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Originally Posted by ImmortalPig View Post
If they do go through with it, then there was probably nothing you could have done anyway.

Thing is, i'd want to fight them...
SuicideDo, the Brewtal Drunken Immortal.
Push them off, or shoot them with a gun. It wouldn't be suicide then, it would be murder.
damn, i just stopped them from commiting suicide, im a hero
People's faces right now: ಠ_ಠ
"Do a flip, bitch!"

Okay, in all seriousness, I could probably talk them out of it. But it really depends on the person, I wouldn't approach a stinking hobo, but I would approach someone my age or younger. If I felt in any way threatened by going near the jumper, I'd probably just move along.
i will probably say to him/her jump and after laugh and enjoying he(r)'s death and dismembering >:D

now serious, i will probably grab her in the neck by s/he's back, push s/he off, make s/he seat and then i'll say "seriously?, like, there's many things in you'r life that you need to experience, you have many ages to live an future, so DO IT live, what if you're sad, remember, it's only a feeling, nothing more, i know it hurts; but it's the truth, you don't need to kill you'r self cause yeah, i'm feeling something, like, it's so stupid, but, it's true".
Keep walking
This thread is really interesting... not because of the responses but rather seeing just how miss-educated American Citizens are.

Immortalpig - Statistically if someone is going to kill themselves, they will do it, they won't stick around to be talked down. If they are sticking around, what they want is attention. Furthermore, jumping is a particularly lethal means, if someone is jumping then they are probably well aware of the consequences.

So yeah, you don't have to try talk them down, but you probably should try, and if it succeeds, then they probably didn't really intend to do it in the first place. If they do go through with it, then there was probably nothing you could have done anyway.

Pidgenere - Immortal explained it better then I could.

I would most likely just try to call for help. There would be nothing I could do. Like immortal mentioned, if they really want to, they aren't going to wait around on me to talk to them.

A major factor in suicide cases is loneliness, just by talking to someone and asking them a simple question like "How are you feeling?" could go a long way. I'm sure everyone in this thread is capable of talking someone out of suicide and its really worrying that people still believe in myths like "There is nothing you can do" and "They want to die".

The truth is that the majority of people who say they want to end there life, do not, and just talking can help greatly.

Sources: http://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can...-about-suicide
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/suicide
Originally Posted by PACKET View Post
This thread is really interesting... not because of the responses but rather seeing just how miss-educated American Citizens are.





A major factor in suicide cases is loneliness, just by talking to someone and asking them a simple question like "How are you feeling?" could go a long way. I'm sure everyone in this thread is capable of talking someone out of suicide and its really worrying that people still believe in myths like "There is nothing you can do" and "They want to die".

The truth is that the majority of people who say they want to end there life, do not, and just talking can help greatly.

Sources: http://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can...-about-suicide
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/suicide

I'm not American, and I think you misread my post.

If someone is standing on the edge of a bridge and they want to jump, they WILL jump. It is extremely rare for someone to actually be talked down.

If someone /can/ be talked down, then they likely never really intended to jump, yes that means they wanted attention and yes that could mean they are just lonely.

If you want a VERY clear indicator of how this work, look up statistics for male/female suicide methods, success rates, and reasons. Generally speaking males choose the most lethal method, have high success rates, and commit suicide because they want to kill themselves. Females in general choose less painful or more public methods, have lower success rates, and generally do it for attention. I'm not saying you shouldn't go talk to a man who's standing on the edge by the way, I'm just using this to illustrate the two major reasons for this kind of self harm.

If someone is standing on the edge of a bridge they have already done a lot of stuff that in there mind there is no going back from, they already have a plan and they already know how it's going to play out. Whether they really intend to kill themselves or not, they are in control. If someone is standing there even for a minute longer than necessary, then they probably never intended to kill themselves.
<Faint> the rules have been stated quite clearly 3 times now from high staff
Again, pig said it better than anyone could.

Men don't usually commit suicide in public places, and that accounts for the success rates of male suicides. They do it alone, because they want to kill themself.

I'm seeing something very different in males and females considering the motive.
Men do it because they want to die, and women do it because they do not want to live the life they are living.
Originally Posted by boStaff View Post
why not?

because they're a stinking hobo? I see no reason for him to not end his misery.
Why do 85% of semi-philosophical threads on forums have that one person who declares some/everyone incorrect and American? Anyway.

A really good friend of mine once said that suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems. I would probably pull them back and talk to them about something along the lines of that. Maybe offer them a place to stay or some other help.