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No victim blaming. Nor giving incredibly simplistic solutions (i.e. You have ADHD? Just focus easier.)
No encouraging suicide, no matter what. This includes telling someone to commit homicide as "dragging them down with you".
Suicide note posts will be removed, and you will be reached out to in private.
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Weird that no-one has crossposted this yet, especially considering it mentions the community directly. (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/1360444

For context: One of the rules in that community is that you aren't allowed to post anything related to suicide. In a mental health community.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I get why they do this, suicide prevention is no joke and should be handled by people that trained for it, some commenter trying to help could cause a lot of harm without meaning to do so and someone that's not in a good mental space could become triggered and/ or spiral into suicidal thoughts themselves after reading these kinds of subjects.

That said, perhaps the mods could link suicide prevention hotlines from all over the world (as you already do for different resources on -TherapyNeurodegenerative Disease Support, ADHD, Autism, Fibromyalgia, etc.). If I were me, Id put those as front and center as posible, and as easy to find as posible by those who need it (say, quote it after the rule about suicide, include it in the resources given, maybe highlight it).

Suicide.org has some great guidelines on how to mention suicide in the media (not the same thing as a mental health forum, I know, but I personally find them very useful regardless when it comes to discussing anything suicide-related on the internet, where you never know who is reading your content).

And remember, if you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, there's help out there! there's people willing to work with you to get through this, please reach out to them.