Feb 7, 2024
Gosh, this is difficult. As a former inpatient on a secure psych unit for suicidality, I have been / have been around extremely, genuinely suicidal people. I have been around them for a long time too - a few of us were trans. That people would threaten suicide and self-harm is immediately repulsive to me, and as in your example, seems to underpin abusive relationships - be they friends or partners. Yet as you experienced, deciding who is 'genuine' or not... Man, that is a hard gig, with the highest of consequences.
Thank you for writing!