• Hey Guest,

    As you know, censorship around the world has been ramping up at an alarming pace. The UK and OFCOM has singled out this community and have been focusing its censorship efforts here. It takes a good amount of resources to maintain the infrastructure for our community and to resist this censorship. We would appreciate any and all donations.

    Bitcoin Address (BTC): 39deg9i6Zp1GdrwyKkqZU6rAbsEspvLBJt

    Ethereum (ETH): 0xd799aF8E2e5cEd14cdb344e6D6A9f18011B79BE9

    Monero (XMR): 49tuJbzxwVPUhhDjzz6H222Kh8baKe6rDEsXgE617DVSDD8UKNaXvKNU8dEVRTAFH9Av8gKkn4jDzVGF25snJgNfUfKKNC8

sparrowcharm

sparrowcharm

Member
Aug 11, 2024
20
It's really sad and it's happened again. I'm told to reach out to friends/family - they shut me out and I lose them if I do that and I've lost countless friends by sharing my struggles. The NHS have refused to give me support now and I have no money for private therapy. It seems I don't belong and am not wanted anywhere.

I really miss the chat section but I can't access it because I don't like to post threads, I just need companionship in the moment where I know people will understand even if I'm not talking about suicide I know the people in chat are on at least one of the same pages.

I don't know what to do now.

Yes, I've tried countless meds, I meditate, eat healthy, workout, do yoga, journal etc etc
 
  • Hugs
  • Like
Reactions: ghost-shock, Zhendou, Sannti and 14 others
ForgottenAgain

ForgottenAgain

On the rollercoaster of sadness
Oct 17, 2023
1,008
I feel you, that's why I left any other site about mental health and only speak about those topics here. You're only allowed to be open and honest up to what's acceptable, anything beyond that is taboo. I think it's so wrong, I'm beyond grateful for this website, literally a safe heaven on the Internet.

I know it's hard but if you engage with other people's posts more or make your own, you should unlock chat. I don't know the metrics, this is just my assumption. It was hard for me at first but I came to enjoy it as I started feeling like I got to know others a bit better. With time you come across the regulars that also comment on the same threads as you and so on. Makes me feel a teeny tiny bit less lonely when I recognise familiar usernames.

Wish I had a ready solution for you...I don't even know when I unlocked chat or any other features.
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: lamy2006, Zhendou, pulleditnearlyoff and 6 others
ijustwishtodie

ijustwishtodie

death will be my ultimate bliss
Oct 29, 2023
5,323
Yeah, unfortunately the rest of the world isn't ready for suicide related discussions that isn't just actively trying to prevent any suicides from occurring no matter what. It honestly feels like I'm in enemy territory, in a place where people glorify suffering and hardship and struggle. Seeing other people talk about things like suicide or the right to die makes me so nauseous as most people would rather have me stay trapped in existence forever than die early to prevent decades of countless suffering
 
  • Like
  • Love
  • Hugs
Reactions: ForestGhost, Forveleth, KuriGohan&Kamehameha and 8 others
avalokitesvara

avalokitesvara

bodhisattva
Nov 28, 2024
222
So sorry you are going through this. I think it is one of the worst elements of being suicidal, how impossible it is to talk about. People parrot "just reach out, talk, don't keep it in!" but in reality it is very very rare for anyone to be able to cope with hearing someone express that, and they handle it extremely badly or just shut it down. Especially people who care about you. It's a sad paradox. And people who are "trained" in suicide response end up sounding robotic because they're just following a policy and can't really get into the reality of your feelings. It's lonelier having a conversation like that than just staying silent. I'm grateful for this forum where everyone can be as brutally honest as they like. I wish I could access the chat too, I'd like to get to know people more. Feel free to DM me if you want, I'm online a lot.
 
Last edited:
  • Love
  • Like
Reactions: ijustwishtodie, norain, YandereMikuMistress and 2 others
Darkover

Darkover

Angelic
Jul 29, 2021
4,793
i got banned from a suicide forum for posting suicidal shit that's what lead me to this website
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Zhendou, pulleditnearlyoff, Forveleth and 4 others
sparrowcharm

sparrowcharm

Member
Aug 11, 2024
20
I feel you, that's why I left any other site about mental health and only speak about those topics here. You're only allowed to be open and honest up to what's acceptable, anything beyond that is taboo. I think it's so wrong, I'm beyond grateful for this website, literally a safe heaven on the Internet.

