Has suicide ever crossed your mind?

Just curious, because back in 02' or something along those lines - I used to say "I'm going to kill myself", that was because I was so depressed.

 

Suicide is the worst sin anyone could commit. It's much better to kill other people than to kill yourself...

 

Sometimes suicide is the only option.











NOT! If anyone is thinking about suicide you need to get some help. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

 

Suicide is choice, not bad nor good. Just a way to get rid of what you can't endure anymore. I did say a "way" not a "solution", as there is many way. Each one of us is responsible for our own life, and our own freedom.

I do have to agree that it's a bad way, even if the thought of doing it crossed my mind a couple of times when I was younger. When you're sick all the times and can't see a way out, you start to care less and less.

Still sick but anyway... have to live with it.

 

That's one of the most idiotic things I've ever read. And I've read/heard a lot of idiotic things!

 

Many, many times, but I put that all behind me when my son was born 6 years ago. I will not let him grow up feeling abandoned like I did as a child (my dad skipped out, he didn't croak himself).

I am now medicated and very happy and productive, which has built up my previously non-exsistent self-esteem. I could never have started a business on the web in the old days, because I was a walking basket case.

Note to the depressed: Your problems may be real, but your depression is the reason you can't deal with them. Medical help really does work. Don't give up!

 

suicide is a good thing, it's a pity you can do it once...

 

WOW, very touchy subject!
But a good one. And in my case: the answer is yes.

 

I'm a depressed person and I know I would be more depressed if I had to get into medication.

What I lack is motivation, I should be working right now and I can't kick myself in the butt to do it.

 

Gu4rdian, would you care to elaborate on why the thought of medication is more depressing?

I'm not making a value judgement, but interested in your perspective.

 

LOL, I am a christian, but it's guys like you who make me not want to go to church ever again.
(Who the fuck are you to decide which sin is worse than which?)

 

I think that was intended as a joke, not prosletyzing (sp?).

 

Hard to explain since English is not my mother language but I'll try...

In my humble opinion, medication is a bad way to get over problems. I know some people need medications to survive or to have a better life but for a lot of people (and a lot of reason) they become dependant when they don't really need it.

I know that I am someone who catches new habits easily and can be stuck in a routine, even if the routine is pointless. So, by taking medication, I will probably be stuck with another problem in the future.

I know some parts makes more or less sense, sorry

 

Yes, well in my case my problems were all solveable, but I was too depressed to address them. This made my life worse and worse and fed into my depression.

Medicine helped me break the cycle. I do need to stay on it, though. If I go off for even two days, I may become really short-tempered, or sad.

Being on the meds is a worthwhile compromise for me- they gave me back my life.

 

Yeah, as I said, some people need them. If it works for you, be happy and enjoy your life! But I've tried one or two things and they have no effects on me, even sleepers can't put me to sleep. I'm meds proof or something

 

Suicide is as much a cry for help as this thread is. For yourself and your loved ones, I suggest finding someone to talk about this with. Good luck bro...

 

I actually believe this thread is going to rank for related terms and many out there contemplating it will find it. So let's keep the conversation the way it's going People who are thinking about doing it are very fragile, and the slightest things can make them see the good in life again or also discourage them from going on

 

Thats why manic depression is much better than normal depression... you get a month or two of almost straight solid work time and then a few weeks off to just sleep and eat.

 

Hahaha
Well, then, I wish I was more maniac ;p

 

My observation, and this is obviously not a universal truth, is that it's probably worse to be a low-level depressive than someone who is "flamboyantly depressed".

When you are flamboyantly depressed, usually (unfortunately not always) someone notices and strongly encourages treatment. Low-level depressives, though tend to annoy people rather than evoke concern. I think that, practically speaking, they may be at a higher risk of suicide.

But what do I know. You'd need to ask Minstrel to get a more authoritative take on it, and he probably wouldn't be into discussing that in this setting. Nor would I blame him at all.