Question on suicidal behavior?
I am currently on medication for Depression/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder called Fluvoxitine. I have found that some aspects have improved (with the OCD) and some have worstened. I contemplate suicide every day of my life and am seriously considering it. My life is not that bad and certainly not bad enough to want to die, so I am assuming I have some sort of chemical imbalance. My life is very typical that of a 19 year old girl. The only traumatizing thing in my life was being briefly being "abused" as a child. I have no will to live whats so ever. Ive been to many doctors, and nothing helps. Has anyone ever been through this?
Suicide watch--unethical?
I work at a correctional facility, where the policy if someone talks about killing himself is to put him on "suicide watch". This sounds dandy on the outside, but it actually involves being locked up in a padded cell in the psych ward with the lights on 24/7 and if necessary a straitjacket. I recently had a client beg me not to subject him to this humiliating treatment, and complain that all he wanted was to vent about how hopeless/worthless he felt without being punished for it. In light of this, I am beginning to wonder about the value of our approach to suicide prevention in prisons. What could be done to change the humiliating aspect, without compromising safety? Would the "watch" guards be better employed playing chess with the inmates or talking to them? What the heck is wrong with our society that if somebody is hurting, we feel the need to bind him / gag him / tie him up?
I feel like I'm being too interested in post-mortem. I'm not suicidal or anything but I am just curious of the unknown. Everytime "death" comes up in a conversation I think about it. How can I care less about it?
First this: Rest assured, your interest in “post-mortem” is by no means neither unnatural nor inappropriate. It is in fact quite a normal thing to do.Many people are quite fascinated by this theme and rightly so: It is the big equalizer amongst human beings. We all have to succumb to it at some point in time. No exceptions!Your question is: “How can I care less about it?” The short answer to this is: You can’t. Death is not a theme one can “care less about”. It will always be a big thing. This is one thing you’ll just have to accept. But you can do something to enable you to go forward in your thinking and -maybe- even come to some kind of closure: Inform yourself what happens when people die. Answer yourself those questions that make you think about “death”. Questions like:”Do you suffer when you die?” or “What is the state of mind of people who die?” or “What are the reports of people who have had near death experiences?” or “Is there some kind of indication that reincarnation exists?”There are good books about “death” and lots of other media. Do the research and inform yourself. You could start by listening/watching some TED-talks: Death | Search Results | TED They are quite eye-opening!
Suicide: Why do so many people try to save others from killing themselves?
Other great answers here. The other important factor is - and this is going to sound strange, but it is true - most suicidal people don’t actually want to die. Rather they are struggling with a problem or challenge or overwhelming feelings that they do not know how to solve or get relief from and they think that death will provide them with the peace they don’t think they can achieve any other way. A VERY common theme among those who have attempted but did not die by suicide - myself included - is that they had a moment of clarity during the attempt along the lines of “what am I doing?” or “I wish I could take it back.”Kevin Hines is a tremendous speaker - he’s someone who survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. He’s made it his mission to prevent suicide and to educate people about mental illness and reduce stigma. He speaks very candidly about his struggles and about his attempt and the things that went through his mind in the days, hours, minutes leading up to his attempt - and in the seconds, minutes, hours, and days after. Here’s one short video of his but there are a bunch out there. And his story, while incredible, in many ways is not unique.So why do I do it? Because life is precious. Because someone did it for me, and for that I am eternally grateful. Too many people that contemplate and attempt suicide don’t really want to die - they just want the pain to stop, the struggle to be over. They don’t know how to ask for help or even believe they can be helped. I want them to know that hope is real, help is out there, and it is possible for them to not only survive, but to thrive.
What is the least painful method to commit suicide?
Please inform me. Yes, it is for myself. Do us both a favor and just inform me, or else a lot more people will get hurt. I'm not religious, so don't tell me god created me for a reason. Don't tell me my life is worth living. You see, I don't have anyone who cares for me, over the past years I've been turning dark under the influence of modern day... Things. It was the only path to take. There was no other direction to turn. I hurt people, physically and mentally. I'm insane, literally. I hurt people I love, or at least to, until they abandoned me. I have planned to murder people, I feel the need to kill. I'm not overreacting or anything relating to that, I am being serious. I have a collection of knives, handcuffs and all weapons I can get my hands on. Sadly guns are illegal where I live. Tell me now before I continue to follow this path of darkness and corruption. Tell me before someone gets severely hurt.
Question about self-harm, I'm afraid its going to get worse?
