My attitued and opinion !
somebody wants to commit suicide I will help them …” this is called euthanasia ……”
My Observation!
Usually people with friends commit suicide. People who are independent and confident and who only have work colleagues and acquaintances usually do not commit suicide or complain to work colleagues or acquaintances
My advice!
Ignore your environment or if you are not strong enough, change it! Move away from the stimulus that is giving suicidal thought….
Maybe cultivate thoughts that you are going to get stronger and you will take revenge (legal and law abiding tactics, like bringing the house down literally, lady and all!) On the stimuli that are creating the suicidal thoughts.” This should give you a positive focus and motivation and get you in a competitive spirit….

My attitude and opinion !
somebody wants to commit suicide I will help them …” this is called euthanasia ……”
My Observation!
Usually people with friends commit suicide. People who are independent and confident and who only have work colleagues and acquaintances usually do not commit suicide or complain to work colleagues or acquaintances
My advice!
Ignore your environment or if you are not strong enough, change it! Move away from the stimulus that is giving suicidal thought….
Maybe cultivate thoughts that you are going to get stronger and you will take revenge (legal and law abiding tactics, like bringing the house down literally, lady and all!) On the stimuli that are creating the suicidal thoughts.” This should give you a positive focus and motivation and get you in a competitive spirit….

Why is it anyone’s business? I have been ‘locked up’ 3 times for suicide attempts. The first time was in a really nice place where for the first time I felt that I wasn’t alone. I had hope then the insurance ran out. The second time the place was yech and I just sort of got through the required time.
The third time the place was ok. By then I had figured out what to say and how to act. I knew that no one could help me but I fed them what they wanted to hear.
I think if someone truly wants to commit suicide that they should be left alone. The ‘help’ I was given just made me withdraw further, avoid people more, and not to share anything with anyone.

My comment is that I think of suicide every day and I did try three times and I will continue to think of it every day I have three ways to do it if the other fail I am a nosense to the public and I don’t go out too much that is my comment
Thank you Gina long

My son’s girlfriend committed suicide last Friday. She shot herself in the chest. She had Spina Bifida and couldn’t get medical help. She had been turned down by 10 doctors. My son was just getting out of the shower when he heard the gunshot. How do I help my son? Also, I keep seeing the replay of her shooting herself over and over in my head. She was 28 and has a 5 year old son. What a timely article for me.

My Son is in jail in Tenn for a murder he didn’t committe I live in Texas.Last Tuesday I got a call form him he said I’m going to ask for
sleeping pills the whole 9 yards.I called his lawyer and told him what
was going on.He has been in there 3 months no bond,no trail date.I just
pray they will listen.

I had just such an experience with a “cyberfriend” who lives in another state. We met through a bipolar blog, and have been closer than sisters ever since. She wrote me that her son was coming for Easter, and she was looking forward to a good time. The Friday and Saturday before Easter, everything was looking up. The Sunday Easter service was inspirational. But – then her son dropped a bomb. She couldn’t talk about it. She wouldn’t let her boyfriend come over. She wouldn’t even tell me what was going on – just that she wanted to die, the world would be better without her, no one would miss her, and she was too sad to even get out of bed.
Well, things turned around a week later. She wrote me a long email, telling me about the “talk” she had with her son. I wrote her back an encouraging note, telling her it was not HER fault her son turned on her. And then, when I was replying to a FW she had sent me, I heard from the “still, small voice” that I was to call her. I did; at first, she didn’t pick up, but when she did – she said she was feeling “back to normal,” and SOOO much better. She credited her boyfriend’s treatment of her wish to be alone, and also what I had written to her. THAT made my DAY! We talked for about 2 hours; I was so thrilled that she had “turned a corner” and was no longer suicidal. She has attempted it in the past; knows how many pills to take to “put her under,” but I was afraid she would forget how many she had taken, and have an accidental overdose.
I’m NOT good with suicidal people. They make me nervous, because I don’t KNOW what to do and HOW to do it. I just know that LISTENING is perhaps the MOST important thing one can do. Of course, if you’re in the same state (preferably the same city), you can call 9ll or the Suicide Hotline and get immediate help. I had my hands tied; I was tooo far away. I prayed and prayed, and I think THAT helped, too.
AND – it’s NOT true that if they talk about killing themselves that they WON’T do it. That is an “old wives’ tale” that has been proven over and over again, with loss of so many lives. My only advice is – be the kind of friend YOU would like to have, and maybe the depressed person will look at their problem in a different perspective.
May God bless you real good.

