i've been depressed for the past six years. how do i stop myself for committing suicide?

Question

i've been depressed scince the 6th grade.the first four years wasnt that bad b/c i was very young and confused and made-up an excuse for my life going the way it was. now im a junior in high school and the last few yrs. have been getting worse and worse!!im bord with my life and i used to think that if something bad happens something good would come and viseversa. i know people how life that are a lot worse than mine but why should i wait to get more miserable?? why not just set myself free now!!

Answer 1

bad and good is always there but we can change our lifestyle n be more productive making things worthwhile n if not seek help now

Answer 2

Who told you suicide sets you free?
Why do suicides always think they will find peace if they destroy their earthly body? Trust me young soul, it don't change anything, you'll just have more **** to contend with trying to deal with stuff when you come back and re live the life you tried to ditch.
Better to listen to what I have to say and follow the instructions.
Firstly, seek help from a trusted source, Doctors are good for that sort of thing.
Depression is a disease, not a personal failing, what would you tell someone with a vitamin deficiency who wanted to kill themselves? You'd say here take these vitamins and you'll be free of the suffering.'
I'm telling you the same thing.
Killing your body will not free you from the pain, but getting medical/spiritual help in the right balanced doses will.
I have been around 2 suicides this life so far, I know how messy it is and how useless it is. If you could willingly hurt those who love you that much and deny those who you have yet to meet in the future of your strength and love and life, then you have chosen a completely selfish path and one which honors no one but yourself.
I believe you can beat this and look back on this time from a happy future and smile that you chose to live.
Good luck in your choices.

Answer 3

If you don't want to kill yourself, your goal shouldn't be to end all your problems. Because the obvious way to do this is to die.

Instead, your goal should be to enjoy life. You can never enjoy life if you're dead.

Do you know how good life can be? I hope you do. I'm fortunate enough to know, and that's what keeps me going.
You probably feel like you've wasted life. You've aborted so many memories that you could be cherishing now. You've missed out on fun and happiness.

What's done is done, and you can't go and get those years back. So...don't let yourself waste anymore of your life! To die so soon would be a waste of your precious existence.

I know it's not as easy as saying it. I've told myself so many times to quit wasting my life being melancholy, but the feelings persist.

You're going to have to fight against these feelings that are keeping you down. When you're depressed for so long, you learn to live with it. That's the worst thing to do, though.

You may have to go through pain and humiliation that you've been afraid to confront, but I'm telling you, it's worth it. Life can be so good.

What do you do?
First, you need to open up to the people who care. Parents, or the closest thing you have to them. See a therapist. It helps just to be diagnosed and to be able to express your problems to other people. I'm not saying you'll feel better just for this, but it will allow you to officially make some changes.

Try to accept yourself. Resist the urge to compare yourself to other people. Don't think about what you have or don't have now. Think about the fact that you HAVE a future, and just as much opportunity as anyone else.

If you're upset because you're lonely and others don't understand you, don't take it out on yourself. You know who you are at the very core, and what other people think can never change that. Accept yourself as different.

If you ever need someone to talk to, you can email me. I'm going through pretty much the same thing, minus the suicidal. I'm just finishing my first semester of college and I can't take being this miserable person any longer. Yet I know who I really am and how life can really be, and I'm willing to fight for that.

I really hope this helps.

Answer 4

I do not want you to do that.

I have been there and somehow managed to not take it all the way. I was simply lucky.

Being depressed is a medical condition, not an emotional one. Being depressed is not forced upon you by external events.

I don't know what kind of relationship that you have with your parents. In the case that you cannot confide in them about this, you will please make one more effort on your own behalf and share these feelings with a counselor at school or a pastor or someone who is a trusted adult.

In the case that none of these people are available, please just take yourself to a hospital emergency room. Your life is in danger and its cause is medically-related.

Please choose to live one more day and take my advice. You do not deserve to feel this way. No one deserves it.

Answer 5

Hi Hon.. it's not your fault you are feeling this way, and you could be suffering from depression, or have some unresolved issue in your life which needs attended to....

PLEASE see your school counselor if you can't talk with your parents... it's important you have someone to talk with, and who is trained to help and give direction.

We all have our hard times... me? I'm stuck in a life which is completely opposite of what i've always been used to -- i'm disabled, no car, no job and i'm having to start over again. I have had a notion to give up once in a while, too... but i really need to go forward and take care of me.

If you can talk with your parents, please do. Make a doctor appointment. There are so many resources for help out there. I do hope you will make the effort to use them... im' sending hugs and have listed a website for you to check out... it's helped many people... hugs

Answer 6

Killing yourself isn't the answer. Please seek help and talk to someone IMMEDIATELY.

Calling 1 800 Suicide is a start..someone will be there to listen..then seek help from someone in the city where you live. Or another line is:

1-800-273-TALK (8255)
from there website:
You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. With over 120 crisis centers across the country, our mission is to provide immediate assistance to anyone seeking mental health services. Call for yourself, or someone you care about. Your call is free and confidential.

Sweetie, you are a gift to the world. If you have been depressed this long, it isn't your fault, there is a chemical imbalance in your brain, that you didn't cause. It is an illness and it can get better.


Please seek help and talk to someone.

