This was a hypothetical question, though. The OP wasn't asking for advice.
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I want to kill myself. (Hypothetical question)
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This was a hypothetical question, though. The OP wasn't asking for advice.
Please read the original post & the threads title before making comments like this.
visibleghost
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as a person w/ intrusive thoughts i wouldnt call finding suicide interesting an intrusive thought but w/e
Yeah, and I got the feeling that the op was talking about dealing with suicidal people, not about suicide itself.
I've dealt with intrusive thoughts my entire life, and I can understand having a weird fascination with morbid things. It's not like I want horrible things to happen, but when I come to understand that something is possible, especially something as crazy sounding as ending your own life when the entire idea behind life is living as long as possible, I feel the need to know more, to read up on it and be informed. That's actually a fairly common phenomenon.
visibleghost
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also if you seriously think someone is about to try to commit suicide you need to call emergency services. but !!! it might seriously mess w your relationship w that person and it's not nice to be locked up in a mental facility so u probably shouldn't just call 991 when someone tells u they're suicidal, only if you are seriously concerned about that person's well being right at this moment. otherwise telling them to seek professional help is good.
but most of all imo i think that support and listening are two very important things. like, if your friend tells you that they're in a really bad place and thatthey're feeling suicidal pls just listen to them an d try to be supportive. it'll probs make them feel at least a little bit better.
but most of all imo i think that support and listening are two very important things. like, if your friend tells you that they're in a really bad place and thatthey're feeling suicidal pls just listen to them an d try to be supportive. it'll probs make them feel at least a little bit better.
Kirbystarship
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If someone is about to kill themselves I would try and help them by making them try and think of good thoughts not bad thoughts if it doesn't work I would call 911.
I guess it depends on a lot of things. If they weren't someone very close to me, I don't know if I'd be able to do much, maybe that sounds heartless but my own mental health is pretty fragile and I don't think I can take responsibility for someone elses life. If it was someone close to me though, I'd remind them that I'd be there to help them get through it, that what they are going through is temporary, and that there is no way to change the things you don't like about life if you don't see it through.
That Zephyr Guy
crouton.net
There's really not much you CAN do to stop it in all honesty, and I say that from a lot of experience.
If someone you know is suicidal, you need to call someone who can help. The police are a good start in emergencies but referring them, and making sure they call, suicide hotlines, is just about one of the best things you can do for them.
We all like to think we know our friends the best, but really we're all very under qualified for this sort of thing and the best thing we can personally do to help is give them whatever attention they need afterwards.
The things I have done to keep some of my friends from attempting suicide vary wildly - such as slipping anonymous compliments to them for weeks on end, to staying up all night to talk.
If someone you know is suicidal, you need to call someone who can help. The police are a good start in emergencies but referring them, and making sure they call, suicide hotlines, is just about one of the best things you can do for them.
We all like to think we know our friends the best, but really we're all very under qualified for this sort of thing and the best thing we can personally do to help is give them whatever attention they need afterwards.
The things I have done to keep some of my friends from attempting suicide vary wildly - such as slipping anonymous compliments to them for weeks on end, to staying up all night to talk.
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Flowerchild
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I've had suicidual friends in the past. This was also when I was younger. We'd basically get into long conversations about metaphysical topics as you can guess like life and death, reasons why life is worth living, and I'd try to help remind them or get them focus on the good things going in on their lives and the good in people still on this earth. Usually these conversations go on about family life, work, struggling to be an adults and science, psychology and religion somehow. Sometimes the experience could be really toxic or it probably also messed with my mental health for a while if they were detailing cutting or other really self-inflicting harm sorta things.
I find that a lot of the time people just want someone to talk to, or to vent out pent up anger, rage or questions. One girl that I've met from one on one roleplaying who was very heavily suicidual I've never heard from again but at the same time I don't feel guilty because I did all I could exhaustively, except probably call someone. But it felt like it was also beyond a far cry from help and couldn't be convinced against it. She just couldn't stand living anymore.
I find that a lot of the time people just want someone to talk to, or to vent out pent up anger, rage or questions. One girl that I've met from one on one roleplaying who was very heavily suicidual I've never heard from again but at the same time I don't feel guilty because I did all I could exhaustively, except probably call someone. But it felt like it was also beyond a far cry from help and couldn't be convinced against it. She just couldn't stand living anymore.
i would tell them to think about it. the road to recovering and starting over may be hard and rough, but everything you face right now can be solved with enough work and passion. it may be their body, but looking after them and staying with them through rough times is what a friend, a human being should do to help another. you can't control their lives, but you can change it, that's what i believe.
Flowerchild
Queen of Flowers
Lol two things, (1) I agree with Velour. Towards suicide I feel (and there's been research) in science and the stories between other people that there begins to be another voice that tries to convince the person to bring themselves or others harm, and just a bunch of different types of negativity. How unworthy they are of life, how they don't contribute to anything, and etc. Some people attribute this to demons, and others in psychology will attribute it to the splitting of a person's personality to protect themselves (and maybe keep the bad thoughts away from the others? Which again creates an exterior sort of voice in your own brain).
Oh also (2), it'll probably sound easily very generic but I was both close to suicidal and very depressed once and what helped me and some of my other friends is the three things a day challenge.
Basically challenge someone to remember and find three good things in their day, each day and write it down. This can basically be anything from a good food, a cool friend or person in their life or some funny incident that happened, and also to maybe just reflect on it.
It's actually really easy to remember and dwell on bad, really crappy things. But I'm not sure why but it kind of lifts your spirits to spend some time to dwell on what you have.
Oh also (2), it'll probably sound easily very generic but I was both close to suicidal and very depressed once and what helped me and some of my other friends is the three things a day challenge.
Basically challenge someone to remember and find three good things in their day, each day and write it down. This can basically be anything from a good food, a cool friend or person in their life or some funny incident that happened, and also to maybe just reflect on it.
It's actually really easy to remember and dwell on bad, really crappy things. But I'm not sure why but it kind of lifts your spirits to spend some time to dwell on what you have.
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