I know it's hard but if you engage with other people's posts more or make your own, you should unlock chat. I don't know the metrics, this is just my assumption. It was hard for me at first but I came to enjoy it as I started feeling like I got to know others a bit better. With time you come across the regulars that also comment on the same threads as you and so on. Makes me feel a teeny tiny bit less lonely when I recognise familiar usernames.

Wish I had a ready solution for you...I don't even know when I unlocked chat or any other features.
Thank you so much. I apreciate your reply x
i got banned from a suicide forum for posting suicidal shit that's what lead me to this website
I'm sorry that's happened to you too! It's just madness I'm glad you are here.
Yeah, unfortunately the rest of the world isn't ready for suicide related discussions that isn't just actively trying to prevent any suicides from occurring no matter what. It honestly feels like I'm in enemy territory, in a place where people glorify suffering and hardship and struggle. Seeing other people talk about things like suicide or the right to die makes me so nauseous as most people would rather have me stay trapped in existence forever than die early to prevent decades of countless suffering
I hear you. The' in enemy territory' rings true for me also. I wish I could take your pain away.
So sorry you are going through this. I think it is one of the worst elements of being suicidal, how impossible it is to talk about. People parrot "just reach out, talk, don't keep it in!" but in reality it is very very rare for anyone to be able to cope with hearing someone express that, and they handle it extremely badly or just shut it down. Especially people who care about you. It's a sad paradox. And people who are "trained" in suicide response end up sounding robotic because they're just following a policy and can't really get into the reality of your feelings. It's lonelier having a conversation like that than just staying silent. I'm grateful for this forum where everyone can be as brutally honest as they like. I wish I could access the chat too, I'd like to get to know people more. Feel free to DM me if you want, I'm online a lot.
Thank you! This is exactly my experience too x It's unbearable that loneliness.
 
Last edited:
  • Hugs
  • Like
Reactions: ijustwishtodie and ForgottenAgain
A

areyousafe??

Member
Nov 27, 2024
86
I feel you. I used to post on other websites and end up getting flagged/warned. They send me helplines, like I haven't tried them already. I posted a question on another website this morning, thinking it would be okay because they were a bunch of psychologists. I got warned that if I keep posting, I will be permanently banned.

I've only joined this forum recently. I hope I don't have to censor myself here as well.
 
  • Hugs
Reactions: Zhendou, Sannti, sparrowcharm and 1 other person
MatrixPrisoner

MatrixPrisoner

Enlightened
Jul 8, 2023
1,644
Every other site on the internet is a waste of time. SS is the only place where we are free to talk about our plight in a realistic fashion. All of these other fluffy CareBear sites serve no purpose.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Zhendou, ijustwishtodie, norain and 3 others
sparrowcharm

sparrowcharm

Member
Aug 11, 2024
20
I feel you. I used to post on other websites and end up getting flagged/warned. They send me helplines, like I haven't tried them already. I posted a question on another website this morning, thinking it would be okay because they were a bunch of psychologists. I got warned that if I keep posting, I will be permanently banned.

I've only joined this forum recently. I hope I don't have to censor myself here as well
That has been my experience too! I'm so sorry you got that warning. It's like most of the time we have so much rejection for the way we think or feel, do they not know that another ban like that is another rejection?! Another way of saying you are too much - just stfu because we don't want to deal with this reality!
 
sparrowcharm

sparrowcharm

Member
Aug 11, 2024
20
Every other site on the internet is a waste of time. SS is the only place where we are free to talk about our plight in a realistic fashion. All of these other fluffy CareBear sites serve no purpose.
The absolute truth.
 
KuriGohan&Kamehameha

KuriGohan&Kamehameha

想死不能 - 想活不能
Nov 23, 2020
1,744
Something I've learned with time (and also becoming the black sheep of internet communities) is that sensitive topics can tease out a person's underlying fears, remind them of unpleasant things they don't wish to confront, or leave them confused as to what to say. A lot of people too have been told that their job when someone expresses such deep sadness is to pawn the other party off to a professional, rather than sitting with that discomfort and learning how to deal with such situations themselves and act as a supportive listening ear when they arise.

I realized many people online use chatrooms as casual spaces, and serious conversations disrupt the "flow" of low-stakes interactions. Paradoxically, this seems to happen even in spaces dedicated to mental health support, where you would think the atmosphere would be more open towards cathartic emotional discussion. I don't really understand the purpose of such groups if one can't be truly vulnerable and express themselves.

