Important rules
1) Personal information is NOT allowed, whatsoever. If there is any
post offering a full name, an address, a specific location or a time and
date for committing an act, it will be removed immediately.
2) No posting or requesting 'amateur' pictures or videos of suicidal
acts, or any graphic content for the most part. Documentaries or news
videos will be allowed, but web-cam captures and home videos of suicide
attempts will not. Text-posts will be judged by the content, please
don't get more gory than what is required to get your point across.
3) Posts requesting and/or discussing the physical act of committing
suicide and methods for doing so are not allowed and will be removed. As
well, any direct links to websites that offer suicide kits will be
removed. Finally, invites and/or requests for suicide pacts are not
allowed and will be removed. Other subreddits have been removed for
publicly discussing this, and we don't want that happening here. There
are external sources on the internet for such things.
4) Posts inciting violence will be removed. This includes posts encouraging others to commit suicide.
5) Spam will be removed. Threads can be considered spam if:
There is no easily identifiable link between the post's content
and the theme of suicide & motivations for suicide, and there is no
relevant question posed.
There are over three "self-posts" with all text created by a user in a 24 hour period. (Self posts that offer discussion of a related link provided in the self-post do not apply to this limit)
The text is copied directly from another source and pasted without any additional information or invitation for discussion.
If actively suicidal
If you are going through an acutely difficult time in your
life right now, please call our official hotline, Samaritans UK, at +44
808 164 0123. This is a free call worldwide through Skype and
unless you give them your exact address, they have no means of
dispatching police to you.
If you would rather type, r/SuicideWatch is a great place to get through short bouts of active suicidality. r/SanctionedSuicide is geared more towards long-term, rational suicide and may well push those who are only temporarily suicidal over the edge.
Subreddit overview
Now that that's all said and done, welcome to /r/SanctionedSuicide!
As noted in the description, this subreddit is designed to allow casual
discussion of suicide from the cognitive perspective of suicidal
people, as well as the discussion of the moral implications of the act
itself. The subreddit is intended to be based in philosophy and
discussion, but please feel free to post rants or links to any articles
you find pertinent to the discussion.
If you do NOT believe that the right to die is an inherent right and
would like to discuss it with people, please refrain from using the age
old responses of, "There's so much to live for!" or "You're being
selfish!" or "Have you tried not being a pessimist?" If these are your
go-to thoughts about all suicidal people, you clearly don't understand.
Suffice it to say, none of those three stereotypical responses mean
anything to the users in this subreddit.
For the most part, the intended user base will be people who have
accepted suicide as their inevitable end from a lifetime of thinking, be
it from depression, nihilistic views, or anything else.
As well, if you have friends/family who you believe are suicidal,
feel free to talk about them here; our users may be able to help you
gain a greater insight into their minds.
Related subreddits
If you are planning to leave this existence behind you and would like to immortalize your last words, they have a safe home at r/SuicideNotes.
If you would like to discuss suicide from a scientific standpoint,
and understand the neurological/psychological work that's going into
preventing suicide, please visit r/Suicidology.
If you would like to discuss the legalization of suicide from a political perspective, please visit r/SuicideLaws.
If you believe that life itself holds negative value, and reproducing is in itself a wrong act, please visit r/Antinatalism.
If you find you dislike most humans/humanity itself, please visit r/Misanthropy.
If you would like to discuss freedom of choice about mental health care and right to die, please visit r/PsychiatricFreedom.
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