my 13 year old sons father just died from an overdose. he was found in a comatose state and never regained consciousness. died 13 days after he was found unconscoius in his recliner. will always have the question…was it suicide? whats worse..to absolutely know the truth or always wonder(and hope not)?

I have known 4 people who committed suicide. And it was horrible, one was a former boyfriend of mine that I saw the day before he killed himself. It was horrible. One me, and his family and friends. 3 others were someone husbands. One of those husbands was a former boss of mine. Those 3 all put guns to there heads. One did it in front of his entire family. The other in his car, and the last went out on his boat. They all left family behind that ended up in some serious counseling and taking medication.
Its sad, and anyone who has thoughts of this they need to get some serious help, and can. Anyone who things there friend or family member might be considering this should try to get these people to a hospital or counseling.
But sometimes there is nothing a person can do, for bound and determined some people just will commit suicide. As in the cases I have known of.
And every day I read about some poor family who member has taken there life and sometimes takes out the whole entire family with them.
Suicide does not solve one’s problems its not way out. It just leaves family and friends destroyed, and hurting. and left to try to make sense of all of it.

in novemember my father commited suicide, I dont know what to do to help my mom, my sister (5) and my borther (17) to cope with what happend I dont want them to think its thier fault. or feel lonlier since i will be leaving in 2 weeks.

My 19 year old son is in a 120 shock treatment program-then possible prison. He has told me. and another person that he can’t and won’t do prison time. All this has made me sick.

i had a younger brother that talked about not wanting to live a long time ago back in novemeber of 1977 well cause we didn’t know any better he took his own life a day after thanksgivin in 1977 he was 22 years old but wanted to say thanks for the info maybe it’ll help someone else in my family should it come up again in the future thanks rita

Suicide is the wrong solution to this life of pain and sorrow. The solution to the natural feelings of pain and sorrow is to give up your life to a real cause greater than yourself e.g. to other people or animals who are less fortunate than yourself. Get rid of the false ideas espoused on the TV and the radio (throw these in the trash) and then get plenty of natural sleep. Lack of sleep will make people depressed and hopeless. During sleep you can dream about fantasies such as a perfect beautiful world. During your waking hours, however, you must work work work toward making this ugly imperfect world a better place. But, for God’s sake, don’t throw away your life!!!!

I’ve often wondered about suicide. I agree that it seems totally selfish that a person would choose to leave his family with his legacy of pain, but, besides his family, maybe this poor soul, as an individual, hasn’t felt as accepted into his life role as those who appear to make everything in this life “easy and blissful.” It is easy to condemn this person for his actions, but wouldn’t it be right to let our love for him let him forgive himself? Maybe this is the best we can expect from a suicidal situation? Also, what some people never say to their families, like “I love you,” might result in their own personal guilt being greater than their love for that suicidal person. When the universe loses a life, we all suffer that feeling of separation. When we lose someone as close as a family member, that feeling is 100 fold.

