I am afraid when someone intentionally takes an overdose the last thing they are thinking about is a friend...
04-12-2016, 01:10 PM
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This is a very delicate subject OG but I think, if somebody really wants to take their own lives, it is because they can't cope with their life, so they do it discreetly. All those who are close to them will feel a degree of guilt and wish they could have stopped it, but if the person feels that they have an unbearable life.... then it is their choice!People who threaten suicide don't really want to die, they are asking for help and that is the time that a friend can change their mind. I know because a friend once hinted to me that he was planning suicide, over Skype, when he was in Australia and I was in the UK. I called friends, out there, to go and help and he was taken into a clinic for several weeks..... but I did get a message from him, thanking me for saving his life.
04-12-2016, 01:23 PM
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It is true that many attempt suicide as a way of asking for help-and that help is there amongst friends. But we will not be blackmailed,nor should we. And if the silly person refuses to take a blood test to check liver function we can only make suggestions. You realise this is just hypothetical-just musing on a novel I`m thinking about writing04-12-2016, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Twink55
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This is a very delicate subject OG but I think, if somebody really wants to take their own lives, it is because they can't cope with their life, so they do it discreetly. All those who are close to them will feel a degree of guilt and wish they could have stopped it, but if the person feels that they have an unbearable life.... then it is their choice!People who threaten suicide don't really want to die, they are asking for help and that is the time that a friend can change their mind. I know because a friend once hinted to me that he was planning suicide, over Skype, when he was in Australia and I was in the UK. I called friends, out there, to go and help and he was taken into a clinic for several weeks..... but I did get a message from him, thanking me for saving his life.
04-12-2016, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Older git
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It is true that many attempt suicide as a way of asking for help-and that help is there amongst friends. But we will not be blackmailed,nor should we. And if the silly person refuses to take a blood test to check liver function we can only make suggestions. You realise this is just hypothetical-just musing on a novel I`m thinking about writing
If it is a real friend, then you cannot force somebody to do what you think is right for them, you just need to understand why they are afraid of hearing the test results.... and maybe talk to them about how they feel.
04-12-2016, 02:10 PM
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I'm afraid I do not understand this thread OG.You indicate you might be being morally blackmailed, then you say it is only a hypothetical question, but after that ask you ask for people's discretion.
I would never intentionally be unkind to anyone in need, but what is there to be discreet about if nothing has really happened?
Sorry, but you've lost me completely even before you said about a Chapter 3 and horses to water.
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