Reading this reminded me how much I have missed your thoughtful and thought-provoking posts.
I'm sorry about your friend - I've never had to deal with anything like this directly, but suicide, youth suicide in particular, always breaks my heart.
I too have heard of this idea that just talking about it can result in a rise in suicides afterwards. I wonder evidence there is to support this - or if it something we generally accept because it is such an unsettling topic to talk about. But, as you say, surely there can be some medium to discuss this in?
Yes, i think there is a degree of "tabooness" as well. I've found that the counseling offered by the uni doesn't appeal to me, and i think it's because you're in a room with a stranger in a therapy-like situation - which i've found helpful in the past, for depression, but it doesn't feel appropriate here. This sort of thing feels like it should have more to do with community than therapy. We were having a talk about this at work yesterday; happily, it's a fairly friendly and tight-knit group of people that i work with.
I've noticed you've been gone from here for a little while and was hoping you would post again soon. I was very happy to see your name in my friends page, just very unfortunate that you had this happen in your life
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Reading this reminded me how much I have missed your thoughtful and thought-provoking posts.
I'm sorry about your friend - I've never had to deal with anything like this directly, but suicide, youth suicide in particular, always breaks my heart.
I too have heard of this idea that just talking about it can result in a rise in suicides afterwards. I wonder evidence there is to support this - or if it something we generally accept because it is such an unsettling topic to talk about. But, as you say, surely there can be some medium to discuss this in?
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