For A Person Threatening Suicide

First off, sorry I haven't been in here for a while. I had stuff come up, let me put it that way.

Anyway, aside from some other drama that had been going on lately, someone in an online book club that I'm involved in has been going through a lot lately. This morning, it came to my attention that they want to commit suicide and have asked for painless ways to go about it. Those of us who answered her post on that have said get help, don't kill yourself, etc. I don't know this personally know her, but the thought of losing someone who is part of any of the things that I'm part of scares me. If she were someone I knew from church, I'd bring it to the pastor's attention PDQ. (I asked her if she was afilliated with a church or something and if so could she get ahold of the pastor or person of a comparable position.) But this person lives so far away, and it seems really silly for me to ask for her phone number in order to check up on her. I might ask if someone else in the club has her number and can check on her.

The thread on the aforementioned subject matter brought to my mind a scene from the movie "Yes Man". I haven't seen the movie per se, I've just heard of it and seen this clip. I think I can imagine myself, the suicidal person, and some other people in the club re-enacting the scene, except I don't play the guitar. (I did leave the link to the clip for that person the next time they were on the club site.)  In that scene the guy with the guitar hadn't stepped in, the guy on the ledge probably wouldn't have made it.

If someone threatens to commit suicide, either help them out in whatever way you can or find someone who can. You might save a life.