For what it's worth, I think your friend is very fortunate to have someone who cares about her as much as you do
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. I hope everything turns out okay.
Thank you;; I love my friends and I really really mean love, it's just not the romantic kind, it's platonic love
I think what you did was a selfish act! You can't stop a suicidal person and the best thing you could have done in that moment was to keep her talking and made sure she was safe
I DID THAT
Please ask before assuming, I talked to her and tried to cheer her up as long as I could, I only started panicking once she stopped replying to me and went offline
it wasn't a rational decision on her part at all, I believe in the right to die but only when it's planned out. She got upset at people criticizing her and just decided to slit her throat on impulse, after talking with people here and sleeping, I can now say what I did was right. She mentioned wanting to turn her life around with a cool job opportunity she said she didn't think about before and was in greater spirits in general, this was an impulsive decision. If you think you shouldn't stop people who decide to kill themselves on impulse and without any plan, then you're not pro-choice, you're pro-death.
@SanguineShark hope you're feeling better today.
A bit yeah <3
IMO if suicide attempts are not rational and planned, then you should definitely try to stop them because we don't want to see any impulsive suicides I think.
Agreed! Some people can still change their life for the better or aren't in such hopeless situations as they may seem when a person is extremely upset. A planned out suicide is when you know that someone is serious, thought it out and it's their final decision. Buying items required for a suicide, preparing via not eating or taking specific medication - that requires a lot of thinking, even going out to the store. I respect people's decision when it comes to this, though I'm not sure if I'd want them to tell me that they're going to commit suicide. After yesterday I can say it's extremely stressful and puts me in a difficult spot where if I don't call for help, I'd blame myself for their death. As painful as it is, I'd prefer to read a note after they are already dead. There's no happy way of discovering someone is dead or is going to die, it's painful as hell
Well...on what was labelled a 'discussion', I can see how some people might have missed what was going on for a long while and jumped in with their opinion. On the whole, I personally think comments are respectful. I did feel like typing THIS IS NOW A VENT in large neon letters at a few points, but all that matters is op and friend are ok.
I wish some of them would read the room and see that this convo kinda turned away from the title and is now more so a venting place