Hi morekare,
i am in a severely depressed state right now and i am desperate for freedom from this mental slavery, thoughts drive me2 thoughts of suicide aswell but the only reason i dont do it is because of my family. everyday has fealt the the same for almost 5months now, dead, sad, complicated, confused, my mind playing tricks on me, but the thing is, i have been in this state of mind before only i had more friends and my perception on life was different. i try to get there but it just evaporates when i see it.
most of the time i cant think straight, i find it rly hard to get out and use my resources like i used to, i go to bed about 4 in the morning and sleep through the day all the time.
I dont like to spend time with my family anymore because i feel i create a bad atmosphere when im around people. and i feel that they are judging me and dont like me.
i have had issues at home since i was born and i whilst growing up i have been like a marriage councellor for my parents,especially my dad and feel that along the way i have taken on so many of other peoples burdens i dont know how to take care of my own.
i have been through so much ina mi life and ive tried so much to heal myself this past 1half year, like meditation, yoga and revealing my past trying to solve the issues instead of smoking marijuana and rebellin.
there is only 1 person that i spend time with and that is my boyfriend but the thing is, he’s depressed too.
he gets really aggressive and talks about violence alot with nuff hate and it scares me. he also tells me that he has seen his death & that it is going to happen in a couple of years and it that scares me too because i love him.
i keep thinking that maybe its me holding him down so i ask him and he says i am definatly not and that im all he has, like he is all i have.
im 18 and hes 21, i want to know how i can help him out and then maybe myself..
i havent written on this before and it was hard to write all this but i need advise/ help desperatly .
dee*sky07

Thank you for this very informative lesson on suicide. My co-worker and I had discussion about this very subject on last week. He is a minister and the topic came up in his Bible Study group. Some one wanted to know how many people committed suicide in the Bible. We are presently doing research on this subject and your information will be shared with the group.

I myself am depressed. I was being treated for sever depression I have been hospitalizedfour times in the past two years. I t turns out that I am bi-poler things get so bad that I sometimes hear voices.I have a very good sopport system. And they are not my family and for me most of the problems started with family. And depressed and bi-poler peaple are drawn to each other for some reason .This web site promted me to seek help this time with out being committed. I am not going to say I am okay, cause I am not but if I can make it just one hour more I still have a chance at heaven if I do it there is no chance . A nd there are times I feel so low that I don’t deserve to go there that’s when I pray and pray and pray . The hell that we put ourselves if any one deserves it we do.
Lonely,

I just dont understand any of this

I have had suicide on my mind for the last few weeks and at first it saddened and frightened because I have two grown children whose hearts will be broken and for this I am truly trying to find an alternative. I have tried to find support groups locally but I’m always referred to a clinic for weekly visits and since I am a hair above the poverty line, it’s just something I can’t afford.
I’m not a religious person; I do believe there is a Higher Power greater than us but I can’t put a name to it. Most of the people’s response’s to what I have read on here all seem to think God is the answer to everything. That may be the case for some and I’m thankful that brings them some peace. But I suffered unmentionable attrocities as a child and begged for God to help me, He wasn’t there, When I suffered the dearest loss in my life again. there was no comfort. I had to be strong on my own. And I was. Now, I have just run out of strength. I’m tired, I’ve looked for help and everywhere I turn I run into a wall. To paraphrase an old cliche’ the light at the end of the tunnel has just about gone out.

My prayer is that the grace of our good God, “Jesus the Christ” who was crucified, died, and was buried, than rose from the dead, be upon all you beautiful people who are suffering so, by thoughts against you. Jesus died for our sins. So breath the fresh air of His Grace. love you all!

At the present time I feel as though God has given me a mountain to climb. It would be so easy to just want to die or end it all. My husband did threaten to kill himself. Due to the situation I told him, “you had two bullets for that rifle. Why didn’t you use one on yourself and one on me.” End this hell we are living through at the presnt time. However, I know this is not God’s plan and there is a reason for what is happening. I just pray that God will show me the purpose for all this misery soon. My strength in him has grown not decreased because of the situation. I know I am sitting in the palm of His Hand and He is carrying me, I couldn’t make it through this on my own.!

