http://airytales.net/how-not-to-commit-suicide-on-the-internet/ Once upon a time, there were people with inflatable fantasies... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://airytales.net/how-not-to-commit-suicide-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Wren Mon, 07 May 2007 00:57:00 +0000 http://airytales.net/?p=41#comment-22 I think you should cut him a little slack. He never went into great detail about exactly why he was depressed in the first place, so I don't think there is enough information available to say he doesn't have any real problems in his life. Also, there doesn't really have to be any "real" problems in a person's life for them to become suicidal. That's why it's a "mental" disorder. It means the person isn't thinking rationally. When a person has totally destroyed their self-worth in their own mind, every little failure they experience in their day to day life reinforces their conclusion that they don't deserve to live, until it gets to the point that something very minor can put them over the edge. He also said he was already on medication, and there is a lot of news recently about how anti-depressants can actually increase suicidal thoughts in some young adults. I went through a scenario 10 years ago that was very similar to what this guy described, and I don't think he's faking. Sure, he made a lot of people very uncomfortable with his post, but that's what depressed people do. Poor judgement and self-destructive behavior is part of the disease, and it usually results in ticking off people who might otherwise have been supportive. He came back and apologized, so I'm glad he's ok and I think he's an ok guy in my book. I think you should cut him a little slack. He never went into great detail about exactly why he was depressed in the first place, so I don’t think there is enough information available to say he doesn’t have any real problems in his life. Also, there doesn’t really have to be any “real” problems in a person’s life for them to become suicidal. That’s why it’s a “mental” disorder. It means the person isn’t thinking rationally. When a person has totally destroyed their self-worth in their own mind, every little failure they experience in their day to day life reinforces their conclusion that they don’t deserve to live, until it gets to the point that something very minor can put them over the edge. He also said he was already on medication, and there is a lot of news recently about how anti-depressants can actually increase suicidal thoughts in some young adults. I went through a scenario 10 years ago that was very similar to what this guy described, and I don’t think he’s faking. Sure, he made a lot of people very uncomfortable with his post, but that’s what depressed people do. Poor judgement and self-destructive behavior is part of the disease, and it usually results in ticking off people who might otherwise have been supportive. He came back and apologized, so I’m glad he’s ok and I think he’s an ok guy in my book.

]]> http://airytales.net/how-not-to-commit-suicide-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Wren Mon, 07 May 2007 00:57:00 +0000 http://airytales.net/?p=41#comment-94 I think you should cut him a little slack. He never went into great detail about exactly why he was depressed in the first place, so I don't think there is enough information available to say he doesn't have any real problems in his life. Also, there doesn't really have to be any "real" problems in a person's life for them to become suicidal. That's why it's a "mental" disorder. It means the person isn't thinking rationally. When a person has totally destroyed their self-worth in their own mind, every little failure they experience in their day to day life reinforces their conclusion that they don't deserve to live, until it gets to the point that something very minor can put them over the edge. He also said he was already on medication, and there is a lot of news recently about how anti-depressants can actually increase suicidal thoughts in some young adults. I went through a scenario 10 years ago that was very similar to what this guy described, and I don't think he's faking. Sure, he made a lot of people very uncomfortable with his post, but that's what depressed people do. Poor judgement and self-destructive behavior is part of the disease, and it usually results in ticking off people who might otherwise have been supportive. He came back and apologized, so I'm glad he's ok and I think he's an ok guy in my book. I think you should cut him a little slack. He never went into great detail about exactly why he was depressed in the first place, so I don’t think there is enough information available to say he doesn’t have any real problems in his life. Also, there doesn’t really have to be any “real” problems in a person’s life for them to become suicidal. That’s why it’s a “mental” disorder. It means the person isn’t thinking rationally. When a person has totally destroyed their self-worth in their own mind, every little failure they experience in their day to day life reinforces their conclusion that they don’t deserve to live, until it gets to the point that something very minor can put them over the edge. He also said he was already on medication, and there is a lot of news recently about how anti-depressants can actually increase suicidal thoughts in some young adults. I went through a scenario 10 years ago that was very similar to what this guy described, and I don’t think he’s faking. Sure, he made a lot of people very uncomfortable with his post, but that’s what depressed people do. Poor judgement and self-destructive behavior is part of the disease, and it usually results in ticking off people who might otherwise have been supportive. He came back and apologized, so I’m glad he’s ok and I think he’s an ok guy in my book.

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