Originally Posted by LightOn
The worst thing anyone can do is sympathize with OV, because then he will feel comfortable with this attitude he has on life because someone is sympathizing with him therefor he feels accepted.
That's the worst thing anyone can do to someone who is "claiming" to be suicidal, is sympathize....
Sympathy giver - awww here is a cookie...wanna tell me about it....awww you're right, i know its rough, i know it can be tough, i feel your pain, i understand you, here is another cookie.
Sympathy reciever - it is so bad he/she hates me, everyone hates me, i hate me, i need to slit my wrist, i need you to feel sorry for me because i dont get the attention i want, where is my attention i don't deserve anyway? what did i do to deserve this? I want my mommy, i need diapers because i can't take care of myself, i want my bottle back too, can you bathe me?
After recieving the attention the reciever automatically thinks they are onto something because they just got attention they were looking for, thus keeping them in that same pessimistic state of mind, because from trial and error they have learned that, that is a way to get attention. But in the end, the reciever still doesn't feel any better.
You get nothing when you give nothing.