Have you ever thought of killing yourself?

Question

Why?
What prevented you?

Answer 1

Yes quite often.. coz of lack of a job, failing to achieve some goals, opposition from friends and relatives.

What prevented me.. the thought that i would go to hell and be eternally lost ..

Answer 2

Hasn't everybody?
Because life was hell for a very long time.
The thought of the pain my children would feel if I did. (Also that it would set a bad example - if things get hard, kill yourself, and I didn't want them to do that)
In the end to kill yourself because you can't bear the pain of living doesn't make sense. You need to honestly look at WHY you feel that way and talk to someone you trust. I would suggest a good friend or a counsellor (not a psychiatrist. They use methods which do not cure and are barbaric and no-one is stopping them. I was going to be a psychiatrist until I discovered that what they did was not science and not curative, but was more in the realms of "let's experiment and see what happens") There are some good books around which might help a little but won't be likely to fix the problem whatever it is:-

Answer 3

I think that at some point in their lives, every person has had the fleeting thought in their mind to kill themselves. That they would be better, that others would be better.. that their problems would be gone if they were dead. That fleeting thought has passed through the minds of everyone at some point.

What keeps it from going from a lingering thought, to a suicide attempt, is reality. We know that we, and others and the world is not going to get better because we die. We know that there is so much about life that is good. Everyone has a good point to their lives. Even the homeless, penniless man on the street has something to live for... wether it's hope that someday it will get better, or another homeless, penniless friend.. there is something good about all of our lives.

What keeps us from killing ourselves .. is selfishness, and that's a good thing. We don't want to be dead.. not really.. what we really want is for the pain to stop, for the hurt to go away, for the problems to end. And as a human race, the majority of us have something that we want to stay alive for.

When I was 18.. I had problems. I had a sexually abusive step father, I had no place to live, I had an alcohol problem.. I thought that there was no choice for me but to kill myself.. I would stop hurting, I would be better off.. and so would everyone else. BUT.. I knew that there is always something to live for. Life can always get better if you want it too.. The realization that my choice was commit suicide.. or change MY OWN LIFE.. stopped me. If there is anything that a person can control.. it's their decisions and what they can do to make their lives better or worse.

Answer 4

Yes. When my wife died I totally lost the will to continue and became very suicidal. For nearly a month, every night I sat at the kitchen table with a bottle of Jack Daniels in one hand and a 1911 in the other. Finally, I made the decision to end the pain, so I put my affairs in order, made arrangements with a neighbor to 'watch the cats for a while' and started planning to end it all.

Fortunately some very close friends realized that I was seriously contemplating suicide and they collectively started finding things they needed 'help' with... and eventually, I pulled out of the suicide mode... BUT IS WAS VERY CLOSE and I could never have made it without good friends to watch my back.

I think the telling thing, when someone plans suicide is, they will have a personality change... after being sad and aggitated they will suddenly become calm... at ease... their mind is at peace with the decision. If I knew someone like that and I also knew they had put their affairs in order... signed any documents that needed signing... even car or trailer titles... I would become very aware they were seriously planning suicide.

Does that answer your question?

Answer 5

Yes i have. I had a dark secret kept very deep in me and was frightened and ashamed that people might find out. Not only did i wanted to die, i've also thought of killing someone too. I even got my suicide note ready, just in case i couldn't hold it longer.

Of course i haven't killed myself yet. A few reasons behind it.
1) Due to religious beliefs, i was fearful that i will suffer in my life after death.
2) I love my family. I hate to hurt them anymore.

I'm still trying to get over with the stifled unhappiness within me, and am finding other ways to keep my mind from harbouring dangerous thoughts.

Answer 6

I have thought of killing myself a100,000 times but I've never done such a thing.I was prevented by so many fun things like going to a farm house and you know swimming is my favourite hobby and going on a restaurant or a hotel with my friend or my cousin.

Answer 7

Hun, are you thinking about killing yourself? Call a friend. Get some help. To answer your question, yes. I was very depressed for a long time and my medication was not helping. My best friend stopped me. I called her and we talked for hours, she reminded me about all the people I would hurt by doing it. Because, even though I did not love myself enough to live another day, I loved her and my family enough to keep going. I got a thereapist and changed my meds, now I can function. Life is still hard and lonely, but you have to think about ALL the possible alteratives to taking your own life. My motto: I live today because I must.

Answer 8

At one time or another during our lives, everybody does.
Suicide is always, repeat ALWAYS, an act of anger, a way to get even with somebody.
Those who are left behind, will feel guilty for the rest of their lives.
If you are considering suicide, or if it is a constant thought, please call the suicide hot line, see a counselor, a doctor, somebody.
We would like for you to stay here with us.

And yes,I tried once, a long time ago. Obviously, it did not work. Eventually, I realized that I did not really want to die; I just wanted some big changes in my life.

Answer 9

I'm just tired of it all.
Nothing prevented me I'm just going about it a different why. If I should get sick like cancer the only thing I will do is go for the operation that's it. There will be no treatment after.

Answer 10

I think everyone has thought about it. Not like seriously though. I wanted to in high school after my dad died and I was just really depressed. But then I thought about what it would do to my mom and realized I couldn't. I was never actually going to do it though. I think it takes an extreme state of depression to actually do it.