What would you say to a gay suicidal person?

Question

If you were the last person a suicidal gay person could speak to and they told you that they had done everything to change. What would you say to them? Would you tell them to be true to who they are or to go ahead and do it?

Answer 1

I'd find out why they felt so suicidal. If it was because people around them were condeming who they were, I'd do what I could to talk them into cutting those people out of their lives so they can be around people who accept them.

Answer 2

I would tell them about my problems and how god helped me out.sometimes it looks like god cant do anything but you have to believe in your heart god can help. if you don't. you'll struggle all the time with choices.being gay and suicidal are a choice you have to make. do you want to live and enjoy life or die and get nothing out of it in the end.being gay is a choice.some say no.I say yes. get some help.from someone smarter than you and stick with it.you cant force things on people but having someone to talk to can make those suicidal feeling go away in time because someone cares enough about you.when no ones cares that's when you feel real bad.and go backwards instead of pushing forward to stay alive in this crazy world.Its hard I know but you have to fight for your life.find a reason to go on.big or small.something to wake up to that makes your heart happy.Its never easy. Its a fight for your life.don't give up.There is no easy answer all i can do is talk from where ive been.I care because i answered this question.If I didn't I would of passed it up and ignored it.

Answer 3

First, I would ask them to think about why they had "tried everything to change".

Then I would give them the answer: There is a real battle going on inside, and people tend to think the opposite of how it really is. People who label themselves gay........actively struggle with/against it, and "try everything" to get rid of it.........typically believe they're struggling so much because they're fighting against who they "really are", which they think is a gay person.

THE TRUTH IS - THEY'RE FIGHTING A BATTLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DENYING WHO THEY REALLY ARE AND WERE CREATED TO BE....WHICH IS "STRAIGHT". See the difference?

Anyone can be gay, or anyone can be heterosexual. It's all in what you give your attention to. The world thinks we just follow after or give our attention over to something because it's what we truly, naturally desire.

Nope - wrong again. We truly desire whatever we give our attention to first. Our desires literally follow what we focus on.

I would tell the person who believes they're gay (and apparently are so distraught over that they are ready to take themselves out of the world because of that inner conflict), that they have NOT tried everything....if it's still a battle, then they're still giving it their attention, their thoughts, their focus.....and their fleshly desires follow that.

There is a reason that SO MANY GAY PEOPLE rely so heavily upon pornography....they have to literally program themselves to be gay.

But if they turned their attention away from perversion (and it IS perversion!) to something truly fulfilling and freeing (like Christ), then their desires would change, and this would cease to be a struggle.

It's that simple, it's that true, and I would ask that suicidal gay person why they want to die, based upon a lie.......

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Someone who is suicidal has lost all hope and purpose in life. If he is off the right path, that is what he is going to feel. He has no ultimate goal in life. Too many people these days just living in the moment of things until they reach a screeching hault where they have nothing left to satisfy their impulses. They feel hopeless and actually feel like it's not worth living. can you imagine that? That is the worst thing a person can possibly thing of himself...undeserving of the life that god has granted him. I would tell him to start looking beyond himself and his selfish impulses and start searching for the pleasure of the ultimate divine being, being Allah who has created him only to be the worshipper of god. Our Creator. the all forgiving. the all merciful. there is no such thing as "too late" in a person's life. even his last breaths are not too late to profess that there is only ONE god, allah; and Muhammed (saw) is the messenger of Allah. then....all your sins have been forgiven. You can start life again; like a newborn babe. Your second chance at life with allah on your side. when you have faith in allah, you are never, never alone. HE is always there waiting to hear from you. waiting for is creation to turn to him. remember, he is the all merciful. He will forgive even the biggest sinner, if only he will turn to him. It's simple as that. ONce you have a purpose in life, you should never feel desperate enough to take your life away...for that is up to allah to decide when we must go and reach our eternal abode.

Answer 5

Suicide is the highest level of self criticism. In the scenario you describe it is obvious that this person despises themselves for their sexuality. I would encourage this person to seek out a local Metropolitan Community Church (a church for gays, lesbians, bi and transgendered and their friends) for counselling to help them to accept themselves. I would not encourage them to commit suicide.
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Answer 6

I would tell them the same thing I would tell a straight person. God's love for them is no different than God's love for anyone else, Christian or non-Christian. Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. Gays can accept Christ and their lives can change. They can't change their lives themselves, but God can.

Answer 7

Anyone that is suicidal needs to be stopped with whatever means available, then help them get psychiatric help.

This question seems to be more about homosexuality than suicide.Homosexuality is outside of my realm of understanding, but, no matter the circumstance, suicide is NEVER the answer.

Answer 8

Your life is to precious to end. There is nothing wrong with being the way you are. God made you that way for a purpose, and he loves you. Don't you want to see another sun rise? Another sun set? Don't you want to feel the wind blowing on your face? Your life and the way you are are a precious gift - don't waste that.

That's what I'd say. It'd be easier if they could respond.

Answer 9

I would ask this question. "what makes you think dieing is better than living?' I think the truth is that he may not be able to change, but he most certainly should be able to manage himself. Probably a little more growning up is in order. A for you, you can' save the world, so don't try. Save a friend if you can, but he must do more to save himself. life is not easy but it is better than dieing.

Answer 10

i do not have the potential to regulate all and sundry nor even a opt to regulate all and sundry. i'd basically opt for to expose others the love of Jesus and enable the Holy Spirit artwork of their lives to convict them of their sin so that they could stay a holy existence in accordance with God's will. God is a holy God and can't seem upon sin. someone who resides in sin would both be blind to their sin, savour residing in sin, or develop into addicted to their sinful way of existence and choose help. even if that's alcohol, drugs, immoral existence form or perhaps basically greed and lust for ability, someone can develop into so trapped and acquainted with that existence form that they have got an noticeably complicated time seeing the wear and tear it motives or construct up adequate motivation and could to regulate themselves. at the same time as others attempt to regulate them, regardless of what particular sin or personality illness they might have, and the guy does not opt for to regulate, then they struggle through emotionally and would take into consideration suicide as an straightforward way out of their discomfort. Emotional damage and suicide isn't something that basically takes position with homosexuals attempting to maintain or leave their particular existence form. it really is likewise ordinary between those who devote adultery on their significant different. individuals that are addicted to playing and struggle through large loss. human beings addicted to drugs and alcohol. the forged information is, Jesus loves us and accepts us basically the way we are. He would not ask us to develop into ideal human beings previously calling Him Lord. it truly is why we call Him Savior. He died for our sins so as that lets develop into loose from our sins and stay a sparkling existence that's healthful for our emotions and substances us a sparkling intending to our lives the position when we would have seen suicide as an answer to our emotional struggles and complications.