For context: One of the rules in that community is that you aren’t allowed to post anything related to suicide. In a mental health community.

  • frippa@lemmy.ml
    6·
    1 year ago

    I spoke about suicide in the venting sub and got permabanned from all of reddit for “advocating violence” Yeah.

    • Jordan_U@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Re-write, please let me know if I misunderstood:

      I spoke about suicide in the venting sub and got permabanned from all of reddit for “advocating violence”.

    • WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.comOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Man, I don’t even know anymore… Covid, War in Ukraine, Climate change, Upcoming 2024 Election, feels like too much has been going on. 2024 could mean the end of everything. (I’m a non-white immigrant so I’ll be the first ones to be targeted if the election doesn’t go well).

      • Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.auEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Hey, dude, I feel I somewhat understand you, because I was the same, and am the same. But here’s something I learned a while ago that helped (obviously didn’t kill it). It’s by now a cliche and is totally commercialized, but hey, if it works.

        Habit 1: Be Proactive: Focus and act on what you can control and influence instead of what you can’t.

        There are a lot of things you can’t control/have causal effects in life. You will kill yourself worrying about them. Drop the bad news you can’t change. If you already know who you are going to vote for, just don’t read the political news. Do you parts for the climate change and forget the rest. etc.

        Live long and prosper.

        • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Problem: the best way to decrease your carbon footprint is to not consume anything at all, which is only possible if you aren’t alive.

          • AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca
            1·
            1 year ago

            70% of all pollution is created by maybe 100 companies. Your “carbon footprint” is just a corporate ploy to shift responsibilities and the focus of the discussion around climate change to that of the individual.

  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.works
    31·
    1 year ago

    In a way it’s understandable, people who are drawn to this community might be quite vulnerable to mention of suicide. Then again, some of them may need a space to discuss their suicidal thoughts. There’s no easy answer to this problem. Blurr suicide related posts in feeds maybe? Not ideal still.

    • quatschkopf34@feddit.deEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      The rule is probably in place so other people don‘t get triggered to contemplate suicide as well.

      • RedditRefugee69@lemm.ee
        5·
        1 year ago

        But there’s research to prove that’s not a thing. Copy-catting maybe, but you’ll never “give them the idea”. If they’re in that bad of a spot, they’re there already -source: suicide prevention trainer, but not mental health professional

        • Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          For me, personally, it’s not because it triggers suicidal ideation - I agree with the research I’ve seen that suggests it’s not a thing, or at least not a statistically significant thing.

          For me, the issue is that people who say they’re suicidal get attention and sympathy

          For certain emotionally immature people, attention and sympathy is their #1 goal in life

          In addition, teenagers want to both be cool and different, yet be accepted by everyone. You can’t NOT accept a suicidal person, because what if they suicide themselves? If you say you’re suicidal, suddenly everyone HAS to be nice to you.

          All of this is to say that, no, all y’all dumb motherfuckers are not actually suicidal, you’re just fucking sad, edgy, and boring, and you need to quit it because you’re drowning out the actual struggling people.

          Every damn day I see it “waaaaah I want to dieeeeeeee” no the fuck you don’t, you’re just trying to sound cool. Grow up.

        • ccryx@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          Could you provide a source for that research? I swear I’m not being combative, just genuinely interested.

      • pjhenry1216@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s much more dangerous not to ask about suicide than to ask about it. The myth you’re spreading is ridiculously dangerous and you should really stop. Just simply stating it as a matter of fact like you did is enough to keep perpetuating it. It’s harmful and you should stop. You should even modify the comment as people are upvoting it and clearly believe it.