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[quote=Anonymous]I’m one of the posters who said uptbtead that I personally would not have been happy to get a note from someone I didn’t really know.  I respect that other people have different perspectives and acknowledge I may be more private than most.

I am a little surprised that none of the people who work in suicide prevention noted that there is a potentially problematic dynamic when kids who were never friends with the child before are suddenly reaching out and supportive due to the suicide attempt.  For a child who is depressed and socially isolated, if the depression and suicide attempt becomes the means to become “special” or to get positive attention, it can be really problematic.  I think it’s especially true where there’s a personality disorder at play and not just depression.  I’m not saying that kids shouldn’t support each other, but there’s a sort of complicated line here.  Suicide is different from other health conditions in this way.  I’m not the most educated on this but my child did DBT to recover post-attempt and I think one of the tenets of DBT is that kids should not really be discussing this stuff with peers outside of the mediated DBT program.  I think if my kid knew of another kid who had attempted suicide, I would encourage them to be extra kind to the kid, reach out to suggest a movie night or a hike or dog walk or whatever, but not have my kid specifically talking about the attempt with the child, or making it seem like the friendly overture is motivated by the attempt.  [/quote]

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