Answer 7

The first step in overcoming depression is realizing that one is depressed. Many depressed people are afraid of these realization and continue to suffer.
Now that you know that you are depressed, try your best to lift yourself out of it. Make a plan. Think of the things that will make you will better. Go out and do it. Give it your very best.
I realize that this is easier said that done. If this does not work, go out and seek help. Talk to your family. Talk to your friends. Join a depression support group in your neighborhood. See a doctor if you must.
Most importantly, don't be harsh on yourself. It will take time to lift yourself out of depression. Don't get angry at yourself if you don't get immediate results. You will be surprised once you overcome depression, how much better you would know yourself.
My best wishes are with you,

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Answer 8

First off, being a teenager is difficult - it wasn't easy for me and for most people I know. You feel isolated, you're hormones are raging, you are dependent on your parents, the cliques in school are totally obnoxious and shallow, ect. Trust me, I know what it's like to have serious depression and to feel suicidal. It sucks, but there are ways of coping and pulling yourself out of your dark feelings. First off, parents can be difficult to deal with at your age, but they can be your first line of defense in helping you get better. I know it might be a difficult step, but you need to talk with them. They hopefully can get you the help you need. Going to a counselor and spilling your heart out can be a life saver (literally). If confronting your parents is not an option, try talking to someone you're close to - friends, siblings, teachers, ect. Search the Internet or yellowpages and find a number for a depression/suicide crisis line. I've used them before - they are a non-judgemental ear to talk to. Also, do you have any hobbies? Do you play guitar, like to draw, journal, exercise? These are great outlets to help ease depression, especially exercising.

Lastly, it may be hard to believe, but you can get out of this. Life isn't perfect, and of course you'll have your ups and downs, but feeling suicidal is a hard state to live in. Please talk to someone is soon as possible. There are people that care, and trust me, they do not want to go to your funeral.

Answer 9

I went through a similar thing to you; it's important to realise that you are probably deeply depressed at present, but even so, you may still remember times when life was good. Well, it can be again, and soon: but you need treatment, which is readily available; all you have to do is reach out for it. See suicidal thoughts, and depression treatments, at ezy-build, below* in sections 5, and 2, after booking a taxi, or calling an ambulance, or public transport, to take you to the nearest ER, or mental health facility, or call your local emergency number. 911 (USA), 000 (Australia), or 999 (Great Britain); see the phone book elsewhere. Don't drive, yourself: you may well be a danger to others on the roads, in your current mental state. Too many people are found, and revived, but have suffered permanent mental damage, and live the rest of their lives in a semi vegetative state: their family, and friends feel guilty, and responsible, for not noticing the signs, and doing something about it. It's a very nasty thing for them to have to go through, too, even though I appreciate that life is certainly no bed of roses for you, at present, so please, get help, right now: seek assistance, or use the hotlines provided. See depression treatments, at ezy-build *(below) in section 2, and consult a doctor, to eliminate thyroid problems, etc. as possible contributing factors: also seek a referral to a therapist using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy. It is your decision, and yours alone, as to whether to take any antidepressants offered, but, before you do, read section 1, and check medications out at www.drugs.com so you will be on the lookout for side effects, like sexual dysfunction. My strong recommendation, however, is to follow the advice of my doctor, his associate, and also Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP, and Dr. Mercola, as well, at http://www.mercola.com and avoid antidepressants (pages 2V, and 2Z refer, & antidepressant websites: page 2). The reasons why we all share the same view on this are explained in full, as you will find, if you read the whole section. All of their advice, (except prayer, because many people are not religious) I have incorporated into the "core treatments", including others as options, such as herbal remedies, Inositol, or SAMe. If you are diagnosed with clinical (major) depression, antidepressants may be necessary for a while, which will give the treatments time to become effective. The antidepressants themselves need at least several days, or even many weeks to become effective. It's a good idea to taper off them slowly, with medical advice, after several months, say, to a couple of years, at most, because they are only effective in the long term for about 30% of people. Because of this, you would be well advised to begin the treatments immediately, and maintain them. I'd just thank your mental health care provider, and pocket the prescription, trying the treatments for a few months, to see if they are sufficient for you, before considering filling it (unless clinically depressed, and having great difficulty functioning, or suicidal, in which case I'd take them). If the amount of daylight you have been exposed to recently has reduced, perhaps due to the change of seasons, see Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) in section 2, at * http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris and, instead of taking 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily; replace 2 of them with cod liver oil supplements (or a teaspoonful of cod liver oil), for the winter months only! Consider having your doctor test your vitamin D levels. The teen years can be very difficult, but things improve, and if you maintain the treatments, and find rewarding, interesting/exciting, and enjoyable things to do, life can be very good.

Answer 10

its not your fault, it is an imbalance that can be fixed!!! just give life a chance, trust me, things seem bad right there in that moment, trust me i was like you... depressed through high school, never thought i would come out from it, but i held on to my dreams, and now i am marrying the love of my life, and i am sooo very happy like ive never been.... trust me sweetie it is worth holding on!!!! , please take care of yourself because i care!

Answer 11

u idiot!!!! dont even think of commiting sucide.see life is very precious& dont even think of losing it at a age when u r just xploring the world.think about ur loved ones .wat wil they do if they c u depressed like this.take a deep breath & c around u .even ur friends must b having probs only thing that they r good at hiding them.just remembr 1 thing there must b someone in this world who loves u & cares about u.think about it. till then take care & god bless!!!!