Person help: Why is this site full of depressed, suicidal-tendencies and low - Help.com

cherishheart wrote:
why do people ask here questions when they know the obvious answers deep within themselves?

They don’t know it. Otherwise they wouldn’t ask, no?

cherishheart wrote:
Answers is as obvious as the sky is blue, as deep as the ocean and as clear as the air.

Not for them, obviously.
Especially teenagers are not yet that much familiar with their own mental state and the solutions for …

I’m happy for you. I don’t think you were thinking this way when you posted asking for help, and neither do the others who ask for help, so why don’t you understand the reasons of the people who took the same action as you?

cherishheart wrote:

Zirbel wrote:

cherishheart wrote:
why do people ask here questions when they know the obvious answers deep within themselves?

They don’t know it. Otherwise they wouldn’t ask, no?

cherishheart wrote:
Answers is as obvious as the sky is blue, as deep as the ocean and as clear as the air.

Not for them, obviously.
Especially teenagers are not yet that much familiar with their own mental state and the solutions for …

maybe i was just thinking about myself, perhaps. but teenagers now are no longer stupid

It has nothing to do with stupidity, more with experience of life.

Wasn’t trying to put you down, I hope you continue to see the answers clearly :)

We have no statistics to back this up but I have got to believe that we have helped more people on the brink of committing suicide than have actually gone through with it. heysnowwhite immediately comes to mind….

Why not?

Hi, I was one of those people looking for something other than using the gun i had under my pillow 2 yrs ago. I was at the end of my rope i looked down at my computer and just typed help than.com, i have made many friends here and still lost at times.
But someone asked a question i could answer, i’ve been hooked ever since.
I am a good kind person & everyone who talked with me here knew that & didn’t judge. It gave me strength. These people i am proud to call my friends.

according to your logic, you shouldn’t have started this post because the answer to your question is obviously deep within you.

Some questions that people ask could probably be answered by themselves if they thought enough about it, but most people don’t have the time to think that long.

Other questions however, can only be answered by experience or with someone else’s help.

For example, if you were walking along with a child and you come up to an electric fence that had no warning on it, the child may unknowingly touch it and get shocked, but if you tell the child it would hurt them if they touched it then he would be more careful knowing it was dangerous.

Mostly people aren’t seeking for logical answers to problems (although it’s sometimes helpful to get suggestions like that), but are seeking encouragement. In my opinion ^^

I think a lot of it is based on a need for reassurance. It’s like anything. You can believe something to be true for others, but for some reason, it becomes increasingly difficult to apply the same principle to one’s self. A lot of it is because most don’t feel they are good enough, they often feel like they are exceptions to what is obvious, or they are simply in a sort of daze…one in which they know no certainty. Everyone has a different reason, whatever it may be, it’s a friend’s job to remind them of the truth hidden within themselves.

Cherisheart, I’ve thought alot bout you statement.
There are many people here on this site who really care
& give good advice. They’re not mean to me,
the way so many people in this world can be.
Take a look at my rant, was just letting all know how i’ve been doing
they gave me the answer i needed to hear. I knew the answer but not
It was nice of everyone to be so kind
When I’m on this site it give me comfort
I hope you can find comfort

Comfort right here! If you don’t mind a little southern hospitality on the side.