This question is purely descriptive. I don't celebrate it by any means. It is not really something to be enthusiastic about. It is rather deeply sad that so many people see no other way to go on in life. For me the sole thought of suicide feels exonerating. Because I am able to express my suicidality and put it into words it helps me to cope with them. But I won't dig deep into that topic in this thread.
The reason why I am thinking about it. I imagine my next clinic stay. It is complicated. But I am not sure what I shalll tell to them. By the way I am one of the main contributors (when we look at threads) in the biggest suicide forum there is on this planet. I mean that sounds insane. So I ask myself whether this is even true. I could imagine that there are currently bigger places in Asian language or the deep web. However I barely know anything so this is why I wanted to ask you.
The media wrote that this forum gets way more traffic than most suicide prevention websites and I don't doubt that when I see how poor their quality is. I am not sure but wasn't it 6 million clicks per month? That is insane and kind of sad. So many people struggle with suicidality but the topic is so stigmatized.
There was once the subreddit sanctioned suicide I think. That was pretty popular. On the internet I have not found much information about the history of suicide forums. Though I am quite sure they are part of the internet close to its invention. Touchy topic can be discussed on the internet way better than in real life. At least this is my experience. I talked with therapists about it. But in group therapy I had to listen to many bullshit takes on suicide from very ignorant people. Some therapists were critical of suicide forums others were more open to the idea that I get support from such a place. I never mentioned the exact name and probably will continue to do so.
The media really hates us. I wonder what other people would think of me if they knew I am in this forum. My friends and family know it and they are not very judgemental. There was one person who judged me badly for it but I don't have contact with her and she does not know much of it anyway. I read some science articles which were way less dramatizing on suicide forums than the media articles. And many positive benefits they described fit to my case. I am way too obessed how other people perceive me.
Do you know more facts than me on this topic? Can you enlighten me?
The reason why I am thinking about it. I imagine my next clinic stay. It is complicated. But I am not sure what I shalll tell to them. By the way I am one of the main contributors (when we look at threads) in the biggest suicide forum there is on this planet. I mean that sounds insane. So I ask myself whether this is even true. I could imagine that there are currently bigger places in Asian language or the deep web. However I barely know anything so this is why I wanted to ask you.
The media wrote that this forum gets way more traffic than most suicide prevention websites and I don't doubt that when I see how poor their quality is. I am not sure but wasn't it 6 million clicks per month? That is insane and kind of sad. So many people struggle with suicidality but the topic is so stigmatized.
There was once the subreddit sanctioned suicide I think. That was pretty popular. On the internet I have not found much information about the history of suicide forums. Though I am quite sure they are part of the internet close to its invention. Touchy topic can be discussed on the internet way better than in real life. At least this is my experience. I talked with therapists about it. But in group therapy I had to listen to many bullshit takes on suicide from very ignorant people. Some therapists were critical of suicide forums others were more open to the idea that I get support from such a place. I never mentioned the exact name and probably will continue to do so.
The media really hates us. I wonder what other people would think of me if they knew I am in this forum. My friends and family know it and they are not very judgemental. There was one person who judged me badly for it but I don't have contact with her and she does not know much of it anyway. I read some science articles which were way less dramatizing on suicide forums than the media articles. And many positive benefits they described fit to my case. I am way too obessed how other people perceive me.
Do you know more facts than me on this topic? Can you enlighten me?
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