There's a time I might have posted something for Shame Suicide Month.
I used to be very vocally anti-suicide because I had a boyfriend in high school suicide with no warning signs and no note. I knew what it's like to be left behind, so to speak, and I was very wounded and traumatized by it. Anyone who considered suicide, I went on the defensive with them. I indeed thought it was selfish at worst, unwilling to seek and engage with resources at best. I think that a lot of so-called pro-lifers are such because they've been traumatized and blame suicide. That's why I'm now calling it Shame Suicide Month. It's kind of like the "war on drugs" that demonizes drugs and those who do them, and it hasn't stopped shit.
Still, because of my experience, I have compassion for many who are anti-suicide because they are ignorant about what psych wards and institutions are like, how controlling psychiatry and psychology are, and how much they promise versus how much they harm or, at best, how little they often are able to provide. I've had some great, truly impactful therapy experiences, and I've experienced serious, blatant abuse by psychiatry and psychology as well, and everything in between. I also stopped being controlling, and became all-around pro-choice, not just about suicide but about self-determination, before I ever knew about this website or the ones that preceded it. Trying to stop people and not understand them, and not recognize their autonomy and right to do as they choose for themselves is codependency, which is crazy-making for both parties and is an attempt to control another rather than deal with and take ownership for managing one's own discomfort when they don't agree with another's actions or choices.