Could you open up on any other platform like on Sanctioned Suicide?

[noname223]

I use a different platform for dating. (the sole reason I spend time there) There are chats, most of your posts are anonymous etc. The platform has the appeal to be allegedly anonymous. Giving the posters a feeling of security. There are so many trolls though and the people are very unempathic/rude.

I don't feel comfortable to open up there. SaSu is way more open about taboos. Stigmatization is a big issue on mainstream platforms. And I am not only refering to suicide as a topic.

On other platforms I am not sure whether they would me report to the authorities. I am not doing big crimes. But I watch TV from to time illegal, bypass paywalls stuff like that.
People on SaSu admitted to some bigger crimes in the past. And most people were not that judgemental towards them.

I could never open up on a platform where I had to fear that the police stands in front of my door. I would be way too paranoid to share my thoughts.

Moreover, have you ever read a confession thread on a normie forum? Most of the things are so vanilla. It is almost ridiculous. I think on SaSu there were like two types of people in confession threads. People who worried too much holding an apple in their hands in a supermarket even though they did not buy it. And people who admitted to pretty stunning things. Someone put it in way better terms but I cannot remember the exact wording.

I considered to post in such a confession thread that I watched gore in the past. I would have been curious about the moral outrage. Even though I regret watching it. I think I would have gotten a lot of hate. I think it was good that I decided against it. I wonder whether the people/platform would have reported me.

Though I wonder. Do the people on SaSu deal with way more severe issues hence more controversial confessions? Or are we simply more open about them? Or both?

 

[Forever Sleep]

I stay off of social media. Most of it seems to be about self promotion anyway so, I doubt people would open up about the more negative stuff. Perhaps only for sympathy if they do.

As for being reported for things. I don't really know. Is it all that common on social media even? I imagine it's quite a bit of effort to report someone to the police. It's perhaps more shocking how some extreme cases don't get reported. There was that serial killer who posted homicidal reviews on tools on Amazon. I imagine most people thought it was a joke.

As for dating sites, I imagine eveyone is out to impress so, anything that might put a potential partner off, they probably omit.

I can't imagine posting what I post here anywhere else though. I'm sometimes amazed by how (mostly) kind this community is. Plus, I wouldn't want to have to defend my perspective or, wade through do-gooder platitudes if I posted vents elsewhere.

 

[darksouls]

the internet is the Colosseum of the modern age
most schoolchildren watch gore
they share violent videos in the schoolyard or in class chats

 

[Bismillah6925]

I couldn't, personally. Facebook is too public and Reddit is too "I don't care about you personally, but I don't want you to die, so here's the useless Suicide Hotline to call."

Everyone that mentions suicide gets routed to the Hotline, which is useless and mocking and all sorts of bad things. Here, that hasn't happened. I'm not shamed for being suicidal. I appreciate that.

 

[EternalShore]

I'm pretty open about things on both Twitter and Discord~ :) less so on Discord when the people don't come from SS or Twitter tho, since it'd be annoying to explain everything~ >_< and even on all those sites including this one, I don't tend to let everything be known about me, especially depending on who I'm talking to~ I tend to have a bunch of hot takes for literally everyone~

 

[FoxSauce]

Well maybe on discord to certain people.

 

[beandigger404]

I'm mostly on mypancake.cafe, a support forum similar to this one but for people with eating disorders. But there are also threads for more general mental health stuff like suicide and addiction on there. The process of becoming a member is a lot more vigorous than I've seen in other places, which makes it very secure. I'm probably more comfortable on pancake because I've been a member for over a year and I actually know people on there. It's a very lovely community

 

[enduringwinter]

Yeah. I do not gaf and will subject everybody to me except when itd affect me materially (so work, networking, family etc).

 

[bleeding_heart_show]

If anything I should speak less.

 

[Soulless_Death]

No, unfortunately not.

 

[lukewarmlemon4de]

No. i very rarely post anything on other social media.

