And may I ask what you did to help?

I did not read that discussion, but if this person demonstrated a concern that needed to be addressed, now might be the time for you to respond to this need! We can all have something to offer; I hope you didn't miss your opportunity!

not every one can read all the responces. I've been here for a long time and I have half an hour useage on the computer. I for one use my computer time for education and am not on as much as I would like. who was trying to get help and how can we all help? you judge people by what is posted on the internet and start yelling at those you don't know. I have been going through some depresion myself through the hollidays and I hate to say that I never judge people for what is typed in the computer. If you hate the site and want to do everything yourself why didn't you respond?

No, I don't mind. I did two things. One was to contact a chrisis center (number provided by the site) and another was to personally reach out to the individual, to let him know that somebody cares, and that I'm sure others would be heartbroken if he were to go to sleep and never wake up as stated in his comment. Can you think of something else helpful that can be done to reach out to an individual in need? I would be glad to help further...if possible.

i just went through that post again sitting here and re-read through them and was just sitting here wondering if i should resposnd to the person on the thread or in private email..i am chosing private email so as not to draw unwanted attention to them...as a matter of respect...so my reply will be in private email...but before you post to the general group;...you may want to think that others may have done the same...and not judge so harsly...if a person is crying out for help in such a way...it is not always wise to single out someone as you have just done on the main board...some situations..call for discresion and tact hon..and taking into considertion the feelings of the orginal poster..sigh..please consider that before you single them out again...just a thought

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Are we talking about the comment "figure out a way to sleep forever? I honestly did not read into that as a suicide thing. But honestly I think it is rude of you to judge others. You do not know that they did not do the same steps you did

I skimmed through the thread you said about and I don't see your reply on that thread to him.
I personally don't respond to a statement like that for reasons that belong to me. It's not that I don't care it's just not usually understood by people in general.

I really think your statements are rather harsh. You have no idea who responded in private.

Haven't we all wished that. (Well most of us?) I mean, look at us. We're chronically ill. We've lost so much if not everything we held dear. A earlier life taken for granted.

I honeslty didn't see that as a cry for help i saw it as a blunt response. A truthful one.

You've obviously never spent the night curled up on your bathroom floor trying to figure out if you should just get it over with already.

First I would like to say that you have rushed to judgement.
When I was feeling low many people responded to me with private messages, hugs etc.

There have often been times when i wished I could go to sleep and never wake up. I think it happens alot with MS people.

Instead of knocking each other down and making them feel bad about themselves we try to hold people up and make them feel better.

People here live with alot of burdens.
I am glad you felt compelled to do something about the post, (which I did not see).
The sweet people here do not need a guilt trip put on them either.

MAYBE THE PERSON WHO TYPED THAT COMMENT WAS SUICIDAL AT ALL...MAYBE THEY HAVE A HARD TIME SLEEPING AND WERE WISHING THAT THE NEW YEAR WOULD BRING THEM SOME PEACEFUL AND RESTFUL SLEEP...
SOMETIMES ITS BETTER TO CONSIDER THE SIMPLE THINGS FIRST BEFORE JUMPING INTO THE MOST DRAMATIC (IE...SUICIDE)...

I did not see this thread but know how important it is to take any threat seriously. This summer, my younger brother successfully committed suicide. We, his family and friends are devastated and of course wondering what we did wrong, 'what if I did this' or 'we should have done that' etc. Even though deep down we know it was his choice, it has left us with a deep hole in our hearts. I will try to find that thread and respond.

Oh I found it and even know this person from other places so will be following up.

I didn't read the thread or the post you are talking about, but I agree that you shouldn't have berated everyone here for being insensitive.

Once in awhile it has flitted through my head that it wouldn't be so bad to go to sleep and not wake up. I don't consider it a call for suicide, I consider it just a fleeting thought.

So good for you, reach out to that person. But not on the forum, send them a message. Hopefully you got things all wrong. If not, maybe you made a difference.

But, please leave it up to each individual whether or not they want or need to do the same. We do care about eath other, believe it or not.

Did it ever occur to you that people sent hugs and messages? Please don't be so judgmental. We are a loving group of people who watch out for each other in various ways.

I'm sure of the 30 odd posts on the resolution topic, those that read that post had enough common sense to know NOT to publically post back to this person.
This person was reaching out for help and I'm sure they got it privately. This isn't a back and forth topic you broadcast all over a public discussion board.
Don't judge what you do not know what others have done for this person in private.