mercurialmalcontent:

Since asks are unfortunately not rebloggable, I’m going to summarize and link to a couple of questions Luka has answered regarding suicide and the discouragement thereof.

What do you say to someone who wants to hear that it’s okay to die? 

This is not a subject wherein a depressed person has only two options, #1 being “die motherfucker, we won’t fight for you but we’ll wave when you go” and #2 being “snap out of it, you wuss”. 

 Is there a point at which you can stop assuming/hoping that the other person’s problems are fixable, and agree that keeping them alive longer would be inhumane, or is there really no way to know that?

Everyone, please know this, from me to you: if you feel like death is your only option, the only way out of your pain, you are not a bad person. You are not not selfish or cowardly. You are in a LOT of pain! You are in so much pain that leaving the only life that you get (that we can objectively prove the existence of) seems like the best option, possibly the only option. But you know what? You deserve help in finding other, realistic options of dealing with that pain so you can have a chance to find happiness and make your life your own, not yanked around by your brain trying to kill you and/or other people abusing you. I’ve been there, oh lord have I been there, and I’m still here to tell you that there ARE other options.

Luka linked this in that first link, but I’m going to link it again because it is the best resource I’ve seen on the internet for someone who needs help right now: http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/