I have been taking an anti-depressent since 2005. I have to had also begin taking two different medications for anxiety. Due to an extremely stressful situation involving my spouse. It would have been so easy to end it all. However,that is not the answer. I prayed the night this all unraveled that God would hold me secure in his hands, I know he has not let me down.

hi. there have4 been times when I think of suicide. still do, but than another part of me is like yeah I think about it, but I know I wonb’t do it.even if I would. acolhole or drugs would be my answer rather than sticking keedles in me or something like that. most likely, Running away would more likely be my best answer, but I do take counseling, and talk to very good friejnds about my problems and went through them.

Hi Katie,
I just wanted to respond to your e-mail. You sound so demoralized and I don’t have any fancy words or easy answers for you. I just wanted you to know that I understand how you could be so discouraged and wonder why your prayers were not answered during such desperate painful times in your life. I guess those were the times when you discovered your own strength. Now you feel so worn out and that maybe you don’t have the energy to go on. I think your grown children need to know how badly you feel – otherwise they are going to be very blindsided if you do hurt yourself or take your life. All of their lives they will wonder why you couldn’t talk to them and why they didn’t see what was happening to you and blame themselves. You said you had unspeakable things happen to you.The suicide of a parent or other loved one is also an unspeakable thing and being an adult doesn’t make it any easier to handle. Also the survivors of the suicide death of a loved one have an 11 times higher rate of suicide than the general population. Give them a chance to understand and respond and maybe they can help you get the assistance you need. There is a lot of help out there even for people on a limited income. There is also a lot of help on line. One on-line group that I found very helpful is Daily Strength. You can find the information on google. It is anonymous and I think you will find a lot of people who care and can relate to what you are saying. They also have a lot of good suggestions. I don’t know if you have ever been on any anti-depressants but if not, they can be an enormous help. They can help you feel better, sleep better, and think better and also help you to have more energy for life and maybe not feel so tired of life. Please read this a few times and think about what I am writing. And please take good care of yourself – you sound like a person who is very bright and who has a deep sensitivity and is very caring about your children. I hope soon you will feel the strength and enthusiasm for life flowing back into you. You deserve to live with peace and contentment. All my best wishes, Mary A.

I have an ex husband of 4 years niw. He has slowly tried to kell hmsel with alcohol. AA won’t help him unless he wants to stop drinking. We have a 9 year-old dauhter that loves him dearly but he can’t see it. I’m at a lost and don’t want to see him die.

I think Mary A’s message was heartfelt and caring. Sometimes that is all someone needs to hear-knowing that SOMEONE cares about them; that even a stranger can.
I am wondering if there is anything mentioned in the Bible concerning suicide (other than “Thou shalt not kill”). It seems like something that might resonate with someone who is a Christian or is a spiritual person. I have read the entire Bible more than once and don’t remember any such reference. Do you know if there is one either in the Bible or even in sacred books of another religion? I don’t think a person in that frame of mind would be punished for such an act, but I don’t know of anything that speaks to the situation either way.

I am a victim of incest, sexual, and mental abuse. It lasted over 10 years. After my mom died, I left home at the age of 15. I am now 43 and experiencing the same emotional problems. I get so depressed I have lost several jobs. Do to my sexual upbringing and my bad choices, i have also lost seeveral good relationships. Too be honest, I feel like I have been fighting for survival my entire life and I’m tired. I feel like I am too old to get help and I really see no way out. I have a bottle of insulin in the fridge and I look at it every night and day. So far, I haven’t had the courage to take it, but I don’t know how long I can hold up. It seems every day I get in deeper and deeper and I feel the fight is gone out of me. Is there any chance of recovery?

Thank you all for helping people like me. I don’t recall when I have felt this bad. My life seems to be falling apart. I am in counseling and I helps must of the time. Today everything seem to be going wrong.
I pray a lot but lately God seems to be busy with other things. My heart hurts and I don’t know what else to do. Thank you for listening.
Eva

Many who contemplate suicide are at such times experiencing severe emotional pain. I know, because I have been there. there have been too many times in my life where I wished it would all just end. I wanted the Lord to just take me over and over again. Finally, I have realized I have a choice in my decision. I am here for a reason. I deserve to be happy. I am worth something. I want to live. Tell yourself these things daily, believe in a Higher Power, and see what difference the right choices can make. Suicide is NOT the answer, believe ME = ADDICT & SURVIVOR.

