Discussion How long do you think the average SaSu member on here for?

[4everHeartBroken]

I know it can vary greatly, so just a guess on the average time spent here before they either CTB or delete their account and never come back because they got help or whatever.

Your thoughts?

 

[Random Username]

It's an interesting thought. Statistically this varies a lot like you said but I'd be willing to learn an estimate of peoples time spent here.

 

[sometimesoon]

It would be interesting to find how many people are helped in their CTB but talking "outloud" here

 

[WhiteRabbit]

From my observations over the years it seems like most users stay for a few months, maybe a year, and then either CTB or move on. I think only a small amount of members actually CTB.

 

[bobblong]

ummmm 6 months ? idk man

 

[Serial Experi Pain]

Funny enough when I'm at my lowest I come here and read and I find it calming in a way to know Im not completely alone in how I feel. This is about the only place I can stumble across posts that share my thoughts and feelings, and I come here because most people would treat me like shit, lock me up, or just avoid the subjects that literally circle in my mind regularly. It helps me in a way. I don't think anything in my life will ever get better, but its nice to know that I can say that and that people won't tell me I'm wrong. I dunno how long I will stick around.... here or in general. I came here searching for peaceful methods at my lowest point and then the month I planned to act on it, like literally a week before, someone I knew that was actually an incredibly amazing person did... a far better person than I could ever be who quite literally brought joy and laughs to thousands of people. I was pretty messed up after it and didn't have it in me, so I've just been taking one day at a time. Things have been extremely hard and discouraging in every possible way, but I quit all my meds as of about 2 months ago and I haven't been as depressed and I have been finding it easier to talk to others more-so than I have in years. When I'm down I come here, when I'm extremely pissed off at the world, I come here... Kinda fucked up, but this place is better therapy most of the time than anything else I've come across.

 

[brokeandbroken]

I started over a year ago on here. It will show over <- how long. I can say I have radically decreased the amount of time I spend on here though for a variety of reasons honestly.

 

[dinosavr]

To me, I think it's hard to let go once you start contributing to it. It feels like we're all friends in some way. I would be surprised if I don't spend more than a year here. Love this place!
Those who just lurk, would probably be bored sooner or later or be visiting the site quite irregularly.

 

[Hystearical]

If we are talking consistent usage over a given time span, then I would say only a few months.

 

[sometimesoon]

I think talking brings me closer to CTB. At the very least, I am okay with that end.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

My guess would be a few months

 

[RoadBLOCK]

Less than year , no one want to stay in graveyard for a long time

 

[WaitingPatiently]

Have been here a little over a year.

On and off, for weeks at a time. Sometimes posting, sometimes replying, sometimes lurking.
I imagine a lot of others are similarly on and off, until they either catch their bus or fade off the site entirely.

 

[i dont feel real.]

I can't tell. I'm kind of 'new' to the site. So, I really don't know. Some months, others a year or so. And I think some other will never move on, that last thing is sad. But I don't really know.

 

[KillingPain267]

I think an average wouldn't tell much anyway. Some just come here a bit, some actually go through with ctb and some find recovery and leave or stay inactive.

 

[4everHeartBroken]

I think an average wouldn't tell much anyway. Some just come here a bit, some actually go through with ctb and some find recovery and leave or stay inactive.

Yay! It's so nice to see you Teddy!!!

 

[Z-A]

There is no "average" in this context when considering all users here. Most people do not CTB; they either move on with life or have different goals.

However, if you consider only the confirmed successful attempts and calculate their presence time here, you can determine an average and find the right probability.

It's about the actual successful attempts, which are a minority of the users in this forum. Your question wasn't properly formed, as it doesn't account for the fact that not everyone here plans to CTB.

Determining the approximate number will take considerable time and effort to get at an accurate answer ;/.

 

[Blurry_Buildings]

This article from dartmouth college in 2021 may help: "Users, on average, posted 194 times, wrote 10,779 tokens, and had posts spanning 97 days of activity."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10623973/

 

[4everHeartBroken]

There is no "average" in this context when considering all users here. Most people do not CTB; they either move on with life or have different goals.

However, if you consider only the confirmed successful attempts and calculate their presence time here, you can determine an average and find the right probability.

It's about the actual successful attempts, which are a minority of the users in this forum. Your question wasn't properly formed, as it doesn't account for the fact that not everyone here plans to CTB.

Determining the approximate number will take considerable time and effort to get at an accurate answer ;

This article from dartmouth college in 2021 may help: "Users, on average, posted 194 times, wrote 10,779 tokens, and had posts spanning 97 days of activity."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10623973/

Yes! THIS. Thank you!!! ❤

 

[sometimesoon]

I have lurked for a long time before joining.

There seems to always be a collection of new names and some that suddenly no longer post anything. There are the regulars too.

I am curious who has really CTB'd or gone on to live a life just thinking about CTB as they had before.

And if someone CTBs, do they do it soon after joining, or are they on much longer before they do?