Discussion do you ever wonder if a user on here is someone you know irl?

[awkward]

anyone else feel like they know someone on here personally based off their posts? i dont try to entertain these thoughts exactly, but i do wonder sometimes because it can feel so familiar. i feel like a creep sometimes

 

[darksouls]

in my country sasu is not so well known

 

[NormallyNeurotic]

I sometimes get terrified that people I love who are suicidal are on here. Call it selfish, but I don't want to lose them.

Many of them have amazing opportunities and talents in life that I want to see them take advantage of, to succeed. I tend to feel that deep down that I'll never get there myself, so seeing them get there is important to me.

They're all wonderful people who don't deserve any of the shit they've gotten, and I honestly never processed the first suicide I experienced in my life anyway, so I'm scared.

 

[FoxSauce]

To be honest no but if if did for me would be like:

 

[Jan1193]

I have a friend who I talked about this site some years ago, and she tell me that he was here too, but I don't talk with her anymore.

 

[Irisse]

I do but honestly I doubt it as this forum isn't known in my country either.

 

[ABadPerson]

No, but there is 2 people that I feel I might've known online based on their posts.

I'd rather not contact them if that's really the case though… And yeah, it's hard to not just consciously make mental notes of their posts.

 

[itsgone2]

No but one time a user was talking about where they live, and it's five minutes from me. Felt odd to see.

 

[derpyderpins]

Pretty sure someone who "knows" me IRL, as in is my friend and has hung out with me, would be able to tell who I am just because of my uniquely obnoxious stubbornness. If that's the case say hi. I'd prefer to stay anonymous but I'm not embarrassed about being here and you shouldn't be either, theoretical acquaintance.

 

[Persona3]

Very unlikely, but if anyone thinks they know me, I've got to say… catch me if you can, Mr. Holmes!

 

[EmptyBottle]

I wonder too. Tho since there's so many posts here, there's a reasonable chance I'd not even read it because I can only read so many posts in a day without getting bored.

Maybe I can recognise hints (like the other person having a cat, being active in my timezone, etc) tho, if I come across the posts.

 

[Lov3]

I was literally dating someone who was part of this place. Since that person has already CTB , I feel weird about creating an account here after that.

 

[mjolnir]

I think it's unlikely, even though there are people from my country here, he's not popularly known.

 

[supergold#2]

literally all the time lmao
found my ex's account here a few weeks after he caught the bus,
and there's 2 accounts i'm like 95% sure are, but I don't wanna bother them or scare them off

 

[maylurker]

outta the question

 

[MyLastTour]

If someone knew me irl, they'd definitely recognise me here, but I also don't think anything would come of it. I think it's exceedingly unlikely, but it would be crazy if I met someone that knew me off here though.

 

[girl from mars]

it's something I consider all the time, but of course I'd never know since no one casually brings up irl if they're active here

 

[Spite]

I have wondered this before, although there are very few people that I know in general so I'm pretty sure the likelihood of someone I know/have known IRL being here on this forum is like 0%.

Similarly I have wondered if anyone on this site is within close physical proximity to me. Like, I wonder if another user lives 10 minutes away from me or something. Granted I live in a geographically isolated part of the world, so I very highly doubt anyone around where I live is also on this site. There could be one or two other people though and I just don't know.