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I've talked with an AI about suicidal ideation. More than once. For me it was and is a way to help self-regulate. I've low-key wanted to kill myself since I was 8 years old. For me it's just a part of life. For others it's usually REALLY uncomfortable for them to talk about without wanting to tell me how wrong I am for thinking that way.
Yeah I don't trust it, but at the same time, for me it's better than sitting on those feelings between therapy sessions. To me, these comments read a lot like people who have never experienced ongoing clinical suicidal ideation.
I love this article.
The first time I read it I felt like someone finally understood.
Man, I have to stop reading so I don't continue a stream of tears in the middle of a lobby, but I felt every single word of that article in my bones.
I couldn't ever imagine hanging myself or shooting myself, that shit sounds terrifying as hell. But for years now I've had those same exact "what if I just fell down the stairs and broke my neck" or "what if I got hit by a car and died on the site?" thoughts. And similarly, I think of how much of a hassle it'd be for my family, worrying about their wellbeing, my cats, the games and stories I'd never get to see, the places I want to go.
It's hard. I went to therapy for a year and found it useful even if it didn't do much or "fix" me, but I never admitted to her about these thoughts. I think the closest I got to it was talking about being tired often, and crying, but never just outright "I don't want to wake up tomorrow."
I dig this! Thanks for sharing!