 

[wham311]

Absolutely only place. And my mom, some of it.

The only other thing I interact with is a sports website and I've lost interest.

 

[usernamesarehard]

Lol no. I mean tbf I only have a reddit, that I only lurk on and a facebook account, that I used for market place and then later on for groups dedicated to dating.

Even if I did have other social media, I would never be honest there. Ignoring suicide stuff, I just don't trust people. And I think too many people share too much stuff online. My facebook only has my picture because it was a requirement for the dating group. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't post my picture.

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I don't want to share anything anywhere else and I don't want my picture attached to any of my accounts.

I think the only reason I'm honest here is because very few people know about this site. I would never have posted what's essentially a diary anywhere else.

 

[hippiedeath]

I have opened up more here than any other site. That said, I have still met with hostility and been shamed here in the past. I now watch very carefully what I say, even if I feel it's innocuous and inoffensive. Some people are wearing blinders and are overly judgmental, even here unfortunately. It's not a totally safe place. It's just better than most.

 

[rabidbunny]

i grew up on tumblr and instagram spam accounts with other super depressed suicidal teenagers so honestly i was always able to be super open. probably way more open than i should have been at that age. but i dont want to worry people anymore so i come here to anonymously vent about certain things. most people in my life feel just as horrible as i do because it is definitely scary times but i dont want to burden anyone or make anyone feel even worse. i also really like that no one knows what i look like.

 

[Unsure and Useless]

I'm a chronic oversharer, so regardless of where I am, I tend to say too much information. However, SaSu and Discord servers filled with people from here are the only places where I open up and tend to not regret it.

On other platforms, I just over share whenever I'm feeling stressed, feel humiliated afterwards, and vanish for a while. The same cannot be said for here. To me, admitting I want to CTB is one of the most personal things you can admit about yourself, considering saying it aloud can result in someone institutionalizing you. So, the fact that I can do that here without judgement is very comforting and helps me open up with a bunch of other things.

 

[LaetumCat]

I use various social media to vent/open up, but under a different username than here or any of my "main" social media (the one where I have friends & family). Although, nn each one I have kinda different set of "rules" and things I would share.

 

[Cauliflour]

 

[orcapythia]

On a couple imageboards maybe. The userbases and anonymity make it possible. On social media everyone regardless of topic or popularity acts so clique-y it would be a hassle.

 

[WrathfulGloom32]

Instant shadow ban.

 

[Rynalia]

Not really, no.

But to be fair, I'd hardly consider what I do here opening up in the first place. I only open up to people I'm comfortable enough with, and even that is hilariously rare.

My posts in general are just vague personal experiences or statements that hint at my issues without going into enough detail to make me spiral and potentially meltdown.

 

[Ch4in3dcr0w]

I dont really open up on here and even being here sometimes feels like hell for me so getting the same hell from even writting stuff in a less suportive community. HELL NO

 

[Binderz]

I'm slowly opening up in this community and hope to open up more. Grateful it is here with good moderators. I'm on social media platforms but am bright and chipper there. Won't talk about anything negative -- everything's great, folks! I also worry about privacy on places like Insta, X. They are hard core data gatherers, aren't they?

 

[Bismillah6925]

I'm slowly opening up in this community and hope to open up more. Grateful it is here with good moderators. I'm on social media platforms but am bright and chipper there. Won't talk about anything negative -- everything's great, folks! I also worry about privacy on places like Insta, X. They are hard core data gatherers, aren't they?

They do collect data, and given that everyone is for supporting mental health (except when it inconveniences them by existing too close), the sites do note/hide/ban those who are suicidal. Or worse, route you to the ineffective pseudopanacea of the National Suicide Hotline. Or commit you.

 

[otoyikim]

I made the mistake of opening up. I made the mistake of trying to be someone who i shouldn't have been.

Never again. If i am going to open up, i will open up here.