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Watch the video on this page. It has interviews of people who survived a suicide attempt. https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/release-the-pre
by DanBC 7y ago
Watch the video on this page. It has interviews of people who survived a suicide attempt. https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/release-the-pressure https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/releas...
Here's a transcript: https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/release-the-pressure/release-the-pressure-video-transcript https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/releas...
They already feel immense amounts of shame. Adding to that shame just re-affirms what they already think, it confirms their distorted thinking that everyone would be better off without them.
The distorted thinking runs something like: "Only an arsehole would kill themselves and leave their family to deal with it, and I'm thinking of killing myself, therefore I am an arsehole. And I'm so terrible that they would in fact be better off without me."
- thaumasiotes 7y agoDoes it have interviews of people who didn't make a suicide attempt because they were guilted out of it? The dangers of not making a suicide attempt are so low we usually don't even bother to call out "survivors".