Does anyone else feel like suicide awareness day isn't helping them? (Possible trigger warning)

@John04 also, I don't want so sound ungrateful or anything either. I really do appreciate that people do care. It's just the methods that get to me. They may not have better ones, idk. I'm more or less just making an observation.

@John04 yea

I agree. I feel like people posting about suicide awareness should keep the victims in mind. In the end, those who are not aware will see the same poster as those who are aware, and it is only common courtesy to prevent doing potential damage to victims. Giving statistics about how bad a situation is won't help anyone. It would be better to provide solutions to certain problems or to provide options of how one can help/support victims.

Something like this seems more appropriate to me:

P.S. Don't bash me for my opinion. :P

I agree. Even if suicide wasn't as common - say one person a year - the solution isn't to point it out. People don't care about the theoretical other. They only care when they're being directly affected, either as someone depressed or someone who knows someone who has chosen a final destination on their painful path. Give us option or help, so we don't get to that level. Don't make us feel ashamed, or stupid for having mental illnesses. No one shames a cancer patient. Someone with diabetes isn't afraid to go to the doctor to discuss medication. Broaden mental illness support and prevent suicide that way, rather than make us feel worse for considering it as an option to end suffering.