[Goodbye]

[sleepy dog]

This type of sentiment – whether serious or in jest – is what draws undesirable critical attention to this website.

And this website still exists and the members continue to help each other.

Is it bad that I saw the OP was "leaving the platform" and I thought train platform? o.o'

I too think it's a bit funny, in a morbid way, that the goodbye posts are always the most active by a long shot. It's like a big event where all the ghouls and aspiring psychopomps suddenly come out of the woodwork.

Oh crap, is this a goodbye thread? I gotta go, I'm out of here.

 

[Stan]

Oh crap, is this a goodbye thread? I gotta go, I'm out of here.

Can't really call it a goodbye thread with those parting shots by the OP. Title says 'Goodbye' but the content said 'before I go I want to say....'

 

[Lethe]

It's just a "leaving the forum" post. He said he would be CTBing in November.

 

[onlyinsleep]

Is it bad that I saw the OP was "leaving the platform" and I thought train platform? o.o'

I too think it's a bit funny, in a morbid way, that the goodbye posts are always the most active by a long shot. It's like a big event where all the ghouls and aspiring psychopomps suddenly come out of the woodwork.

I thought that too, exactly

 

[Mloureiro]

This board is a pro-choice board for suicide. It is not and will never be a board whose primary purpose is to tell you how to kill oneself. THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND WOULD GET US SHUT DOWN.

Consequently, people come here for emotional support, people come here who lost people in their lives to suicide and want to learn more, those who come here just to be in a safe place, or to be with like-minded people.

No difference than people joining an abortion board. A man can join that board and I don't think they will ever actually have an abortion (I hope not anyway.)

If people want a board strictly for learning how to kill themselves there are plenty on the dark web. Personally, as a person who just had a failed attempt, I find them a little morbid. I am suicidal. I just had a failed attempt. I will try again.

Why do I like this board? Because I like seeing people asking for emotional support. I like being able to care about another human being. It is new for me never having friends or family. It makes me feel 'normal' for a second. Not being alone, and being able to help another in their time of need.

I want to interact with others... and this board is helping me do that for the first time in my 51 years.

Will I kill myself? Yes, I will. When? I do not know or have a date. In the meantime, I am here. I can learn about ways of killing myself so I won't fail again, and in the meantime, I can associate with people who are like-minded.... some who are in more pain than me, and it doesn't make me feel all alone.

In my final time on this earth, I want to be known more than the girl on a message board only talking about suicide. I do not want to be known for my suicide. I want people to remember me as a person who had other interests and cared about others. Maybe. Just maybe, if I had that kind of respect and had others care and just say hello to me during my lifetime, I wouldn't want to kill myself.

By the way. And no offense meant. Slamming a place before they leave is rather childish. That happens in Facebook groups all the time. You must announce you leave prior to leaving which I could never understand. If you don't like a place, just leave. Why would one have to cause drama prior?

As far as more people respond a goodbye post than others and how that is troublesome is problematic.

I have no friends or family. I have nobody in my life who will care if I live or die. I have nobody in my life who will even know that I am dead. I will have nobody in my life who will care or miss me. I will die alone. My life would have had no purpose and I will not be remembered.

If one does not know the importance of saying goodbye to somebody, means one has never experienced crushing depression and loneliness. Part of the reason why I am killing myself.

There is nothing MORE important than saying goodbye to somebody. It shows the person in the final moments that they mattered. They are not alone. Somebody cares during the most important part of their life.... when they chose to end it.

There is nothing scarier knowing that nobody will give a damn if you were on this earth, you won't know that you are dead. Nothing more depressing. At least these people can go out knowing they had somebody who cared.... even if it is a faceless face on a message board.

And you can also live surrounded by people.and feeling just alone as you.....

Relief has PM me last week, she is only 18. A child really....

 

[Sunset Limited]

First, this platform is mostly composed of people who think they want to die but are truly just searching for emotional support. There is nothing wrong with that. However, try to be self aware enough to acknowledge that you do want help

I smell a secret pro lifer propaganda. This platform is full of useful information for someone to kill themselves. It is up to the users what he wants to do with this information. Suicide guarantee is not a criterion for membership here.

 

[omoidarui]

This board is a pro-choice board for suicide. It is not and will never be a board whose primary purpose is to tell you how to kill oneself. THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND WOULD GET US SHUT DOWN.

i thought it was

i get the pro-choice not pro-death thing but i think it's fair to say this board's primary function is Suicide Discussion, that's what distinguishes it from other places because we can talk about tht here

 

[RitaM]

A bit confused by this. @Relief herself came into chat a few days ago seeking urgent emotional and medical support, and I and a couple of others took the time to offer it. I also PM'd her.

So I'm sorry and a bit perplexed she didn't find the forum useful despite that. Anyway, I hope she's OK and good luck to her.

 

[Jean Améry]

This is a strange post. Either this person is sincere about dying in which case the generalizing, condescending pro-life lecture is absurd or he/she is a troll attempting to smear the forum and encourage 'help seeking' behaviour.

If my family was halfway decent I would never have ended up here. I know where 'getting help' leads: it actually cost me social relationships that were dear to me so I'm not going there again. In an ideal world one could turn to family and friends without fear of judgement, condemnation and betrayal but alas this world is far from perfect. Relief's empty promise is exactly that: empty.

Relief's 'sage' counsel is highly simplistic and flies in the face of reality: the social stigma on suicide and the negative effects that will befall those who express such thoughts and emotions let alone behaviour are a very real risk which merits caution. There are actually laws against suicidal behaviour which are effected daily but yes lets announce to the world we are suicidal and nothing but compassion, respect and understanding will befall us.

I truly am grateful for the amateur pseudo-psychoanalysis by a perfect stranger who can tell me exactly what I feel and think or ought to. It's actually funny: this person claims he/she wants to die so is clearly not able to solve their own problems but nevertheless has the temerity to lecture others.

Ironically the OP listed his/her message as a goodbye post obviously clamouring for attention, exactly what he/she accuses others of. He/she is probably watching this with peaked interest as a guest.

Imo goodbye posts attract attention because a human-being announcing their impending death is a terribly sad, tragic event and (most) people want to express their sympathy and regret and offer what little support they can so hopefully the person will feel less alone. I never know what to say so instead of saying something trite or something that could be construed as either anti or pro suicide I usually elect to write nothing. Plus I try to steer clear from such posts anyway as I do not like to get emotional and I do tend to feel bad for those poor individuals although I always hope they found peace one way or the other.

To imply that members of this forum ought to die or risk ridicule and condemnation ('go seek help from mommy and daddy little boy/girl') is quite frankly disgusting. It amounts to bullying and is in complete opposition to the pro-choice stance of this website. This sort of anti-social behaviour ought to be reported and dealt with.