Originally Posted by
getting_by
People can come into the thread once or stop around for a while- when in there we discuss what is making them feel suicidal, ways that they could seek help, what help they are currently receiving, if anything has triggered the feelings in particular and we really help each other to keep motivated to fight.
A thread of your own can often make things feel worse. Imagine being actively suicidal and no one responds to your thread. Its happened and will happen again. Its like a kick in the teeth sometimes.
Whilst people are posting in that thread, they are not killing themselves and that is a good a reason to have a thread as any other.
I have to say that I don't understand why that is any different to an individual thread. A person can be ignored/not answered on both, when writing their own threads they aren't killing themselves, and a thread can provide a lot more detail about the situation and personalised support than a single post.
Surely if you can post a reply in one thread, you can do it in others as well?