If you saw someone attempt ctb irl, would you save them? Why or why no?

[Forever Sleep]

I'd probably ask them if they wanted to talk. I hope I wouldn't use cheap tricks to talk them out of it though.

Really though- if someone is on a bridge say when there are lots of people around- why did they choose that time? Surely, it could actually be that they want someone to talk to them or- they're acting impulsively. I think that needs to be established. It probably is possible to suicide while under the influence of psychosis or drugs or whatever.

But then, I suppose it becomes- could you talk to them, establish that they had thought this all through and then, walk away? Would you get into trouble for that? I think that's another reason people do get involved. The blame culture we have in this world. That people are expected to stop someone.

 

[qw3rty259]

I wouldn't save that person. But it's a really shitty situation to be in if you have witnesses, lol. I imagine you could get a LOT of hate

I'd probably ask them if they wanted to talk.

Sry I imagined a person in a noose hanging there... And someone's asking them "would you like to talk about it"...

But yeah, it also depends of the situation. Talking to a suffocating person isn't an option...

 

[NoPoint2Life]

If they were humans they would play soulsborne at the age of 7 minutes

Every day. I have been saying this since I was a kid. I wish this more than anything. Most ppl wish for money or a car. I just wish I was never here

I wouldn't save that person. But it's a really shitty situation to be in if you have witnesses, lol. I imagine you could get a LOT of hate

I was thinking the same thing.
I am of the feeling that knowing that I am pro-choice, I wouldn't want to save them since I wouldn't want to be saved.
But…. I also imagine there is something that has to be similar to SI that must kick in. It's got to be a natural reflex that would make you want to help the person. No one wants to see someone die right in front of them.

I was thinking the same thing.
I am of the feeling that knowing that I am pro-choice, I wouldn't want to save them since I wouldn't want to be saved.
But…. I also imagine there is something that has to be similar to SI that must kick in. It's got to be a natural reflex that would make you want to help the person. No one wants to see someone die right in front of them.

Sorry for the numerous quotes above. I only meant to quote the last one. Obviously I haven't figured out how quotes work yet lol!

 

[Reflection]

I'm not gonna talk from a moral standpoint. But personally it would very well depend on the situation and the person, at the very least I would try to talk to them and understand where they're coming from, and if they are someone so close to me and whom I love I might try to intervene on the grounds that doing so means they aren't gonna end up suffering a worse fate i.e becoming a vegetable, that's just cruel...if I could save them and/or talk them out of it I would then do my very best to help them find another way out, if it all proves to fail then I would have no choice but to let them do what they believe is best.

 

[zaza23]

Honestly I don't know. If I just stumbled onto a situation, the likelihood is autopilot to help the person will kick in. I absolutely would not take away from what a person wants, how to decide what's an impulse decision from a planned one is difficult I suppose. And whether we should judge even the impulse decisions is tough. I have people I love who have had those impulse moments and I'd want to be there to help them through what might be temporary feelings.

 

[ThatStateOfMind]

Not sure. I feel like I would try. If I didn't, I know it would weigh heavily on me if that person does it and succeed. Additionally, do I know the person? If it's someone I know, I likely would try to help them, or at least try to give them an ear to bend.