Paraphasing...:
People who are suicidal will give warning signs, they will create an opportunity to be saved.
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secretlife said on May 31, 2009....
the problem with that statement is even if it were true, which i have no idea about, someone would have to know what they're looking for/at. -
queenparanoia said on Jun 01, 2009....
true... -
tbs230 said on Jun 01, 2009....
Secret: Very true, and that is the next thing the author talks about. Some of the signs can be attributed to so many other things in life that have nothing to do with a person feeling suicidal.Queen: No truer words have ever been spoken!*sigh* we shall do what we can.... -
Hegemone said on Jun 01, 2009....
Huh, that is interesting to find out, but my thoughts on this are, all right, fine, but do they make these signs obvious enough or not, and if they've chosen not to make them obvious enough was a conscious or subconscious choice? I wonder what context this statement was written in. I mean, was it just informative or was it angling somehow at the people who "could have" saved the suicidal person but didn't. I mean, that sort of a statement could become responsible, depending on who's read it, for many people feeling guilty for NOT seeing the signs even though there was no way for them to know what to look for. Hmmm, definitely gives me something to think about. -
tbs230 said on Jun 01, 2009....
Hege, I'll have to find the passage again, but I will post the paragraph so you can read it in the context it was written in. The author writes in Q&A format, and all his answers are purely informative.People cannot be expected to catch everyone when they fall. -
Hegemone said on Jun 01, 2009....
TBS, I'll have to keep an eye out for that. You are right though, and that's right on with what I was saying, you can't expect to catch everyone when they fall.