Feeling judged can make you want to hide. Why put yourself out there if people are going to judge you? What you want is a good conversation.
They didn’t have the conversation because they knew they would feel judged. Feelings of being dismissed, ridiculed, ‘shot-down’, laughed at, mocked would land on the already fragile soul.
All they wanted was for someone to listen to them without condemnation.
Instead, like a snail retreating into its shell, they hid.
Perhaps an internet search would provide some answers. A place where you can get some answers (not always the best ones) without the risk of exposure to judgment.
It’s anonymous and risk free of being judged for having suicidal thoughts. Safe, private, and you’re in control.
So we type what longs to be heard.
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