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John Doe, we haven't always agreed on issues on here, but I have never found you offensive...I feel that it is unfair that you would feel the need to leave because of the recent 'drama' on here with the other post... I agree with you that certain 'standards' ought to be kept when posting...just plain courtesy I would think, like you said, there's no need to be foul mouthed on the board unless you are doing it deliberately to make a certain impression. Perhaps the best way to deal with those posts would be to just ignore them so that they don't generate the extra bad feelings on here. I'm not particularly keen on banning anybody, even the foul mouthed ones, because I believe in the freedom of expressing your opinions, and hopefully one day the people who seek attention by being foul mouthed and insulting just for the sake of it will find something they seriously want to discuss around here, and will be disappointed if nobody bothers to post replies to them unless they alter their way of posting just a touch... I would like to see Bat back on here, however!

I don't see no 'edit' button in the posts? will one appear in mine now for a short time I wonder?

Should have added that they might also be feeling 'at a loss' in their lives and wish for someone/thing to control them, so that they find stability.

My own thoughts are that the people who are 'drawn' to strict religions, as converts, are perhaps looking for some sort of 'community spirit' in the churches they are visiting...and once they find that one that appeals to them and offers this community spirit, they are willing to submit to the rigorous rules of that Church, and obviously some of them do start to believe in the religious books that they are then taught from, and so do begin to believe they are doing what they are doing because it pleases God.

LOL Tao...your logic makes a lot of sense...as usual! Thanks for posting.

Awww...great news Strawberry...hope you get everything working ok again soon!

I think this post is BARKING mad!!!!

Pushka which link? The only link that I saw was a link to another post on talk where it said how to post a picture. What does piccy mean? Sorry to confuse you Strawberry...Piccy is just my 'slang' word for picture...and if you click on the link to the other post, and scroll down a little you should see a great big picture of my cat Pushka, which is the one I've been using as my avatar. Please let me know if you finally see Pushka's picture :)

Begood2, thank you for your kind comments. USN...if you really are having problems emotionally, then please talk to somebody about them...get the help you need.

Strawberry thanks for your remarks about what I am now doing to fill my life. Setheus, thank you for that lovely poem... I am sorry to read that USNational thinks I am lying in order to gain attention...I certainly do not take pleasure in being called an attention whore...that is all I have to say to him now. I hope that his 'just a question' thread will have least have given some hope to people suffering from depression, if they can ignore his insensitive remarks that is.

LOL John Doe... My poor avatar...poor Pushka!!! I hope she returns to your screens soon...I can see everybody else's avatars...for those who can't see Pushka, just try the link I posted...she's even bigger in that piccy!!!

Thank you Outshined...she is REALLY cute..but she's got killer claws! OUCH!!!

Thank you Tao...and your assumptions about why I responded as I did to his original question/s is correct...

I don't see your avatar. That's strange...can anybody else see it? or just me? anyway, here's a link to 'posting a picture' in which I posted my avatar piccy... http://www.ldstalk.com/forums/index.php?ac...t=ST&f=7&t=4645

Thank you for your very optimistic response Dale...:)

My screen name is the name of my cat...the one who appears in the avatar with my daughter.

USNational, why did you create this thread in the first place if you did not expect people who had lived through suicide attemps, or known of people who did so, or knew people who didn't survive their attempts to post on it? What a pointless thread. I refuse to consider myself either retarded or out to gain attention. I am not hoping that I will receive tons of praise for my change of lifestyle since that attempt...I have received encouragement from some people, and criticism from others, I have dealt with both. Since when has it been considered immature to fail to kill oneself? On your final comments about me growing up...I have been growing up throughout the time that I have been suffering from the depressive illness, the attempted suicide and since that time...I am still growing and learning how to cope with the normal activities that many people do not struggle to do. I was ashamed of what I had tried to do, I couldn't look my family in the face when I next saw them, fortunately when I was nearing my time to come home from the hospital rather than in the first few days after the events. I do not feel that keeping suicide attempts a secret does myself or anyone else who may be feeling depressed any favours...attending self help groups where the issues that lead to the attempt successful or not, are discussed with others who have gone through the same thing, or the families who have been affected by their relatives going through this, is extremely helpful in knowing how to prevent suicide attempts in the future.

That's beautiful Strawberry...thanks :)

Typically immature reply.

USNational...you are insensitive to the extreme...I am sorry for the people who commit suicide 'successfully' and for those who attempt to do so but fail...I would think that anybody trying to commit suicide does not put 'foresight' into it...they just make the attempt with whatever is available to them at the time...I'm no good at knots, and don't have any rope just lying around in my house, so that wouldn't have worked for me either...I wouldn't expect that I could cut myself deep enough to make that successful too...pills were my 'best option' at the time... Please try to grow up and have more sensitivity around issues of depression and suicide.

Mozilla can be a little unpredictable on links tho, and can 'crash' now and again, I go with Jason's original idea re AdWare SE...that's what I've got...I also run Opera browser now, tho can't remember if it automatically blocks pop ups or not...my friend installed it and set it up for me :)

USNational...believe me, I DID try to make it successful...taking over 200 warfarin and epilim tablets I thought would have done the job...it didn't, I wasn't to know that it wouldn't...I was trying to take more tablets after I woke up (as I had fallen asleep, probably as a result of some of the tabs I'd taken) but was prevented from doing so by friends who called an ambulance...also I started to vomit, unintentionally, which took some of the effects away from the tablets...I wasn't 'dumb', mother nature just decided it wasn't my time yet or something! I still did not feel I was worthy to survive, however I did feel very guilty when I was receiving treatment in order to make me recover from the after effects, and I did state that I would try my best never to attempt suicide again...for my family's sake.Thanks for your comments Begood2...the voluntary work really is my lifeline at the moment...my friends are brilliant!

As a 'survivor' of a big suicide attempt, which left me in hospital for a week, receiving blood plasma transfusions, I can say USNational, that I was so distressed at the time that I made the attempt that I could not consider the consequences to my family members...had I been able to think clearly then I would not have made the attempt. I have since received counselling and have altered some parts of my lifestyle so that, hopefully, I will not reach rock bottom again, I have much more support of friends now, and am kept busy with volunteer work with those friends so that I cannot sit and ponder the negative thoughts that still try to invade my mind and my dreams/nightmares.

Wow! Strawberry...that one sounds much more 'fun', exciting! if you know what I mean...perhaps I have become a little 'too political' these days!!! LOL

michele bruce, Your ideal job is a Bearded Lady in the circus. LOL I've always wanted to be 'different'!