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Katie12345
Katie12345
I have a quick question. I have been debating suicide since January and am wondering if I should do it. I mean, of course I shouldn't but I cannot get these dang obsessions out of my mind. I really need someone to talk to. I don't know, I guess I am just crazy. It also scares me that I might just be doing this to gain attention. This freaks me out b/c I hate attention and being the center of it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
You probably do need the attention, if only to talk you out of the unthinkable. I know that in the past I needed the attention, and thankfully I got it, and it saved my life. Needing attention is not a bad thing like many think it is. Please just hang in there, things will get at least a little better, please just hang in there.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Please get some help with someone you can trust and let them know how you are feeling. If you are in therapy tell the counselor. Or talk to a trusted friend. This is very serious to me. I've been in the hospital for suicidal feelings. It does get better. I know I have a chemical imbalance so I'm on meds. But I find talking with someone more helpful than anything. It keeps you from feeling so disconnected. If you ever need to talk you can message me. I mean it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well. We all gotta go sometime....
CarlaBentley
CarlaBentley
Hi, katie1234!!!
Please don't do it, sweetie!! I came close to doing it about 30 years ago and I'm so glad I didn't. I've had lots of good times since then. It won't always be like this!!
If you want to gain attention, but hate to be the center of attention, maybe that's why it appeals to you, in part. You'd get the attention, but you wouldn't have to be there to see it.
It worries me that you've been considering this for so long and now you are taking it a step further by talking about it. It makes me think that you are are closer to actually doing it.
It also tells me that the healthy part of you does NOT want to do it. Listen to the healthy part of yourself, hon.
Talk to us if it will help. But better yet, talk to your parents. They will not 'like' hearing it, but they will want to hear it. Have you been put on new antidepressants since being in the hospital? Sometimes, they have the opposite effect of what they are supposed to do.
If you commit suicide, you will be leaving everybody you leave behind in a pain that will never leave them.
School is not as important as your life and well being. If it has to be put on hold, then so be it. This -- YOU -- are so much more important than that!!!
Take care!! Please open up and let them know how things are really going. You are not letting anyone down by 'not getting better' as fast as they think you are. Hiding the truth is only adding to your depression!!!