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Looking up #sue on Instagram generates countless posts that relate to suicide – and Instagram is aware of the problem. If you type #sue into the search box, you'll be confronted with the warning: "Please be advised: These posts may contain graphic content. For information and support with suicide or self-harm please tap on learn more." Clicking on that link takes you to suicide prevention website, Befrienders Worldwide.In our eyes, everyone who commits suicide becomes an angel. If your whole life was spent in hell, you belong in heaven. We envy those girls for having the courage to do what we all want to do, but we also respect them for bearing so many years before ending it all.
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Leandra started by explaining what #respectforsuicideangel means: "In our eyes, everyone who commits suicide becomes an angel. If your whole life was spent in hell, you belong in heaven. We envy those girls for having the courage to do what we all want to do, but we also respect them for bearing so many years before ending it all."This dynamic, naturally, bares a lot of similarities to that of a sect. According to Susanne Schaaf from the Swiss Office for Sect Issues what's sect-like in this case is "this internal logic that blocks out aspects of reality. These 'Sues' have developed an almost ideological structure, within which young people who have committed suicide are called angels. Their 'act of bravery' is admired and they are 'honoured' by having the word 'Angel' scrawled over the patently symbolic wrist."This dynamic bares a lot of similarities to that of a sect: The concept serves the group, but damages the individual members.
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