Tag: suicide
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Reply to: Sent to Coventry: Who is Princess Victor Duleep Singh?
In a longer article about the less-known Duleep Singh princesses, my friend Sundeep argued that it was inappropriate to describe Irene's death as her "committing suicide" because it implies criminality. One rabbithole of the laws of four countries later, I argue a (pointless) counterpoint.
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Never underestimate the power of people who are motivated by the good they can do in the world.
Today I was in awe of this team of unpaid volunteers who, having already given up their bank holiday weekend, worked through dinner and into the night to ensure the continued uptime of a piece software that enables the listening service of emotional support and suicide helplines.
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In a conference room, Dan stands in front of a group of people working on laptops.
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Poster in /r/confession expressing deep suicidal feelings; please help
Post is at: /r/confession/comments/2hoail/im_close_to_kill_myself/
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I'm worried about whatseventhepoint on /r/self
Posted 3 hours ago; sounds like they could do with some help:
I don't know what to do anymore. I've exhausted any little hope I'd had, and now there's nothing.
I just want it to be over. By any means necessary.
http://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/1qw4tm/i_feel_like_everything_i_do_is_inherently_stupid/
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TIL that "Lawnchair" Larry Walters, who flew to 16,000 feet using weather balloons tied to a lawn chair in 1982, shot himself eleven years later.
LARRY WALTERS FOUND FAME AT 16.000 feet. On July 2,1982, the 33-year-old truck driver rigged 42 helium-filled weather balloons to a Sears lawn chair in San Pedro, Calif., and, as friends looked on in wondrous support, lifted off. The sight of Walters floating in the sky shocked pilots, who radioed perplexed local air-traffic controllers. Walters …
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Googling for Suicide, Part II
You may remember that earlier this year I wrote a letter to Google suggesting that they ought to publicise the number of Samaritans to people searching for suicide-related topics: sort-of like a free Featured Link, but just advertising the phone number of a support service that, in particular, provides emotional support to those who are …
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Googling For Suicide In The UK
I sent a letter to Google, today. Click to see it in large-o-vision.
I my letter, I suggest that the search giant should add a feature to their UK search, as they already have to their USA search, that would provide the details of an appropriate emotional support helpline service to people searching for suicide-related topics … -
Talking About Suicide - A Revelation
"Asking about suicidal feelings cannot 'put the idea into a caller's head.'" If you've ever worked in a listening organisation that will openly talk about suicidal feelings, like a branch of Samaritans or a university Nightline, you're likely to have heard this said. In virtually every training group to which talking about suicide is first …