Have you ever thought about commiting suicide?

Question

What did you do to stop yourself?

Answer 1

yep just now...I decided not to because I want see what happens on Heroes tonight.

Answer 2

You cant live in the moment of "my life sucks. I should just get out of it now." You need to look at it like "this will pass and i'll be able to move on to happiness." Whatever you are going through, it is just a bump in the road. Trust me, it is not worth killing yourself over. Life is a precious thing that should be valued. Yes it will have its big lows, but they are balanced by the big highs (and i dont mean the ones drugs provide).
Take a deep breath, be positive, you will overcome it. Suicide is never the answer. You dont get a redo. Theres so much to look forward to in life.

Answer 3

People are not going to like this answer, but who cares! If you haven't thought about it at least once in your life, you're probably not all that deep.
Realizing that 99% of people had the thought at least cross their mind and a very small percentage of those people actually did it, reassures you that if you are thinking about it, you probably are just at a low point, and that you undoubtedly will find things getting better eventually. HOWEVER, if the thoughts persist, and you feel helpless/hopeless, that's different, and that person should talk to a friend/neighbor/counselor, etc and get some help.

Answer 4

Yes, but like one of the other answerers, I am glad I didn't now. I enjoyed my life much more as I got older. A lot of things that seemed like life and death issues when you are young aren't even important as life goes on.
I don't remember what I did to get rid of the feelings but looking back this is what I would suggest.
I think the best thing to do (also as someone else suggested) is to keep busy. Take a walk, do something physical.
Call the Salvation Army and tell them you want to volunteer to ring the bell, wash the dishes, call someone and tell them you were thinking of them, try to drink some water and make it come out your nose--just do something!!!
Then tomorrow when you wake up, thank God for another day of life and ask Him to give you something special to do that day.
I am so sorry you are having these thoughts but I understand what it is like. Please don't think of it too seriously.

Answer 5

There was a very trying time in my life when that thought consumed every waking minute of my life. What stopped me was finally realizing that that period of my life would pass. I got off my pity pot, flushed that nasty thing and got busy helping others who were in my situation. I forced myself to only focus on the good in others. That was four years ago, and my life has become very rewarding and happy.

Volunteering is a great way to start ending the cycle. You are here for many reasons and it isn't your place to decide how to end your life. You are precious and unique in many ways, and believe it or not, there are those who love and care very deeply for you.

Hang in there...with the right attitude and choice making, this too shall pass. May the Creator surround you with Angels of love, acceptance, and understanding. Annie

Answer 6

I had it planned out, but then my cousin committed suicide the say before I was going to and it showed me what my family would go through if I did it and how much they loved me.

Answer 7

I tried overdosing when I was 16, I was a depressed teenager, I had lost my mom and grandma at a young age and we were living with my grandma's friends who had adopted us, anyway, I thought of my younger sister cause she was the only blood family that I had left, and so anyway, when they all got back, I talked to my adopted sister and she told my adopted dad, and so he took me to the hospital and I had my stomach pumped( that wasn't fun) and spent the weekend in the Stress Unit there. Anyway, I'm glad I told her cause I wouldn't have my husband and kids and everything I have now, so if you are thinking about it, don't do it, you have so much more to live for.

Answer 8

Yes....about 4 years ago. I was in a REAL bad place and dating a rather abusive guy. Not physically but mentally.
I let myself get way to caught up in what he thought of me.
I got counseling and realized he didn't deserve me.
Now I look back and think, WOW, how crazy was I to let someone make me feel so bad.
I now know that I am valuable!

Answer 9

yea back when i was going through stage as a 8th grader and Freshmen... and to stop my self i would just cut myself like very slightly... and then after i realized it was stupid... i just wrote everything that was in my mind kinda like a journal but different cuz u really dont know what ur writing basically ur head just gets clear... like the reason that is making wanna do this... it worked really good actually... the journal...
u cant understand anything it says tho lol... dosent make sense at all...sry i wrote so much... just trying to help u out

Answer 10

Oh, big risk for telling you this. Well, I've been cutting myself for a while, and it's pretty hard to stop, but sometimes I just listen to music, or go skateboarding. It depends. I've been depressed for about two years now and I'm just now starting to get help, so if you're thinking about it I'd suggest to just try to relax, ya know? Hope this helps

Answer 11

Yes, more days than not has the thought occurred to me. When last occurring it was for no particular reason I could identify, so consequently, I could identify no particular reason to follow through with the act.