Discussion What would you do if you found someone CTB?

[Itsallover123]

Say you walk in on someone hanging, taking SN, holding a gun to their head, etc. what would you do? Would you stop them? Would you help them ctb? Would you pretend you never saw anything?

 

[Circles]

If I saw someone about to do it? Honestly I'd freeze in fear for them and jealousy. I'd like to think I would talk to them but I'm sure most wouldn't like that so. And no I wouldn't stop them.

If I saw an already dead body? Maybe put flowers unless that would make me complicit of a crime somehow? Reflect on it and look at at them wondering why and if we were somehow going through some of the same struggles.

 

[willitpass]

depends on the situation. i have turned a blind eye or even given tips to people while in a psych ward (none of them did anything lethal or dangerous in the end), but i know all of them have been through extreme abuse and mental illness and have been in pain for years and treatment hasn't helped. however if someone was just going through a breakup or a lost job and is not typically in a bad space or has not been through treatment, i would try and stop them. while i believe it is our right to die, i think the people around you deserve for you to try to improve things. they will live in the aftermath after all, and for them to remember that for the rest of their lives because of something fixable isn't right imo

 

[less than]

I hope that will never happen. But I have also asked myself this question.
It certainly depends on the situation and the circumstances in which someone finds a person and what the regional laws say about such a case.
So I hope, as I said at the beginning, that it will never happen.

 

[FuneralCry]

I would just walk away. I have no right to interfere with anyones personal decisions about their lives, it is their life, their decision. I am pro choice. Stopping a suicide attempt is prolonging someones suffering.

 

[Ch92921]

I would walk away, too.

 

[SuicideBoys93]

If I walked into the situation I would do what society failed to do, and that is care. See if there's anything I could do in that moment to make them second guess their decision and listen to what has brought them to this moment in time. If I found a dead body, I would obviously report it to the local authorities. Out of respect for the individual, I wouldn't just leave them there lay on the ground or hanging from a rope..

 

[Mm80]

I'd ask if it's a cry for help or they have truly had enough. I'd offer help if they we're in an impulsive state and if they didn't want it I'd respect their decisiom and say I'm sorry it came to this for you and I hope you find peace

 

[eternalmelancholy]

Leave them alone. You do not want to intervene and be the reason why they botched the attempt and ended up crippled or broken in some way.

 

[Dot]

Wld stp thm bc nt knw reasn 4 ctb. Nt abt bein pro-lfe - is abt nt wnting 2 feel complict in sm1s els deth. If wlk awy thn wll b complcit. Wld also b angry if sm1 els stppd self frm ctb s/ undrstnd bth sides of argment - is own responsiblty nt 2 pt sm1 els in tht positin of feelng complcit.

Wld tlk 2 thm abt hw are feelng tho & nt jdge.

 

[Dear Agony]

I have asked myself that, and being reasonable; I would probably try to help. First reason is, I have empathy, I don't want to see anyone die from suicide, because that would mean they are/have been in extreme mental and/or physical pain. In an ideal world, everyone would be able to be happy enough not to have to resort to that. It's sad, in my opinion, when it happens. No, that doesn't mean I would want them to prolong their suffering out of selfishness. Obviously, it should be their choice and there's nothing wrong with that. But, like I said, I would probably panic and jump into action upon seeing someone dying.
Second reason is the main reason why I'm almost sure I would help: if I were trying to end my life, about to jump to death, for example, and someone just saw me and did nothing, I would feel like shit, to be honest. I'd feel like, fuck, nobody even cares. Of course I'd be very angry if they *did* help and I failed; but I feel like that's way better than my last moments being, wow, a stranger just saw me about to jump off a building and did nothing.
Now though, this is different than if someone close to me told me they want to CTB because they're in pain. That's not the same as walking in on it if that makes sense.

 

[Hangman]

I would try to talk them out of it.

It would be difficult if they had been hanging for a while and unconscious. Then I don't know what I would do. Might leave them a vegetable.

 

[lastlife_]

I would pretend I didn't see and walk away. I'm sure I would carry some guilty and sadness for them after witnessing that, so perhaps I would return an hour later or so when they've surely passed to contact the police or ems so their body isn't found by someone else or left there for several hours or so before being discovered. I'd like to believe I will never experience this situation, though..

 

[Lady black]

If the person noticed me, I would say:"Don´t worry, it´s your decision, I wish you a peaceful death" and walk away. If the person is dead and can´t be "rescued" anymore I would call the police, so that the corpse will be buried. And I would be a bit jealous...

 

[sandalphon]

Talk to them if they want to talk. Leave them alone if they wish for solitude.

 

[Ch92921]

I would run away!