1. Make better life decisions in the future – for starters, seek professional advice instead of mine.

2. Check your spelling.

Anyone can come up with a reason to be miserable but there is never a valid reason to use one’s misery as a bargaining chip in a bid for sexual conquest. Did you actually read the entirety of the post?

What if there was someone who was suicidal in your own family?

Advice to my suicidal friends and family members has always been: “Don’t fuck it up and cripple yourself.”

If someone truly wishes to die, that is his or her business – I would not prioritize my attachment to another person over his or her own wishes.

Again, perhaps you did not read the entirety of the post. It’s no secret that I have problems of my own and have taken ambulance rides (and rides in police cars) to the hospital as a result of various breakdowns and self-inflicted violence.

If I have learned anything from the years I’ve suffered from clinical depression, it is this: hold no sympathy for the devil.

Please feel free to comment further upon familiarizing yourself with the material you are presently failing to interpret.

Remember: No good deed goes unpunished and unhappy people are their own reward.

However, I do have to take issue with the statement “but we all know that one who truly intends to die does not call others to say “I’m going to kill myself now” before unleashing razors and pills.” In a lot of cases this may be true. But there are a lot of tragic examples of people taking their own lives who DID cry out for help and were dismissed as being “manipulative.” Maybe they were to some extent. But suicidal ideation should always be taken seriously. This doesn’t mean that you need to get over-involved personally. This is what I would say to this person.

“I care about you and want to help you. What is your address?”(Don’t mention the ambulance yet. If they think you are going to come personally, then so be it. What they think doesn’t matter at this point. And yes, I do think we should care about everyone on a basic human level.)

Hopefully at this point they will give an address. Then I would say “Okay, ____________, here is what I am going to do. I can see that you are feeling really bad right now. I am afraid of what might happen if you don’t get the help you need. I’m going to call an ambulance right now and send them to your address. I’ll stay on the phone until they arrive.”

(Call paramedics)

At this point they can continue trying to manipulate you or whatever they are going to do, but you are going to try not to rise to any bait. You can just keep saying things like “I know you are upset and that’s why I’m getting help for you now,” and “I just want to make sure you are safe.”

Once the paramedics arrive, your involvement ends. If anyone tries to contact you about the situation, tell the basics of what you know (w/o the emotional theatrics) and then tell them that you do not wish any further involvement, even if the patient should request it. You are within your rights to do that, and the person will still get help from competent mental health professionals. THEN…..

You can change your phone number!