| VGPolyglot said: I don't know how to tackle this question, because this is very sensitive, so please guys if it brings bad memories or is hurtful/dangerous to respond, please don't. However, I generally think about killing myself a few times a day. It's not serious; or rather, it's not something I seriously consider. But it is something that I'm like "I wonder what'd happen if I killed myself", and I try to imagine different ways of how it could be pulled off. Is that normal for you guys? Do you have passive suicidal thoughts too? I really hope I'm not crossing a line here by asking this. |
Silence doesn´t help anyone. Talking about suicidal thoughts should be okay, but encouraging others to harm themselves should not be allowed.
Its a senstive subject so its quite difficcult to talk about it, but remaining quiet it doesn´t help . Talking about it can help desperate people to realize that it isn´t the only option, it isn´t the best option. Depression can twist the way one views the world and things, similar to like in anorexia the person has a twisted body image, so a depressed person might benefit from listening what others have to say about suicidal thoughts etc.
And yes I have sometimes wondered what would happen if I killed myself and how would I do it, but I never really considered as an option. It would have hurt my loved ones a lot and possibly ruined their lives.
One of my friends tried suicide, but luckily did not succeed. It was horrible even to hear that my friend tried it and I was devastated that it had gone that far. My friend is now better and has not tried it again. Treatment, medication, therapy helped.
From that I realized how even attempting suicide can mess things up and if my friend would died from that it would have been a lot worse. Many others would have suffered enormously. Getting help sooner and being able to talk about suicidal thoughts more openly might prevent a lot of unnecessary deaths from happening. Often suicida is kind of like a final desperate cry for help, the person doesn´t want to suffer anymore and doesn´t realize that there are other better options.
