I went over the bpd meme subreddit the other day and it just seemed a place to joke about wanting to kill yourself (I’m not saying they’re lying about feeling that way). I understand many people cope with these feelings with humor and discussing mental illness should be normalized but I just feel weird about the whole “I wanna die lmaoo” vibe on twitter/facebook etc. 
I know it sounds selfish but its even more uncomfortable in person, especially when you know said person has attempted suicide before. Like I don’t want the burden of knowing that, because I have no clue what to do or say. Do I try to help? Maybe they’re not asking for help and trying to address the issue makes it awkward as hell. Should I laugh it off? Now they might feel neglected in case they were crying out for help. 
It’s ironic to me because I use humor to cope a lot and to hide my real self, but I don’t joke about it, because on my bad days there’s nothing funny about it. It’s not because i’m offended though. I guess maybe its because I don’t tell others about what I go through because I don’t want them to bear that burden.