I have been here numerous times, I couldn’t tell you how many times I have tried to overdose just because CPS took my kids away from my then I had to give up my perental rights. My kids were my world. I felt like I didn’t mater to anyone anymore and no one needed me around. Yes I have been in Trinity Springs Pavilion @ JPS, and W.F.S.H from being court commited. I spent 3 months there. I to this day am still not on any medication for my depression. I was also told that I have boderline personality. I don’t like talking to others about my problems. When I get down and am left alone is usually when I try to act on my depression because there was no one around to stop me from hurting myself. Everyone used the same expression, you’ll be okay, things will work out. People don’t know how you feel unless they have been there themselves. I have since been married 2 times since I spent time in the hospital for my depression. I thought changing my lifestyle might help. I still have problems getting along with my daughter due to some of the issues from then. I used to not be able to be in the same room as her. Now she is in College and we get along. I have missed not getting to see my kids grow up and that hurts when they are calling someone else mom and dad. Yeah they grow up and have contact with you but that don’t make up for all the lost time. My church backed me up when I was going through this. Now Im not currently attending a church. My husband works all the time and we can’t go together because of his job. I don’t want to feel like I have to go to church because of my depression.God already knows what I have been through.Medication does not help either. I have been on just about everthing there is. I just take one day at a time. I do spend a lot of time by myself. I don’t like anyone telling me what to do and when to do it. I try to deal with my issues myself and pray about it.

Re; Jim, I have the same relationship with (whatever’s in the medicine cabinet) I am 53 with a similar backround of abuse and a family history of depression. Sometimes it is so hard to get through the next moment, let alone an entire day. Then I realized something about myself. A pattern of self sabatoge because I always gave up too soon. Things were’nt going my way,I’d get discouraged and quit (my job, relationship…whatever.) This life is a battle I, or ANYONE in my position, cannot afford to give up too soon! There are still good days with the bad and it would really piss me off to find out I’d offed myself right before a major breakthrough! Try to tell yourself it CAN get better…it WILL get better. The WILL to do it is within you!(and me)(\o/) May His angels oversee

God Bless all that have gone through deression. I am having a hard time right now with my depression. Please pray for me. Thank you!

People who are considering ending it all may decide differently if they realize that they have a purpose on this earth. All individuals are unique and perfect in their own ways. God doesn’t create junk! As a result, people must realize that the challenges and suffering that they face simply must be a set up for something good to happen in their lives, and whenever they find a way to solve the problem, a thrill will result. In addition, anyone who is considering such an action needs to understand that there is life on the other side beyond death. Therefore, what is not resolved on this side will continue there, too, so suicide is not a way to feeling love, peace, and joy. Instead, the person needs to call on God and the Angels of God to furnish unconditional love and to replace the worries with actions to give to others. In doing so, the individual must learn to realize that God loves everyone and is simply waiting for the call to help. In this manner, love and healing will come, and peace will result.
Angel Love
Author: A Touch of Love from Heaven

I live with a girlfriend that has tried to commit suicide about 9 or 10 times since 2001. Most of it is to get attention from people. She does takes enough to make her real sleepy or she cuts herself to where she needs a few stitches & they keep her in the pych ward for 4 to 7 weeks & a promise not to do it again. She really hasn’t done anything physically for the last 7 yrs but she has talked about it. Especially when she don’t take meds right or not at all. We give her counslor a heads up when she’s that way so she can get her back on track with the meds with threats of putting her in the hospital for 6 months. That usually works for about year. I pray for the day we don’t have to threaten her for her to take her meds. Our girlfriend realizes that she needs the meds to exist normally as possible in life for the time being.

