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Scrolling through the Instagram feed on your phone, the explains 22-Year -old Ingebjørg home for the blind, why the nickname "lifeguard".

"I see a lot of People who want to die," explained the young Norwegian.

"I'm not only going to see someone says they are going to kill themselves, and to ignore it and hope for The Best . "

Intervene, to help, thoughts of suicide Instagram user is a Role , Ingebjørg would have chosen for themselves. It does not Work for The Social -media site, and you don't get paid for what you do. Nor are they formally qualified to offer help, and he had no training in Mental Health care. Instead, she feels to be forced, because it is often the Last Chance aid for those who the release of their despair online.

"I feel Like if I don't watch on The Phone , People could Do Something , and no one will see it," she says.

This means that the monitoring of Instagram constantly, to identify those that are close to The Edge and alerting The Police and the emergency services. She admits that he was Sleepless Nights . You know that you are so distracted by their cell phone, can anger, your family, your friends, but you fear that without your vigilance, someone could die.

"It's Bad because it has done before," she says.

Ingebjørg is currently around 450 private Instagram accounts - those who need to follow the consent of their owners, before they are entitled to pursue. Most of these belong to the Young Women who post about their darkest feelings, though there are also a couple of guys. It is a mysterious world of private thoughts, images, and confessions, by an unwritten "no snitching" rule.

Seventeen-Year -old Andrine was a member of a Instagram network, if you took your own Life , If she calls The Police , she is careful not to say too much about the community for fear of alienating their members. You often feel Like a detective, scrabbling around to find out as much information as you can about the anonymous users.

The response it receives from professionals mixed. Sometimes she is thanked for acting, at other times, they disbelieved. Earlier this Year , Ingebjørg says they've tried to take The Police to intervene in a case where a girl said she wanted her own Life . She says the officers said The Girl had threatened to do it 16 times and you didn't believe her. But she says the next day, they called Ingebjørg, to tell her that The Girl had with her threat.

"I asked them to check to see on her if she was OK, and she took it seriously," Ingebjørg says.

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The Norwegian The Power of online sharing of their own personal experiences, knows. As a teenager struggling with an eating disorder, she began to follow, Twitter -accounts, where the others posted, be open about their anorexia or self-harm.

"I saw you got a lot of attention from People who understood and cared for and I the same because I don't feel that I belonged with my friends wanted to," she says.

This support is what the users feel is the positive side of online communities. Ingebjørg says, it can be a place, to feel, to be heard and understood when others, especially adults and health professionals, can sometimes seem, dismissive, or judgmental.

But this Instagram networks are all spaces other but sure. Whatever good some People find that is in them, outweigh The Bad , Ingebjørg says.

There is a reward for the booking of extreme thoughts and pictures - the darker the thought, the deeper The Cut , the more likes and attention you receive, she says. They promote the sense of competition, and to damage than a manual way, or even kill themselves.

"I think the municipalities make People worse, because they give you ideas on how you can kill yourself, starve yourself or get rid of the food you eat, and how you can hide your illness from People ," Ingebjørg says.

After she posted pictures of her own emaciated body on Twitter , Ingebjørg was contacted by a therapist, warned the images were encouraging others.

she says self-harmers know you moved from Twitter to Instagram, as it was easier to hide what they were, the posting of People you don't want to see the content.

Four years ago, Ingebjørg, and her 15-Year -old Best Friend were both to be treated as patients for their Mental Health issues.

Both were released around the same Time . Ingebjørg was confident that they would be better, but your friend threatens to take their own lives if they are sent home. The Girl posted a picture of the rails prompt Ingebjørg to call, to beg, to stay with her for sure. Her friend assured her they would, but hours later, Ingebjørg received the news of her death.

"This is why I do the things I do," says Ingebjørg.

"I promised myself after I lost my Best Friend , I would do everything I could to prevent it, to feel that People with The Feeling I had when it happened," she says.

The investigator while Ingebjørg Monitors your Instagram network from home in Bergen, on Norway in the capital Oslo, an investigative journalist, was also on the closed, disturbing world.

Anne Marte Moland works for the state broadcaster NRK. They came only on the online community a Year ago, when you killed traveled to a small Norwegian town, in researching a story about three teenage girls who had themselves. One of The Girls had a private Instagram account, where you have thoughts of suicide and self-harm had shared.

"The Police told me they had a 100 followers in all over the country, but they had nothing more to say with him," Anne Marte.

"I thought, this is weird. A Hundred Followers? Who are these People ?"

After the story had published, Anne Marte was approached by a young woman who told her that it took at least 10 other girls in the same Instagram network, the also had the Life .

Realizing they had stumbled into a far bigger story, The Journalist had tried to make contact with the secret network. At first you have a dummy profile with a dark, gloomy but non-violent images to connect with The Other girls.

Anne Marte was surprised at how quickly Instagram dozens of profiles recommended for you to follow the release of self-harm and suicide material.

'I lost My Daughter ', The Journalist , to try to confirm the suicide she had told, tracking down and calling on members of the family. This led them to Heidi, whose daughter Andrine, killed, had, two years previously, shortly before her 18th birthday. As Heidi said, you had your daughter The Phone , but had it not been her death, Anne Marte stirred clear that you might have found a way into The Network .

", Heidi said: "I've always known there is Something on The Phone I don't want to see", says Anne Marte, tells the story.

at the Time , Anne Marte was in your office in Oslo and Heidi at home, in The City of Tromsø in Norway, far to the North. Anne Marte advised her not to open The Phone alone, but Heidi felt compelled to go to the front. She knew that her daughter had a secret Instagram, because some of your online friends contact since her death had. But she was not prepared for the graphic pictures that had been posted Andrine.

"Heidi called me back and told me that Andrine had killed themselves online," says Anne Marte.

"you documented it - Like every second of her suicide. "

Soon after, Heidi traveled to Oslo to go through the Instagram accounts Andrine together with Anne Marte.

"I found pictures, videos, text. Some were very funny. In some it was so good to see you alive, because she was so cheerful and she has shown that a part of her, as well as the sad side," says Heidi.

But other posts were heartbreaking to see, Like a with nothing but a black screen to the sound of Andrine crying. Heidi found the images of severe self-injury and videos in which Andrine said, you couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to die. The Most difficult items to see, were those The Last hours documented prior to Andrine suicide.

"It was almost Like she was screaming her death," says Heidi.

From Andrine phone, Anne Marte began the construction of an image, Like many other Young People , were network in their dark Instagram -.

suicide network andrine had around 130 followers, says Anne Marte, is typical for a Norwegian Bank account. To recognize by the followers of Andrine trailer, The Journalist will be able 26,000 accounts in total. From here, they are all accounts that were open to the public, bring The Number to 5,000. Takes you further narrow down your search by focusing only on accounts that used depressive pictures, words or emojis.

she says she found More Than 1,000 similar dark accounts, all in two steps Andrine profile. You also have Young Women and Young People in at least 20 different countries, including Denmark, the UK, Germany, Australia and the USA.

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Source of news: bbc.com