Originally Posted by ImmortalPig

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.

Originally Posted by ZENBOY123

I would keep my distance and try to talk them down and persuade them that what ever problem they have is easily fixable and that I could help them with that and that their life would get better. I would not call for help because more people might just further stress them. If I was armed I would shoot them in a non-lethal part of the body as a last recourse if they are about to jump. Like the shoulder or somewhere in the leg. Still as a last recourse though because of the chance of missing and hitting a more lethal part of the body or not missing but then hitting an artery.

Originally Posted by ZENBOY123

I would keep my distance and try to talk them down and persuade them that what ever problem they have is easily fixable and that I could help them with that and that their life would get better. I would not call for help because more people might just further stress them. If I was armed I would shoot them in a non-lethal part of the body as a last recourse if they are about to jump. Like the shoulder or somewhere in the leg. Still as a last recourse though because of the chance of missing and hitting a more lethal part of the body or not missing but then hitting an artery.

Originally Posted by ZENBOY123

I would keep my distance and try to talk them down and persuade them that what ever problem they have is easily fixable and that I could help them with that and that their life would get better. I would not call for help because more people might just further stress them. If I was armed I would shoot them in a non-lethal part of the body as a last recourse if they are about to jump. Like the shoulder or somewhere in the leg. Still as a last recourse though because of the chance of missing and hitting a more lethal part of the body or not missing but then hitting an artery.