during a "lets read" podcast I had heard of Sanctioned Suicide, and grateful to have found this supportive community! There is no other place like it.
yup, that's the Tantracrul video! ^_^ It's ironic how he's directly responsible for 40% of the members here~ xD I hope you find comfort while you're here~ :)
Thanks, you as well. That's very kind of you to say. It is ironic, but also sort of pleasant, in a way, I think- that people who might've felt alone in grappling with their suicidality could find some sort of community, given how often ostracization and isolation feeds into ideation. Hopefully some of those ~40% who wandered on here from that lead can find similar comfort too.
Similar experience here. I was so fed up with being unsupported by basically every suicide resource that I wanted to find a forum that was at least pro choice. I don't remember exactly what specifically gave me the sight name but given all of the negative media attention, I can't help but think one of those lovely articles led me to also googling 'sasu' and going down a rabbit hole into this lovely community. And it is a lovely community. Despite its many flaws, I feel safer here with some of my deeper thoughts than I do on pretty much any other resource. And especially more than the involuntarily hospitalizing suicide hotlines for whom trying to seek help for me was nearly equivalent to a form of self harm given how little I could trust them. How else was I supposed to respond? Suicidal people can smell uncaring pro-life bullshit from a mile away. I think it was quite reasonable for me to want to seek out the perspective of other suicidal people instead.
