Reply: Thorn ANGRY! You wouldn’t know Mental Illness…

[Blaupanzer]

NeOmega, you need to drop out of this discussion regarding Thorn. Your theories may have some use in another thread but you've already pi**ed us off enough on this thread.

Shoo! Go away! Help or get on with your life, but don't interfere. Get! Go on!

[Terra Nullius]

OK. Finally got a chance to read the thread.

Originally posted by Thorn
Who turns a suicide thread into a debate thread!!?

Ooops.

I need to learn a lesson from this, and that is internet people are not the same thing as real people, they hide behind their personas and act differently then they would IRL (I hope). I just feel a bit disillusioned, perhaps I was too naive, strange thought for me.

Two things I reckon need to be said.

1) Speak to your psychologist about this.
I think 'poly provides a level of social contact that can be quite beneficial when you're feeling down and anti-social. But it can also be quite upsetting at times. People do say the wrong thing, even if they don't mean any harm.

I really enjoy your company around here and I'd be sorry if you didn't continue to participate in our li'l community. But your own health has to be your first priority. So mention it to your psych and see what their opinion is.

2) You need a suicide prevention plan.
As much as we care about you, poly is not a 24-hour suicide-prevention hotline. You have us and we will do what we can. You have a psychiatrist and a psychologist. But you really need someone who is trained and available 24 hours a day.

So please, in the future. Write down the number for a proper 24-hr hotline. And keep it with you. Write down a half-dozen of them. Keep it with you. Monitor your own suicidal tendencies and call them when you notice a significant change.

[Terra Nullius]

Having said all that.



Glad to know you're still in the land of the living mate.