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Existentialist said:
Unless you've actually been suicidal, I think it's hard to really understand. I did a research paper on adolescent suicide for my adol. psych class. More girls attempt, but more guys succeed. Mo kinda had it right when she said that it's to get attention... but not in the way you think. It's usually more of a cry for help. The people who really are in danger are those who are quiet about it, because they're less likely to get help.

I'm not afraid of death, and I never have been. The first time I thought about suicide was when I was in 5th grade. I was putting away the dishes and I was wiping off a knife, and I remember thinking, "I could just slice my wrists right now." It kinda scared me, and I wouldn't let myself touch knives for a while. In HS, when I got really nervous or agitated, I'd start running the ends of paper clips up and down my arms. Not enough to actually bleed, but hard enough to leave nice red lines. The first time I overdosed on pills, I bought a box of over the counter sleeping pills and took them all. I woke up in the middle of the night and thought my heart was beating to death, but alas, I woke up the next morning and was just a little bit nautious. I've done it maybe 3 or 4 times since. The last time was in May, and I think that was the closest I've ever gotten. I took maybe 6 or 7 vicoprofin (which is basically like vicodin... prescription painkillers) that i found in the medicine cabinet. I think I talked to Brian for a while on here before I got so light headed, I had to go lie down. I can't explain how it felt... it was like my body was floating away and I was numb. The next day, I couldn't leave my bed. I could barely move a muscle and I had such a bad headache, I couldn't see straight. If I tried to stand up, the world would tip over and I'd fall. My mom just thought I had caught a bad cold... that's the worst part. None of my family had any clue. Except maybe my dog, 'cause he came and curled up with me for a while, which he rarely ever does. I couldn't eat for the next few days, but eventually the medicine left my system.

It's kinda weird to be talking about this on here... but in a way, it's easier than telling my best friend... maybe 'cause the boards are kind of impersonal. It's just hard to talk about... 'cause people are always like "why would you do that? Why would you do something so selfish?" and I just can't answer those questions, really. And the scary thing is... I took less than half of the pills that I found... and they're still in the cabinet at home... and I know that there is a chance that I'll do it again.
:( i dont really know what to say. im so sorry! you can always talk to us :smiley:
 
I won't lie to yall and say I haven't thought about it. I have sat there and just thought about it for hours. Sometimes it just seems easier to just off yourself and do everyone a favor. I haven't really acted on my thoughts though.
Leah when you say a chemical imbalance I know what you mean. I think that about myself too. I guess you can say that Im sort of the 'screwed up' one of my family. I can get extremely depressed for days for no reason and then be fine.
I just don't think I could ever bring myself to suicide because Im too much of a wuss. There are some people in this world that I live for. Like nance said, I live for the little things. :smiley:
 
Vaughn_Lovah said:
I won't lie to yall and say I haven't thought about it. I have sat there and just thought about it for hours. Sometimes it just seems easier to just off yourself and do everyone a favor. I haven't really acted on my thoughts though.
Leah when you say a chemical imbalance I know what you mean. I think that about myself too. I guess you can say that Im sort of the 'screwed up' one of my family. I can get extremely depressed for days for no reason and then be fine.
I just don't think I could ever bring myself to suicide because Im too much of a wuss. There are some people in this world that I live for. Like nance said, I live for the little things. :smiley:
yeah its the same with me, im the "bad one" in teh family. i go into random times when i will just stop talking and get really depressed... and then come out of it in a day or two. but suicide looks awfully nice sometimes...
 
I've thought about it a couple times, but I've never actually cut myself. There have been times when I was holding a knife and sort of ran it over my wrists, but not enough to hurt me. I haven't thought about it in a while though... I don't think I have any real reasons to do it, I mean, I have a good life, and some days are worse than others. I do hurt myself sometimes though, mostly just giving myself bruises and stuff. I don't know why, mostly when I'm really pissed or feeling alone or something.
 
Marlene said:
Courtney...right? (KikiCourt) Self-mutilation, isn't exactly the way to go. It's the reason my friend has to go to a psychatrist, which she doesn't exactly favor. You have to pull through. You have too look towards the brighter sides and conquer through the tough times, no matter how hard they are. You're most definately worth it. If you think about it that way, there is absolutely not reason to.
Yes, my name is Courtney. And I have a psychiatrist and a social worker that actually help ;)
Thanks very much, hearing those words cheered me up!
 
courtney just to tell you we are here for you and you can lean on us!!! really we are. i'd be VERY happy and flatterd if you chose to pm and tlak about stuff.


i am depressed a lot. its genetic though. my dad has it, my brother has it, and i'm getting it. i thought it use to be hormonal because i'd get it right before my time of the month but now ita happening more and more often. i hate it though because i have nothing to be depressed about. i just feel really sad.

my brother has VERY VERY VERY VERY bad depression. hes tryed almost every kind of anti depressents and NOTHING is strong enough nothing works for him. a couple of years ago my mom went into is room and he was about to slit his wrist. he cryed ALOT and talked to my mom for a long time. Then he started looking at porn on the computer which was REALLY REALLY bad. it was really upsetting.

me, i have thought about. im not going to deny it. i literally HATE skewl. nothing is worse to me. NOTHING. i've sometimes just wanted to give up. i want to just not have to go to skewl anymore and thought, well if i end my life i won't have to. but i know thats not the right way to do things. i don't think i'll ever commit to suicide but sometimes i just think that i wanna give up from going to skewl and life and die.

my brother also had a break down about a week ago and so now im even worse. i feel depressed almost all the time but im taking pacxil which hopefully will help. i just hope i can be happy eventually.

