Isn't it right to prevent suicide attempts?

Posted by Squiggles on July 7, 2007, at 14:07:41

I feel like i've immigrated from some
very foreign country. Maybe this is a
cultural thing: I have prevented suicide
attempts and physical harm for my friend on
a number of occasions during drug withdrawal
and depression.
It seems, that I am on account of this interfering
and dominating the situation, even though the person is so close to me. My doctor, and my friend, and the new therapist-- all seem to agree that i am mothering the person. Is this a kind of individualism that reigns in North American now? Am i so out of time?
So, I say "whaaat"? Just because you don't give a "sh***t" about someone makes it right?
I just don't get it, and now I am in the position to blame. But trust me, this time I will follow my ******'s advice: 'If your friend ties a noose around her neck, or cracks her head or drops her meds and get suicidal' let her. Let her doctor take care of it.
Sigh. I think this really must be a cultural problem. Where I come from, it is considered a moral duty to prevent someone from hurting themselves if you can.
Squiggles

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Isn't it right to prevent suicide attempts? Squiggles 7/7/07
Re: Isn't it right to prevent suicide attempts? iforgotmypassword 7/7/07
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Re: Isn't it right to prevent suicide attempts? » Squiggles Phillipa 7/7/07
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