybe thats thier cry for help? ever think about that ? and yes if it is for attention you can change their minds ... n e ways thats my opinion about your opinion...and blue ribbon i like your opinion it's good that you arnt afraid of a bunch of ppl who sit around in a poems and quotes disscussion telling everybody how wrong they are about this and that ... they have no lifes, it's not my place to say that but i am..i mean yeah i have no life but i dont waste ALL my time in here .. i come here when there is no one else to talk to .. but n e ways good luck

~*AngelOfPain~*

Look i didn't post this topic to start an argument... i'm just saying that everybody who jokes about suicide does it for different reasons... yeah maybe some do it just for attention but others may be serious about it and prefer to talk to people they don't know about it. Please don't argue about it, i just wanted people to think about it.

xx, PorteR

attention whore? you're sadly mistaken.. yes, i've seen alot of people who say stuff like that and obviously are doing so just for attention, but i also know that alot of people are so depressed and upset that they consistently just dont want to live anymore.. and while they are contemplating themselves and they think about it and realize they dont really want to die that badly.... just want all of the pain and upset to go away... and by then they dont know what to do anymore... so they come to someone... anyone... whether it be a parent... a teacher.. or a discussion board online where they can remain somewhat anonymous (sometimes people are embarrassed of their suicidal thoughts..) and they simply realize they need HELP. and they bravely ASK FOR IT.

i personally think there is nothing wrong with asking for help... and being who i am, and a person who has helped many people through rough times.. past such irrational suicidal thoughts.. i know that not every person asking for help is an "attention whore" or anything of the sort...

and maybe current events in my life are really affecting my opinion aswell... a very close friend of mine.... was going through some trouble.. (ex bf stalking her.... raped her.... and worse...) and she had to go out of town to stay with her father (split family) for a while and she really got depressed again... and didnt have anyone to talk to.... and she told some people she knew about her feelings of overwhelming sadness and everything... and everyone just passed it off as wanting attention...

December 8th... her sadness won the battle... her wrists spewed forth blood.. and her bathtub was a deep crimson color.... she killed herself... and people knew it was coming.. and thought nothing of it..

i dont like false threats either.... but still.. i would much rather spend my time with an "attention whore" every now and then, and occasionally find someone who does need help... and help them through things. i would much rather help 1 out of 10... rather than be like some people and just pass them all off as "attention whores" and have to watch another person i love die...

well.. thats my thoughts... sorry for typin soo much...

~chris

That's the biggest bullshit i ever heard. If someone is suicidal they most likely will talk about suicide long before they kill themselves. What you have written is the difference between someone being frank and honest and someone who is maybe not forward or 100% sure of their decision. Either way the people probably need help and not some arsehole like you calling them an attention whore.

Thanks guys for backing me up... and people who you call "attention whores" may be doing it as a cry for help... they need your "Attention" for you to help them, don't they? it doesn't matter whether or not you think they're doing it for attention, they should still be taken seriously...

xx, PorteR

Always take someone seriously when they say their gonna commit suicide - it might be the last thing you ever do for them.

I read that 60% of people who actually commit suicide, have previously talked about death and killing themselves before they finally did it. Isn't this enough evidence for people to take suicide threats seriously?? xxx

give a link to that because its not true! MOST people who commit suicide don't talk about it untill its to late. Most walk around like you or I, granted if you look closer at them they do show signs of depression. But still.........

And almost all teenagers go through the I hate life, my parents hate me, and I have no friends phase; So now I think i'm going to cut myself.

YAWN....This was going on when I was a teenager, I wish the kids now adays would come up w/ up something orgininal at least....No imagination I suppose

Jacki, visit this link - http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=720

And find where it says: True or False: People who talk about suicide won't really do it.
**False**. Eighty percent of people who commit suicide talked about it beforehand. Even the most casual or joking statements, such as "you'll be sorry when I'm dead," should be taken seriously.

And also here - http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=721

80 •
The percentage of people who talk about suicide before taking action.

hey i red a bit of dis disscussion and altho i would never commit suicide i do get those types of thoughts when im depressed all the ppls ive told want me 2 talk 2 a counciler, but i dont want to, its really bugging me cuz my friends think im insane or it feels like it. i wrote a suicide poem and at the time i wrote it i felt like it, but i didnt want the pity every one would give so i sed it was all fake wen it was only half true. you dont have to cut ur self to be suicidal and i hate it when ppls think that, they think as long as there are no scars to show pain then there fine, then it dosnet make it go away and i feel really bad for being like dis bcuz of da millions of ppls worse off then me with real reasons to be depressed i told my sister this and all she could say to me was that it wont make my problems go away when the truth is it makes me feel better and more thankful for my life and the reason i dont cut is becuz showing ur pain means ur not strong enough to take it and i think i can bcuz i think im way over reacting with all my small problems when really depressed ppl have real problems and i love my life but i still get depressed.i dont want n e 1 to h8 me for feeling this way bcuz i cant stand being hated and every 1 will think im too young to be depressed and all i can say is that i took a test in a magazine that came out positive i kno thats totally stupid for me 2 say but its all i have, please dont make fun of me for this or tell me crap about how i shouldnt feel like this all i want is reasurence from any one that i am not insane sometimes it feels like i am.
sorry you had to read all this and im sorry if u think im a huge drama queen in fact im sorry for everything bcuz i feel so stupid for writing all this and leaving it here for u 2 read
bye 4 now

some people might say that "oh well if your gonna kill yourself u woulda done it already"that is very so not true!i hate it when people say that it just sounds too stuck up!!if someone tells you they're gonna kill themselves they're looking for support and a way out of a choice so black but when someone goes"oh well your full of shit you aint gonna kill yourself"oh right yea thats alotta support.i know cuz i've tried to kill myself 2 times the first one i literally had no one but i was only sick a few days and that was last year.this year was tonight...i called my best friend to say good bye and she refused to say good bye because she cares.the point is that no matter the situation when your talking to a person that u know is talking about suicide you need to take it seriously.suicide is no joke.so think twice when u think they're screwin with your mind.