I think a lot of people doing the funny haha suicidal ideation thing forget that it’s entirely within their power to opt-out of life if they really mean it.
Edit: and the evidence that you’re still here would happily indicate that you don’t truly mean it. So could you all please just cut it out?
I think everyday dread is a real thing. It differs from actually wanting to end it all, but settling for a meaningless, dull and sad existence isn’t really living either.
i feel like this comment is actually rooted in concern that talking about suicidal ideation increases it, and, while i don’t have studies to support it, talking about it certainly doesn’t increase the actual rate of suicide, and i believe openly talking about it lowers the barrier to people being able to get help when the thoughts actually become dangerous
certainly, at least i’ve heard from plenty of people who deal with these sort of thoughts, that not being able to express them can isolate and distance them further from their friends and community (a notably more dangerous situation). so, while the increase in dialogue about suicidal ideation makes me sad, i’m at least happy that it’s increasingly normal for people not to suffer in silence
but as an aside, gatekeeping suicidal ideation is crazy lmfao
It is more that the constant barrage of depressing posts about wanting to commit suicide is just so tiring.
I am sick of them. They aren’t funny or shocking anymore. People all over the internet have exhausted them. And they overshadow the post of people who actually have suicidal tendencies.
I think a lot of people doing the funny haha suicidal ideation thing forget that it’s entirely within their power to opt-out of life if they really mean it.
Edit: and the evidence that you’re still here would happily indicate that you don’t truly mean it. So could you all please just cut it out?
It’s gallows humor being used as a coping mechanism, a pressure relief valve.
I think everyday dread is a real thing. It differs from actually wanting to end it all, but settling for a meaningless, dull and sad existence isn’t really living either.
i feel like this comment is actually rooted in concern that talking about suicidal ideation increases it, and, while i don’t have studies to support it, talking about it certainly doesn’t increase the actual rate of suicide, and i believe openly talking about it lowers the barrier to people being able to get help when the thoughts actually become dangerous
certainly, at least i’ve heard from plenty of people who deal with these sort of thoughts, that not being able to express them can isolate and distance them further from their friends and community (a notably more dangerous situation). so, while the increase in dialogue about suicidal ideation makes me sad, i’m at least happy that it’s increasingly normal for people not to suffer in silence
but as an aside, gatekeeping suicidal ideation is crazy lmfao
It is more that the constant barrage of depressing posts about wanting to commit suicide is just so tiring.
I am sick of them. They aren’t funny or shocking anymore. People all over the internet have exhausted them. And they overshadow the post of people who actually have suicidal tendencies.