I am sorry this happened to you, unfortunately a lot of platforms and their users have really pushed for the promotions of hotlines over the past few years, and created these canned copy pasted responses to every scenario, thinking it's the solution to suicidal people's woes. Outside of this forum, there is no one that I can really talk to who understands, so I know how bad it must feel for you as well to just want a friend you can open up to, only to be met with cold indifference.

I can really relate to feeling censored elsewhere and as if you can't be yourself around others in these groups, because you are struggling. While I don't open up about being suicidal to anyone now, and haven't for a long time, even describing things that have happened to me which were negative has caused me to be received badly on multiple occasions.

One time, I just vaguely explained that I have been judged for wanting to have hobbies and interests or liking cute things as an adult, and got called a nihilistic doomer over that, had multiple people dogpiling on me for that comment and saying how much they hate doomer mentality, when all I was doing was pointing out an (albeit negative) observation that people can judge you for small, harmless things and that it's bad? I give up on other online communities at this point cause it is just ridiculous.

The waiting period/post requirement to access chat feature didn't seem to exist when I first joined, if you keep posting eventually you should get your access to the chat back and can hang out with people there again. It shouldn't take too long, I think.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: sparrowcharm, HereTomorrow, ForestGhost and 3 others
sparrowcharm

sparrowcharm

Member
Aug 11, 2024
20
Something I've learned with time (and also becoming the black sheep of internet communities) is that sensitive topics can tease out a person's underlying fears, remind them of unpleasant things they don't wish to confront, or leave them confused as to what to say. A lot of people too have been told that their job when someone expresses such deep sadness is to pawn the other party off to a professional, rather than sitting with that discomfort and learning how to deal with such situations themselves and act as a supportive listening ear when they arise.

I realized many people online use chatrooms as casual spaces, and serious conversations disrupt the "flow" of low-stakes interactions. Paradoxically, this seems to happen even in spaces dedicated to mental health support, where you would think the atmosphere would be more open towards cathartic emotional discussion. I don't really understand the purpose of such groups if one can't be truly vulnerable and express themselves.

I am sorry this happened to you, unfortunately a lot of platforms and their users have really pushed for the promotions of hotlines over the past few years, and created these canned copy pasted responses to every scenario, thinking it's the solution to suicidal people's woes. Outside of this forum, there is no one that I can really talk to who understands, so I know how bad it must feel for you as well to just want a friend you can open up to, only to be met with cold indifference.

I can really relate to feeling censored elsewhere and as if you can't be yourself around others in these groups, because you are struggling. While I don't open up about being suicidal to anyone now, and haven't for a long time, even describing things that have happened to me which were negative has caused me to be received badly on multiple occasions.

One time, I just vaguely explained that I have been judged for wanting to have hobbies and interests or liking cute things as an adult, and got called a nihilistic doomer over that, had multiple people dogpiling on me for that comment and saying how much they hate doomer mentality, when all I was doing was pointing out an (albeit negative) observation that people can judge you for small, harmless things and that it's bad? I give up on other online communities at this point cause it is just ridiculous.

The waiting period/post requirement to access chat feature didn't seem to exist when I first joined, if you keep posting eventually you should get your access to the chat back and can hang out with people there again. It shouldn't take too long, I think.
Thank you. All of this resonates with me and I'm so sorry you've had to experience this too!
 
W

WhatCouldHaveBeen32

Member
Oct 12, 2024
12
From what I've seen , people just fucking suck, that's why, there is no other reason. People are dirty disgusting animals and we will never evolve to what we call "human" and proudly proclaim to be, empathy my ass, love my ass, crime free my ass, put these people in life or death situations and they'll show the monster they really are. It's just genetic make up, it's just the way of nature , they are only trying to survive, shut the fuck up, I didn't choose to get born into this shit fest with shit eating grinning human hyenas that are "just following nature" and I don't care/can't have the energy to change it either, just let me vent. Everyone is playing a masking game, it's literally like among us but in real life and I didn't sign up for it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: antony
S

sximii

meow
Dec 4, 2024
39
Yep I definitely had those experiences. Or people freak out and say "oh my god don't do it" like I've already heard that. I get what you mean but it just… doesn't help. People hear the word suicide and immediately go berserk without even listening to the person and what they're going through, or considering their situation. It's just annoying and it never helps. I wish more people tried to actually listen and empathise with someone suicidal. This is the rare thing I like from this website: people listen. And THEN they try to help. Because you can't help someone without letting them say what's going on
 
ghost-shock

ghost-shock

Member
Oct 21, 2024
41
Yep, all the things nhs, mental health teams suggest doesnt help when we crave genuine connection.