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Here is the bottom line as I see it: if you become aware of someone who is thinking about suicide or you think might be considering suicide, dial 911 immediately. All the debate about selfish vs. not selfish accomplishes nothing. If you are talking to someone considering suicide you are in way, way over your head. Forget the rhetoric and call 911 immediately. Then to kill time, feel free to chat about the victimhood or selfishness of suicide as you see fit. Your words are simply buying time for the ambulance to arrive. Here are some possible conversation ideas: 1 Most suicide victims have a serious imbalance in brain chemistry, this is often referred to as clinical depression. This is a vicious illness because the imbalanced brain chemistry causes imbalanced behavior, which increases the imbalanced brain chemistry and so on. Words arent going to cure this illness. Words may buy time, but if you become aware of suicidal ideation and the person has a flat affect, you need to call the cops and have them intervene. 2. A person considers suicide because of faulty thought processes. Call the cops. You arent qualified nor do you have the time to differentiate this from #1. 3. To buy time, however, words may be useful. Here are some things to consider talking over with the victim: a. You are loved. This is fine, but if the individual is clinically depressed they are incapable of feeling or understanding this concept. They are dead inside. b. Have you considered that someone you care about will have to find your body, call the cops, hire a cleaning company to get the blood off the floor? That person will never, ever be able to totally recover from that. c. There are people in the world who need you. d. Why not wait a few days and then decide? 4. If you have lost a loved one to suicide, please understand that it isnt your fault. You arent god and cant control anyone else but you, and even that is only on good days. You too may need help to heal, and I hope you reach out and get that help.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:01:19 +0000

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