~lauren vartan

the wierd thing is people would never expect me to have to take anit depressents because i guess i've put on the happy act on for so long it just comes naturally when ever im around anyone.
 
vaughnscaligurl47 said:
courtney just to tell you we are here for you and you can lean on us!!! really we are. i'd be VERY happy and flatterd if you chose to pm and tlak about stuff.
Thank you so much, I will definitely pm you! ^_^
 
I'm not affraid of death ... I'm not going to kill myself either, though.

My ex-best friend Sam, cuts himself and wants to commit suicide. He got big into drugs and stuff, and he claimed to be able to read my mind. So i stopped trying to help him, because he just wasn't willing to be helped. I did tell my school councelor about him, though, because if he wound up killing himself, i didn't want to blame myself for giving up.
 
I have a theory and that is that pretty much everyone has thought about suicide at least one time in their life...maybe not tried, but thought about it...b/c even if we aren't "clinically" depressed, we all have those weeks where everything just sucks and we hate life and everything in it....but it gets better, it always does
 
pasta_sauce385 said:
I have a theory and that is that pretty much everyone has thought about suicide at least one time in their life...maybe not tried, but thought about it...b/c even if we aren't "clinically" depressed, we all have those weeks where everything just sucks and we hate life and everything in it....but it gets better, it always does
Yes, everyone at least once in their life, thinks about suicide. But not everyone (obviously) actually tries it. And everyone also feels depressed at some point in their lives, for a few days... Clinical depression is when you feel depressed non-stop for weeks at a time. So it is natural to be depressed a few days or so.
 
Yes, everyone at least once in their life, thinks about suicide. But not everyone (obviously) actually tries it.

when i was 12 i tried to OD on advil i took the whole bottle. i was extremely depressed because the guy i thought i was in love with turned out to be gay. i would sit in my room and cry for 5 hours at a time. my grades dropped way below my normal A. When i look back, i laugh about it, because i thought i was actually in love with a gay guy, but it was kind of serious. -_-
 
sark said:
im thinking about killing myself right now. . .
oh please don't!!! it is nothing to play around with, and if you are serious you need to get help. please call your local suicide hotline number, go here to find one in your state: SuicideHotlines.com - When You Feel You Can't Go On -- Let Someone Know Your Pain. or call 1-800-suicide. [/quote]
im not joking. . .
ive been deppressed ever since i was born and hi Elizabeth were about the same age. i guess it has 2 do with alot of things like me being an only child and some personal stuff [/quote]
PLEASE call that number. they can help you. i am an only child too. you can pm me if you want to talk more. i am here to talk to you if you need it. but please call that number. they talked my old babysitter out of killing herself, and she is much happier now. they can help you too.
 
I think that everyone at one point or another in their lives wonder if they would be better off dead and at least once think about killing theirselves. But no, I've never tried to kill myself, although I have said outloud a couple of time "I wish I were dead, everything would be so much easier that way", but doesn't everyone says or think about from time to time?
The truth is that if someone actually wants to kill itself, they won't say it outloud. My uncle commited suicide exactly a year and a half ago, last week. He suffered paranoid squizophrenia and he had tried several times before and swear to do it countless more. But when he actually did it, he didn't say a word to anyone. He called my aunt the night he did it (they were separated), and he said he was sorry for what he had done to her, and that was it. They found his body two days later, when his daughter (from his first marriage) dropped by. He jus shot himself. Fast and painless, straight to the brain. Instant dead the doctor said. I think it was very brave of him. People says that cowards are the ones who commit suicide, but the truth is that when the moment comes you must need a lot of strength to really go through with it.
 
im not sure if this is exaclty what youre trying to say, but i agree people who are really going to kill themselves arent going to tell people in my opinion ^_^
 
[quote name='sark's girl' date='Oct 12 2003, 01:00 PM']im not joking. . .
ive been deppressed ever since i was born and hi Elizabeth were about the same age. i guess it has 2 do with alot of things like me being an only child and some personal stuff[/quote]
That is not something you should even be saying. I don't know what "some personal stuff" means, but being an only child is not an excuse. I know is a lot to take, I'm an only child too, and sometimes you feel like all the eyes are on you, is like living in a fish tank, everyone is watching and expecting, and all you can think about is how you can't dessapoint them. But that is no reason to think about killing yourself. Like I said before, I don't know which are your personal problems, but we all have them, and we all can pull through, you are not the exception.
 
SiriCerasi said:
im not sure if this is exaclty what youre trying to say, but i agree people who are really going to kill themselves arent going to tell people in my opinion ^_^
That, among other things, but yes. If you intend to do it, you won't go around yelling that you are planing on commiting suicide.
 
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