1st of all OP doesn't explain what happens 2 the person when their content gets reported 4 self harm content
which btw what a fukin ass-backwards way of doing things, "u wanna hurt urself so bad we're gonna get u in trouble" WHAT?
so okay, let's go over this shit
possibility 1) post gets taken down
this does nothing 2 help and also takes away this person's ability 2 vent on tumblr, w me at least i often vent in a tumblr post as a way of getting my negative feelings out in a safe and healthy way so i DON'T FEEL THE URGE TO HURT MYSELF! by taking away this person's ability 2 make a vent post u might actually b taking away their ability 2 hav a healthy outlet 4 these kinds of feelings PUTTING THEM MORE AT RISK!!! additionally it reinforces the idea that "no1 wants 2 hear abt ur feelings, shut up, no1 cares, keep that 2 urself" which makes it more difficult 2 get actual help in the long run and also worsens these feelings making them harder 2 deal w
SILENCING PPL WHO R GOING THRU IT IS NOT THE ANSWER!! IT JUST MAKES IT WORSE AND LESS SAFE 4 THAT PERSON!!!
possibility 2) account gets reported/taken down
same problems as possibility 1
SILENCING MENTALLY ILL PPL DOESN'T HELP US IT MAKES IT WORSE 4 US!
possibility 3) the authorities get called/alerted
so this is probably what a lot of ppl think is happening when they report this stuff but i find that incredibly fucking unlikely, like what we rly think tumblr gonna find some1's address and then fukin email social work or smth? no, not likely, not likely that they would even hav the *ability* 2 do that even if they did tho, here's y this would b a BAD thing:
the last thing a mentally ill person needs is some1 invading their privacy and breaking into their life and possibly their house 4 the sake of ""their safety"" look as some who used 2 b suicidal (no longer am) and had 2 stay a night at a hospital abt it i can tell u right now the services that r in place 4 helping w this shit r not as sympathetic as u would think, and they usually don't actually hav a good understanding of how mental health works, u gotta remember it's not actually their job 2 help some1 who's suicidal it's their job 2 keep them away from larger society so that the general public doesn't hav 2 deal w mentally ill ppl or teach them how 2 act acceptable so that the general public doesn't hav 2 deal w mentally ill ppl
i honestly hav so much medical trauma from dealing w trying 2 get help when i was actively suicidal that it honestly made me more suicidal and it got 2 the point where i eventually realised that the healthiest thing 4 me was 2 stop trying 2 get help from social workers and medical workers and therapists ect, bc every single 1 of them i talked 2 made it worse
TW 4 RECOUNTING WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I TRIED 2 GET HELP WHEN I WAS SUICIDAL, TW 4 MEDICAL ABUSE, TW 4 ABLEISM
when i did try 2 actually get help, it was bc i was at the point where i had a plan and everything, they did nothing 2 help me, they just put me in a room in a hospital 4 the night, which made it worse bc then i was in an unfamiliar environment, the walls were p thin so i could hear the patient in the next room struggling w smth and calling 4 a nurse but no1 coming 2 help them, no1 talked 2 me, i got no interaction w the nurses except when they gave me meals, the bed was uncomfortable and the room was full of medical equipment that made me more on edge which was a problem bc the reason i was wanting 2 do that was due 2 having an anxiety attack, the next morning i talked 2 1 of the staff there and she asked me what i was planning on doing when i got home, by that point i was tired from not having slept well and all i wanted 2 do was watch tv and sleep, i told her this and she point blank asked me if i was lying to her so she would let me go home and then i could kill myself, i was so tired that i hadn't even thought of that but her asking me about that then put that idea in my head and then suddenly i was thinking about it again, i knew i would only get worse if i stayed so i told her no, i wasn't thinking about killing myself when i got home, still she tried to push me to stay longer but i made it very clear i wasn't comfortable with that and i just wanted to go home, i only started to get better when i was home again
so yeah don't do this shit you're not helping, you're hurting
