Are you talking about the kid in Miami? That was absolutely horrible!! I can't believe some people were urging him to do it,makes me wonder who had the bigger problem.

Hi Dano,

There was actually a suicide in the UK last year on a web cam. A 40 ish year old man.


He was egged into it as well.

Anonymous Drifter~ Thank you. My best friend Cricket had to ask me if this was a cry for help. I explained about the case in question, which made her rest easier.

Thinkinfyou~ I chose not to specify the case, as it was more than covered in so many venues. The web does have a dark side. It can allow untoward people to hide, whilst opining, to become different from their real life, etc.

But with every situation in life, there are those willing to take advantage. Sadly, the net allows bullies et al to hide behind the new white robes of cowards.

The KKK have always used disguises to hide behind. We are seeing the same phenomenon on a larger scale.

Susan~ So many things that should be private are out there. The relentless cries for help before an actual suicide, can dull people to the very threat of it.

One time, in a lock-down ward, a tech challenged my suicidal ideation. My cuts were sewn up, but as they were not down, as opposed to across my wrists, he suggested that I didn't want to die. That I was scared to.

The reason why I was there was exactly because I was worried that I would kill myself, and wanted to spare my best friend that pain.

It has been just that kind of challenge that has made me the talented cutter that I am today. I wanted to have the "best" scars. I might have ended up like the men we write of.

But, for now, I take the challenge of living, over the challenge of death.

I wanted to thank you for this post - hopefully someone who needed it was reading and asked for help. I wish that my son had read it - my son died by suicide on 28 May 2004 - Caleb never told anyone about his suicidal thoughts, talked about depression, or gave us any reason to think he would leave us at the tender age of 20... Little did he know that the pain he carried was left to us one thousand fold across his friends and family who loved him dearly and would have moved heaven and earth to help him - if only we had known.

Wendy~

I am so very sorry to hear of your terrible and tragic loss. I also hope that some one in need may read your moving comment, so that they can see the consequence of suicide.

As some one who has struggled with suicidal depression, I know how a deeply depressed mind works. It makes you feel guilty, that you are a burden, that you will never feel better, that by dying, you will end the pain.

That by dying, you won't drag others down. The depressed mind has no sense of time, of a happy future, of self-love, of value, of hope.

Thank you so much for your honesty and courage. Please take care.