How close have you gotten to attempting suicide?

Question

How close have you gotten to committing suicide. Why haven't you commit suicide.

What happened in your life to make you think about suicide.

Answer 1

Never even thought about it... even during a bout with depression a few years ago. Life is to short and way to much to enjoy in life. As they say... you only come this way once.

Answer 2

I think at some point in every-ones life, they come to a point where the contemplation of suicide becomes an option. I have been there a couple of times. I realize it is not an answer, in fact it may be the opposite, not having the strength to face a problem and defeat it. Speaking for myself, I will not let anyone or anything beat me down to that point. I value my life too much to give it up. Also, I know by killing myself, I am inflicting much pain and many questions to my family and friends. It is actually a selfish escape. There is nothing wrong with seeking professional help. I have seen a psychiatrist in my life and have no problems in say that I have. I would rather say I have seen a psychiatrist than a proctologist! If you are having such thoughts, go to a professional. Get help, you are worth it!

Answer 3

I am bipolar type I, severe. I have tried countless times to kill myself. I'm not sure which is closest, the time I took a mixture of over 100 pills or the time I passed out in the closed garage with the car running. The reason that I haven't is that there is always someone who stops me. Then they put me in hospitals. The reason that I have suicidal thoughts is because I'm bipolar. My therapist calls them intrusive thoughts. They just come out of nowhere. My life has been good. There's really no reason or horrible thing to kill myself over, but I still have the thoughts. It's a crazy disorder.

Answer 4

2 years ago i almost killed myself and if my dad would not have found me in time i would have died over dose on pills. then i got help. i was trying to deal with child hood sexual abuse. found a great therapist and now 2 years later i have been suicidal thoughts free. living a clean life no drugs or drinking and see my therapist once a week i also have a baby so that keeps me from going crazy i now help other women with abuse related issues . it takes finding the right med and or therapist
good luck to everyone fighting the good fight
there is hope just have to find it

Answer 5

I attempted, and almost succeeded.

I now live each day thankful that I am alive. I hold my husband and children closer than they probably like, but I can't help it. Now, just the thought of losing them scares me to death, and to think I was willing, and almost succeeded in throwing it all away.

We discovered the anti-depressants I was taking were making me suicidal. My meds have been corrected and I haven't had anymore thoughts of suicide.

Answer 6

Things have gone bad in my life, just like everyone else's. But I have never tried to commit suicide. I never even thought of it.

Answer 7

Holding a bottle of water and a bottle of prescription pills. On two different occassions. The reason I didn't do it was for religious beliefs and also because I knew my feelings would pass, and I would miss out on a lot. Good and bad, and that's what makes life living.

Answer 8

Pretty close a couple of times when I was still a teenager. With pills and cutting. I'm more grown up now and medicated for this sort of thing.

Answer 9

I was driving down the road and was about a split second away from swerving off the road and down an embankment. At the speed I was going, it could have killed me. I dont' know why I didn't--I guess I was too chicken.

Answer 10

Very close, but I won't say how close. Suicide is wrong. It's selfish, immature and cruel to family and friends.