So like, I never realized I've been self-harming all these years, but ever since I was really little (like, I don't know, somewhere around 7 give or take a couple years), whenever I was bored or depressed I'd claw at myself with my fingernails (and my fingernails are pretty sharp and long) and the places were I scratched would turn red and sometimes swell up. I'd draw pictures whenever I was bored, I never really minded the pain, it felt good...in a way...gave me something to do. Then now recently, every time I get mad or upset, instead of taking my anger out on something else or whenever I'm not trying to keep everything inside, I'd hurt myself in multiple ways. One, I'd hit my head against the wall or hit my head with a textbook (maybe that's why one of my grades went down to a B...). Two, I'd claw at my face instead, and I wouldn't care how much it hurts, at least I'd be able to take out my anger on something. And thirdly, cut myself with my math compass until it swells up bad or bleeds a bit, I haven't started cutting myself with a knife yet...but I'm getting ideas and thoughts of it. I've also been getting suicidal thoughts. I almost slit my throat with a knife, but...calmed down before anything happened, and went around the house searching for sleeping pills but didn't find any. Plus, when people do things to me that would actually hurt to others (choking, pinching, punching, playing scorpion), I'd either say it tickles or feels good and ask them to do it again. Will my level of self-harming get worse, or will it just stay this way? And should I, like, do something about it? (Hehe...forgive my Californian habit of saying "like"?Trying not to say it too often.) And also, does my dark sense of humor play any part in this? I've developed a dark sense of humor because I was always scared of those kinds of stuff as a little kid and like, yeh... Sometimes, I'd laugh like crazy whenever I mentally picture a guy being brutally murdered, I always laugh whenever a knife is in my hand, and anything that includes the topic about death, blood, or those sorts of things get me interested. And also...my friends think that the Last Exorcism trailer was creepy, but I found it completely funny especially at the part when the girl cracks her neck or something or something like that. I almost laughed my butt off at that. I'm thirteen by the way, if that helps.
My depressed friend is getting pathetic?
I can only tell you what I've done in previous situations with an Ex, so it's not exactly the same. I had an ex that was depressed and always talking about suicide. One day I let him know that if he threatened to commit suicide I'd have to let someone know so they could help him. And I did. I think it only took 1 time of me calling the military police for him to stop making that threat to me. Of course, that doesn't work for everyone and isn't advantageous for everyone; but you do need a system or plan in place to help you deal with your friend. Is she seeing a therapist regularly? Is she taking medication and is she on track with her medications? Does she tell her therapist about her suicidal ideation? Basically, were this my friend I think I'd probably keep the focus on her treatment of her depression. When she starts talking like that, I'd not feed the conversation anymore. There is really no point anyway, anything you say can be turned around to be used negatively. I'd turn the conversation directly to her depression. Friend...sounds like you are having a bad day today? When did you last see your therapist? Are you scheduled to see her again soon? Are you taking your meds right? What kind of things can you do right now to help you out? Exercise? A walk? A book? Etc. Just focus on helping her get past the negativity happening right now. And the most important thing is to think of a proper suicide threat plan. If your friend makes a serious threat, what would you do? Who would you call? What would they do? And then follow through with that plan. If she calls suggesting she wants to commit suicide, you need to inform the right person each and every time. That does 2 things: A. If she is serious, she gets help before she actually commits the action. B. If she is not serious, she gets tired of the hassle of you ratting her out every time she says it and may speak more thoughtfully.
Might be going to a mental hospital again?
I know this is a little long, but please help. I went in one a few months ago for personal reasons. Such as, depression, suicidal, self harm, and other mental issues. I got on 3 Strong meds that f*cked up my system. So then a month or 2 later when that was out of my system, got on prozac which has only been making everything worse. My psychiatrist says I need way more medication, but since the reaction I had before, she doesn't want me to take them without being in a hospital where they can watch me 24/7. Plus, I am extremely suicidal. So she recommended a better hospital then the one I went to and tomorrow I have evaluation for them to determine whether or not I need to be hospitalized. Which most likely they'll agree that I do. So I'm a little scared. I've been to one before, yes, but ... still scared. Few questions, *What kind of questions will they ask in the evaluation tomorrow? Will my parents be in the room? *If I do get hospitalized, what to pack? What do they allow? Instruments? Ipod? Please list them *If I do get hospitalized, is my school informed. I would have to get my school work so I don't fail. But I don't want the students to know or anything! Do they have to tell them I'm in the hospital for certain reasons? Can they just say I'm really sick? *Are the nurses and other patients nice? *Roommate experience? This is all based on what you know and your experiences, if you don't mind sharing(: Please add in anything else I need to know. P.S I really want to cut while I'm there. Can you sneak in a razor?... Thanks.