Discussion am i horrible?

[sadbadpsychogirl]

ok so it really bothers me when people pretend to be suicidal either for attention or to seem more "interesting". i never really took much notice of it until recently. it even bothers me when people make multiple half assed attempts that would almost certainly fail. is this a form of munchausen's or something? or am i just too cynical? it just pisses me off that people doing and saying this kind of shit trivializes a serious issue. same thing with any other serious matter. its why people don't take real problems seriously! sorry just kind of in a bad way right now.

 

[FuneralCry]

People frustrate me and I cannot stand them. I do not understand why people would pretend to be suicidal for attention. I think in some cases, in regards to attempts many people have little knowledge and have done a lack of research and they may attempt out of desperation. I think in general, I try to focus on myself rather than others. If I spent too much time thinking about others, I would be constantly annoyed.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

I believe the stats show that many people slowly work up to their final successful suicide attempt. Meaning that they play around a bit with shitty methods, cry for help a couple of times, make attempts at recovery, get temporarily religious, etc.

 

[rationaltake]

People genuinely seem to think that taking a few OTC painkillers will be fatal. They also don't realise that the body usually responds to an OD by vomiting. That's why so many people recount their miraculous survival of a suicide attempt when in fact it would have been miraculous had they succeeded.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

makes sense. i have also made a few attempts (heroin o.d., antifreeze, air embolism...) that i did actually think would work but they were also pretty impulsive and that didn't work in my favor.

 

[Dot]

Many want ctb but strong SI also.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

Many want ctb but strong SI also.

true. i guess i'm just a rarity when it comes to the SI thing.

 

[TimeLawyer]

Maybe it's partly due to how the media portrays suicides, like when a character in a movie overdoses on paracetamol. Teenagers and more inexperienced people who have not done any prior research may think that you pop a handful of capsules and it's lights out when in reality youd get stomach pain and liver failure. Not everybody knows or has access to information about reliable methods, so they may try a bunch of things they think will be fatal and wake up surprised when it doesn't work.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

yeah. i think i'm talking about the handful of people (mostly young) who actually "fake" suicide attempts for attention/social status or threaten suicide to manipuliate others (it happens more than people think). but yes i do know that almost every successful suicide has a history of attempts, myself included. i just don't like when people romanticize it.

 

[TimeLawyer]

yeah. i think i'm talking about the handful of people (mostly young) who actually "fake" suicide attempts for attention/social status or threaten suicide to manipuliate others (it happens more than people think). but yes i do know that almost every successful suicide has a history of attempts, myself included. i just don't like when people romanticize it.

Yeah that would be awful. Do you think it contributes to people underestimating the impact of mental illness/abuse/trauma in people in their 20s because people think they're still going through some kind of "teenage phase" or that they haven't matured psychologically?

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

mos def! i mean i know for some people that suicidality is real at the time but they recover or out or "outgrow" it. but for those like me, being in my mid 30's its pretty much set in stone and only gets worse over time. i am happy for those who can recover, but for some of us its inevitable.