I am not currently depressed right now, havn’t been suicidal for years, but reading these comments my heart breaks becuase I know how hopeless and sad each of you feel. I first attempted suicide as a young child and continued to try into my late teens. I never succeeded becuase deep inside I knew I did not want to die. There was always a voice telling me”You don’t want to do this, this isn’t how you want to go out.” Today I have a beuatiful daughter who wouldn’t be here had I succeeded. You never know where life is going to take you. I grew up in a alcoholic/abusive environment, never had many friends, always felt uncomfortable around happy, outgoing people, never felt that I belonged. Eventually I felt Godless, like he had given up on me. I know what a lonely way that is to live. But one day I just decided that I deserved something good out of this life, too. I worked toward getting it. I accepted the facts and moved on. I talked to a counselor and felt beteer. Just needed some one to hear me. When I start feeling depressed I seek help. Just to talk to some one, a stranger who won’t judge you, can do wonders. There are services available through Salvation Army if you don’t have money. That’s what I used. Just to get all the thoughts out into the air can make you feel so much better. Atleast try it, please. If it could work for me, I know it can work for some one else. I’m so glad I never succeeded. Another peice of advice, read inspirational books. I’d recommend Dr. Wayne Dyers books or, if your religious there are plenty of spirituality books that are written to help people get perspective. You have to try, no one is going to fix you. Belive me, I know it’s not easy. Please stop dwelling and see the good you can make for yourself. I’m on no medication. I did it on my own and I know you can, too. Life is what you make it. You can do anything with it, but you can’t give up. God bless you.

I didn’t want to post but I will. I am a mental health advocate and writer, I know many who suicided. I answer phones for two helplines, one state and one national. I had almost 200 hours training for the national one. It- is something I deal with. I am also a suicide survivor and have come close to death twice from various attempts. Waking up in the emergency room was not fun. It hurt like heck. Being put in a hospital for a month for each attempt, not fun either.
Last week a friend suicided. I find myself slipping into depression so deep it is hard to do anything other than the simple basics. I just want to sleep and cry. I wish it had been me who died that day instead of him. I cannot eat, I sleep too much and have nightmares worse than anything I have had in my adult life. When I was a child I feared the boogeyman. Now the boogeyman is in my brain, trying to tell me to end my pain, take an overdose of my lithium, my Cymbalta…..and I fight it.
I’ve been fighting it since I was a teenager. Something, ever so small, is the part that believes no matter how crummy things get, despite all that life has thrown at me, sexual abuse, emotional and physical abuse, crippling problems with meds, somehow, I know if I can get through, bit by bit, it will get better. Because the alternative isn’t acceptable.
Tomorrow is my 12th AA birthday. I know from this that life is good, it’s just hard sometimes. Too hard. That’s when I have to just enjoy the small stuff, my 2 year old nephew, my cat, my friends. Chocolate.
This site. Thank you.
-Susan S.

I, too, attempted suicide 2 years ago using 8 different methods. I took none of my meds to do so, as I was convinced I would just throw them up. I had just told my professional therapist sister the day before that I absolutely would not do it. But I spent all weekend in bed figuring out ways to do it. I am convinced that the Universe/God was not yet done with my work and spirit here on earth.
A dear friend, a spiritual counselor, visited me in the hospital. She is also a suicide attempt surviver. She lovingly described suicide attempts as desperate actions to get closer to Source/God to stop the pain we feel on Earth/in this lifetime.
That was the first time I felt someone really understood the depth of my pain which lead me to my attempts. Others looked for pharmacologic causes to allay their personal feelings of guilt. My friend just calmly loved me and said she was glad I was still here.
I was 4 weeks in the psch. ward with compassionate counselors and a wonderful pharmacological special pysciatrist. After days and days of different cocktails of meds and a counselor who helped me to move my body in yoga and dance, I came back.
Since that long,long recovery, I have dramatically changed the way I look at my life and the world. I take serious personal responsibility for making myself happy and acting towards the purpose I have chosen for being in this lifetime.
My best words, after what was written above, for someone who is thinking about suicide are,
“I know your pain is immeasurable and is unbearable any longer.
What would you do if your intense pain and hopelessness went away?
How can we help you find a glimmer of hope that you can crawl back to us to finish your work and move towards your dreams?
I love you and still want you to share your life with me.”

