^^I agree. If I don't want help, I don't ask for it. There's a difference between "I want to commit suicide or I want to cut" and taking advice and talking it through and "I am going to cut/kill myself and there's nothing you can do to stop me". I think the latter has more to do with the person liking someone putting all their energy into talking them out of it, and it's really unfair.
As for getting suicide threats, I figure all I can do is give them the options they have, go to the hospital, tell someone, etc. You can't take everything everyone says on here at face value, because the unfortunate truth is sometimes people lie for attention. Not that all people do, but you have to take into consideration that that might be the case with whoever is threatening suicide. And if they are serious about it, it's not your fault. you did nothing but help them. Unfortunately you have to be kind of hard when it comes to this site. If people want help, then give it to them. But if not, then that is their decision. It doesn't reflect you. You have to take care of you. Everyone is responsible for themselves, and no one can ever really blame suicide on someone else, especially someone they only know on the internet. So report it, and just tell them if they don't want help, there's nothing you can do.
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