[jnardiello]

Empathy in what sense? Not taking someone who is "suicidal" in such a direct way?

[catshirt]

your post is peppered with insensitivity and condescension. the kind of behavior that typically drives people to become antisocial in the first place.

I am not trying to be overly critical. I don't sense you are a bad person. maybe just uninitiated :).

the line between "direct" and "insensitive" becomes so much more clear only once you've experienced a similar depression.