What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed

Re:What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed by snissn on Friday June 08, 2018 @05:23PM (#17269819)

I would be thinking really fucking carefully about posting this. If a loved one has a specific plan to commit suicide you need to take that really fucking seriously. Death by cop is so much smaller than suicide rate in the US.

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Re:What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed by chris_wot on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:13PM (#17270164)

As a person who has been badly affected by the police and the health system because of suicidal thoughts, I think you should think “fucking seriously” before you give advise to people with suicidal thoughts.

You may not like it, but the system utterly sucks and you can be easily, even casually, abused. In fact the likelihood is high this will happen. And the kicker? No one gives a damn if you do get abused, and if you die then your mental illness will be used against you for the reason that some cop killed you.

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Re:What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed by ipsin on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:08PM (#17270135)

I thought the parent was taking it seriously, and I also think that part of taking that seriously is recognizing that someone who is that despondent might attempt suicide-by-cop.

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