knew a guy once years ago.. he had habit of telling people he was gonna kill himself when things didnt go his way.. if no1 brought him a drink/food/ anything really he would say im gonna kill myself, no1 likes or cares about me then would go ring lifeline and annoy them for hour or so... one day another mate heard him say it for the 500th time didnt help being drunk at the time turned around n said do it and gave him a knife (which i thought was wrong and sick imo)... ever since that day he never threatened to kill himself again lol

problem is threats of self harm you always have to take serious since you have no way of knowing if they will or not but in most cases it isnt a cry for attention they really do feel they would be better off ending themselves which is sad