Is I haven't thrown him out of my group, because it's not my policy to ban people. So I've instructed the members to ignore him, and I'm doing my best to do same. It's just hard. But if I throw him out, he'll just get his persecution "fix" and make new IDs and try again, so I'm trying to get him to just leave on his own.
If that fails, I'll have to do something more drastic. But telling myself not to care is drastic enough at the moment, and hard enough to do. Still, I think I'll make a stronger case if he stays in and I ignore him, (he is on moderation, so the suicidal posts are not getting through), than if I throw him out, that I mean business.
And I apologize for this topic overall, but I know if there's any people out there that can get me through this first time of "not responding to his cries for help" it's you guys....
After tonight, he if doesn't actually do it, I'll be fine on my own, I believe. You only have to call their bluff once... been there before, but the first time is the hardest.
Brenda
Edit: changed wording in last paragraph, it was not appropriate.
Edit: After posting this I realized that blocking him is really not going to help much anyway, because he has far too many very real offline avenues of reaching me. Nope, I think the best thing is to give him no response. It's just going to take a lot of strength and willpower.
Edit: fixed second to last paragraph.