Agreed! NEVER take these comments lightly. I've had 3 people who have said this to me, one online, one in a text message and the other through a phone call. I called 911 on all of them. None of them had done anything, yet, just said they wanted to die, didn't want to be here anymore, it doesn't matter what they say, if someone says this, listen.
One person had not done anything (yet) but the police were with him quite awhile, he was very depressed and my call and the police were a wake up to him that someone actually cared. He had it planned out how he was going to do it too, and that night.
The second person it turned out had swallowed an entire bottle of aspirin and washed it down with a glass of Vodka. Police arrived to find him unconscious on the floor. He lived and got his life together again. Hospital had him, then he went to somewhere else, and today he is alive and well.
Sadly, the third the police put on a 3 day Baker hold in the hospital. She told them she was going to kill herself and no one could stop her. They actually released her on day 3, she went home, broke into her neighbors house and stole a gun, went back to her house and shot herself in the head. She was 42.
Please always contact someone. 2 out of my 3 were serious to the point of f taking action, 1 died, the other nearly did. Don't try to handle them yourself, this is crisis situations and need to be handled by trained people. But send help their way, sometimes all they need to know is someone really DOES care and they get in front of the help they need. They reached out by saying what they did, to be rejected, ignored, abandoned, can be the trigger that makes them do it, especially if they believe no one cares.
I'd rather have someone livid angry at me, stalk me, threaten me, than have a death that I may have been able to prevent haunt me forever, and it would. I still ask myself could I have done anything different for the lady who shot herself and died.
Thank you for caring. I always think of all the people in their lives that would be devastated if their loved one killed themselves. They leave behind broken parents, children, friends, relatives, neighbors, it's a terrible thing, I know, I've been there first hand. And I had to see all the people grieve for the lady who did kill herself, horrible. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
If I had this happen here, I would call eBay and have them get the buyers information and have them contact the police in their area. eBay has it, if they have bought something PayPal has it, they can find who they are. A visit by the police saved the man I called on who didn't do it. He had it planned down to how he was doing it, carbon monoxide by car and pills/booze.
Better safe than sorry. Even doing something won't stop someone who is determined, but most of the time it does stop them.
Hope this person is going to be alright.
Oftimes one turns to the stranger or a lesser known person.
