sugarsugar
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- May 21, 2022
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idk how it is in your country but where i live they dont even get paid for that job. what did you expect her to do or say to you so you wouldnt be mad and disrespectful towards the work shes doing? did you expect a text from her that will miraculously solve all your problems or what? smhView attachment 92987listen i get that hotlines don't do shit, i've tried them before. but i got so bad, and i don't have my SN yet, so i tried it anyways. tell me why miss mackenzie thought that this would be helpful. smh thanks bestie
I don't really get suicide hotlines. Like why would I ask for advice if I know that my answer is always gonna be no don't kill yourself. And I get support is nice but if I feel like I have to call up a volunteer for support, I'm gonnna feel like a real loser. Suicide is my choice and I know that everyone in my life would disagree but I'm still choosing to override thatView attachment 92987listen i get that hotlines don't do shit, i've tried them before. but i got so bad, and i don't have my SN yet, so i tried it anyways. tell me why miss mackenzie thought that this would be helpful. smh thanks bestie
Heh no. That place is not helpful whatsoever. One time someone used my thread as a crutch to dm me snd advertise their blog. Other times it's full of lame generic advice.i've never really found them helpful either.
they're trained to be extremely strict/neutral in their responses and not necessarily hold an opinion or judgement (which makes it kind of pointless - same kind of situation with therapists really)
i've found r/suicidewatch to be a bit more helpful in terms of finding people to relate to but don't know if you'd find it helpful, might be worth going on there. You might find Replika helpful too, I've used before which is like an AI bot and its kind of soothing. Hope this helps x
Oh sorry about that. Maybe not that subreddit then, my badHeh no. That place is not helpful whatsoever. One time someone used my thread as a crutch to dm me snd advertise their blog. Other times it's full of lame generic advice.
Yeah, I guess I was just frustrated by how robotic the replies were. And she never asked my name. But I do get that they're trying their best, igI never found them helpful but it's not the volunteers fault. There trying there best. They can only imagine our turmoil and do try there best too help. I guess somethings are unsolvable. Our minds.
What do you guys expect them to tell you? I mean it never really helped me much but I still appreciate them taking out the time of their day to try to help people in any way that they can. None of have the answers and neither do they.View attachment 92987listen i get that hotlines don't do shit, i've tried them before. but i got so bad, and i don't have my SN yet, so i tried it anyways. tell me why miss mackenzie thought that this would be helpful. smh thanks bestie
isnt it better that way tho? i wouldnt even want to tell them my name to be anonymousY'all I'm not saying I expected this girl to be able to fix me or make the suicidal feelings go away. I'm just frustrated that I got copy paste answers and she didn't ask my name. I'm sad that I didn't get treated like a person. I get that these hotlines are band aid fixes but this band aid wasn't even sticky yall.
hehehehehe, the platitudes are amusingView attachment 92987listen i get that hotlines don't do shit, i've tried them before. but i got so bad, and i don't have my SN yet, so i tried it anyways. tell me why miss mackenzie thought that this would be helpful. smh thanks bestie
I feel like the stats would be heavily skewed. A lot of people just get emotional, and *think* they want to ctb without actually wanting to go through with it. I mean you see how many of us, (many of which are 100% set on ctb), struggle to get the job done. Lots of us spend months researching, buying the components necessary, talking to others about our method, and still struggle to actually do the deed. Some layman who has a breakup and calls into the hotline might just be looking for someone to tell them not to do it; they most likely wouldn't have done it, even if they didn't call the hotline.That almost sounds like a bot, too. I don't think they help much, either—"tell me what's going on" might have been more useful. But even then, they're so limited—it would be interesting to see stats on how many they have helped…
What you say makes a lot of sense. It strikes me as incredibly sad that there's so little meaningful for people that really struggle with this. Who knows. The world makes no sense.I feel like the stats would be heavily skewed. A lot of people just get emotional, and *think* they want to ctb without actually wanting to go through with it. I mean you see how many of us, (many of which are 100% set on ctb), struggle to get the job done. Lots of us spend months researching, buying the components necessary, talking to others about our method, and still struggle to actually do the deed. Some layman who has a breakup and calls into the hotline might just be looking for someone to tell them not to do it; they most likely wouldn't have done it, even if they didn't call the hotline.
Not to discount anyones views or opinions, but I know myself personally, I've been stuck these past few weeks and can't seem to make the leap, even though I'm 100% certain that this is what I want.