Someone wrote on an Instagram post: “I fantasize about the end of my life almost daily, and I wish I could articulate why.”

After our reply, they wrote: “thank you for helping me articulate my feelings. It is extremely frustrating to not know “why do you feel this way?” And that is why I rarely talk about it. It is easy to forget that I don’t have to pretend my negative thoughts don’t exist. It normally comes out in the form of morbid humor. I hope you have someone to talk to the same way you responded to me.”

By meeting people where they are, we can reach people who aren’t opening up elsewhere. This person wrote, “I haven’t done anything like this, and past me would have never thought I would do something like this. I keep wanting to reach out to something or someone, but I don’t feel like I can talk to anyone. All my friends don’t even like me or want to talk to me. I feel like I’m alone. I just want it all to end.”

A user originally wrote about losing their father unexpectedly and the grief and guilt they experienced processing the pain. After our replies, the user wrote back, “Holy crap, you nailed everything. Reading this is bringing actual tears of relief and a sense that people get it.”