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SUICIDE HELP

DaveAsperg

I am involved with setting up an online suicide prevention app for this with autism who are suicidal. The project involves Cambridge Uni and 4 professors, but we are looking for Lived Experience ideas to incorporate.

I have given lots of my own as I struggle with this, but has anyone else got good ideas to help??

The standard advice of Samaritans and other phone lines is humiliating in my opinion

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  • I've called the Samaritans a couple of times when suicidal (like physically about to do it) and my experience was not humiliation but support for my self esteem which helped me plough on. I'm eternally grateful. Experiences likely vary depending on who picks up, but I can't relate to your statement above.

  • in reply to NAS77229

    Ive been convicted by police for a 2 minute phone call to a bank who had lost me £250,000 when I said my life was in danger. The police called it malicious communication , implied suicide threat. I nearly died 7 times before my court appearance. I ask Samaritans for a statement about talking being a legitimate reason for communicating when suicidal. They refused to write anything for me. Not sure if I can last out any day now.

  • in reply to DaveAsperg

    In fairness the samaritans are not the right people to give expert testimony on the needs of a suicidal person. Even if they'd agreed the court might not have accepted it as expert testimony. A qualified psychiatrist could have given evidence on whether talking to someone who's caused you trauma (even a bank manager) is therapeutic and or necessary but the samaritans don't have those expertise. Or at least the court isn't likely to accept they do.

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  • in reply to DaveAsperg

    In fairness the samaritans are not the right people to give expert testimony on the needs of a suicidal person. Even if they'd agreed the court might not have accepted it as expert testimony. A qualified psychiatrist could have given evidence on whether talking to someone who's caused you trauma (even a bank manager) is therapeutic and or necessary but the samaritans don't have those expertise. Or at least the court isn't likely to accept they do.

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