My Friend is Pondering Suicide...

[The Cat-Tribe]

Take him rope shopping.

That is quite mean of you to say.

Only if you take the position that the suicide must be stopped; or to rephrase: that you (or anyone who is not the boy pondering it) believes to be beter qualified than the boy himself to determine if ending it is the right thing to do with his life.

In this case however I would indeed prefer him talking to a few doctors first.

Given that 90% of suicides involve a mental disorder or substance abuse problem, suicidal thoughts are a major symptom of mental illness, and a successful suicide is irrevocalble, perhaps it makes sense to err on the side of caution rather than presume those that are suicidal are simply making an informed choice.

[Warner Channel]

Next time he brings it up, kick his ass. Then get him good and drunk and take him to a strip club in a questionable part of town.

He'll be just fine afterward.

Trust me. I'm a doctor.

OK, Doctor, next time I meet a suicidal maniac, that's what I'm doing. Good thinking!

[Epicnopolis]

Serious consequences can come out of "just threatening" to take one's life. When I was 14 I went to a friend's house with a group of people. The girl's house that we were at was a bit drunk and very perky, dancing around her room saying she was going to kill herself (I didn't know the girl that well, but this apparently wasn't new). We didn't think much of it, we thought she was just being wierd. A little later she wanders out of the room and the next thing we hear is her sister shrieking. The girl was standing in the kitchen, deeply slashing her arms with a knife. I don't remember what happened next (it was 14 years ago), but the next thing I remember is laying in the bathtub with her holding her arms down while she struggled to tear open the wounds on her arms. She tried finger nails, she tried teeth, she wanted to bleed and was doing a pretty good job of it. I managed to keep her from hurting herself further until the paramedics arrived.

Yeah, the girl wanted attention. She also wanted to off herself. She wanted to go out in a big, flaming ball of glory with as many witnesses as she could find. She almost got her wish. These weren't little "look at me cut myself" slashes, these were for real slashes. Thankfully we were kids of the 90's and didn't know it was down the block and not across the street.

wow... , that was really cool of you to do that for her. Why did you have to be the person to hold her down?

[Epicnopolis]

Give him this instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BviZlUspL6Y

That blew my fucking mind. What in the HELL is that? It was so cool! I wish it wasnt banned! I would love to get stoned and watch that!

What is that link to?