I also do not believe that if a person committes suicide they go to hell or stay in purgatory. Our god is a loving and forgiving god. I don’t think god would punish a person even more, that has already suffered so much that they cann’t stand living any longer, and they take their life.
I don’t know anyone that has ever commited suicide, and have never actually attempted it. But I have felt that I could help people more if I was in spirit and not flesh. In other words I have always felt like a nuisances, in the way, and unwanted. I wrote a suicide letter to the one person that has always been there for me, when I was nine. I had it all planned out, how I was going to do it. But partly because of her, I never actually tried. She had so much hope and faith in me, in god, and life, I geuss I physically always held on for her. I have suffered from major depression since I was a child. I have tried killing myself by living dangerously and doing drugs. A slow drawn out process. Or maybe I have done drugs to make living easier. Probly a little of both, there are times of abusing and times of using. I am clean now, but what’s the point?
People always say things will get better, just keep trying. Uh! The only time things are better is when I am asleep. So of course I can sleep 24-7 for months or years, if I could. I do also suffer from nacolepsy. which does not make life any easier. I also recently lost my friend that has had all the hope and faith in me for life. I now truely find, I don’t have any hope or faith for myself. And don’t even know if I believe in a higher power any more. Maybe when we die everything because black. And life is just over. I have gone to counciling and reached out to try to help myself, turn things around, Enjoy life. I have only got worse. I have become numb to everything. Life or Death does not faze me any more. I feel like we are all doomed in this hectic world. I think people are crazy for bringing knew life into this world because it is only getting harder to live and survive, and it isn’t going to get easier. Okay, so I have no hope or faith in any one. And that alone makes me sad!
Another thing that has kept me from committing suicide, is that I thought, we are on earth to learn a lesson, and until we learn that lesson, we keep coming back to this place. So I really have wanted to learn that lesson, so I don’t have to play this game any more. I can’t say I still feel that we come back until we learn that lesson, because as much as I have wanted to learn good things in life, It seems it is only the negative ones that are reinforced time after time.
But “Good Life and Peace to all, If it is out there, May you find it!”

I have lost most of my family to suicide. My uncle shot himself in the head in the early 60′s. In August of ’77 both of my parents died from a double suicide or a homicide/suicide. it is not known which. They were dead for a week before the bodies were found. My sister committed suicide at the end of 1980 after trying 4 other times. In the mid ’90s I tried 3 times.(Those days are over). If a person has a friend or family member is contemplating suicide, there is nothing more important than to try to do anything to get them help. Even hospitalazation. Your saving their life.

I occasionally feel this way, and what hurts the most when I am feeling like that is how few people seem to care. i have had my suicidal times and it hurt how people just brushed it off like it was nothing. It just made me feel even more worthless. All anyone like that needs is a shoulder to cry on and a friend who they know cares.

i have a friend and he’s gone suicidal. he told me that he’s gonna kill himself over the summer. i won’t be near him at all in the summer and i’m scared that the only phone call i’ll get will be his mother telling me that he’s gone. he tried to kill himself before. he overdosed on drugs and had to go to the hospital for a few days. i don’t know what else to do anymore. i’ve tried to talk to him to see if he really means that he wants to kill himself, or he just wants the attention. he says that he’s dead serious. i’ve avoided talking to him because i’m scared. i don’t know what else to do. what should i do next?

what do you do if a really close friend wants to kill themself when no one is home? what do you do it you don’t know where they live? how can i save their life before it’s too late?