Families & Friends Affected By Suicide Support Group
Suicide affects not only the individual, but also the family and friends who provide support and love. This community is offered as a place for those affected by suicide to gather and gain strength from each other. PLEASE NOTE: If you are suffering from suicidal thoughts, please take advantage of our CRISIS RESOURCES, which you can find at the bottom of every page of the...
Acquantances will probably forget you but friends and family will NEVER forget you or your exit.
YOU are no more expendable than any of us. And God doesn't think ANY are expendable. Anyone can fill my shoes and do what I do, and all of us can say the same (except maybe some big name neurosurgeon or rocket scientist lol). SO WHAT? That isn't what LIFE IS FOR. PLEASE, try to get to the reasons you feel you want to leave this life. If you need help doing this, get psychotherapy. IF you take your life, you WILL discover that it's not "over" (been there, seen it, death is not the end) and then what? I don't know if I believe in reincarnation, but I think if there IS then you'll just have to come back and start over! You have gifts, you have talents, you are unique, there is no one else like you anywhere in the entire population of our planet (over 6 BILLION people). Life has sorrows but it also has joys. Whatever made you feel this way about yourself, FIGHT IT. I think there's something waiting for you in the future, something wonderful. HAVE HOPE. Ask God what He thinks about all this, believe me you will get an answer. May He bless you and keep you safe.
YOUR question of how can you make them not hurt for long. I will tell you that you will be condeming all to the rest of their lives in misery and guilt and the inability to ever experience joy again because you didn't know how much they love you. If I didn't have other children and a husband I would take my life, but I now know how unintentionally cruel this is.
Please get yourself some help. You need a good therapist and medication to get you through this time. It doesn't matter what you have done or feel you should have done. There is always a chance to feel better if you stay alive. Your nickname indicates you feel you have screwed up your life. You can always fix what is wrong if you give it time. If you need rehab...get it, if you need to talk to some one get a therapist who is good. If you dont like them get another one. Maybe talk to a pastor or priest even if you are not religious, you never know what they might say to make you feel hopeful.
No amount of time will heal the wound in your family's heart if you take your own life. Believe me. The pain does nto go away, in fact sometimes I think it just grows deeper. Try to give yourself another chance...maybe you just need to move somewhere...think about what it is that is wrong in your life and problem solve it, don't throw yourself away. Last thought is that I have never met a rotten person who was suicidal, only people who have depth of feeling.
Have the other peoples comments made you realise that the harm you do to your family is terrible and permanent? Has that come through? How do you feel about that?
Does the idea of seeing a doctor make you uncomfortable or scared? If not, what is stopping you seeing one? Even if you think it cant help what do you have to lose by going? Use it as a chance to vent.
Are you aware that what you feel might be a chemical imbalance? If someone was aneamic they wouldn't think it was odd to see the doc and they would take the iron tablets the doc gives them.. Yes or no?
In this case it might be seratonin or another chemical that is depleted. Something as simple as that can casue all the feelings you describe. Hard to believe isn't it?
If it isnt chemical and the doc cant make any other useful suggestions then at least you have been thorough.
What do you think?
thanks for trying to answer some of the questions I asked.
2 things though
#1. you said you dont have time for a doctor. That isnt true of anybody. Its the sort of thing we say when we dont want to go. What is the real reason?
#2, You didnt answer the other question. What have you got to lose by seeing the doctor?
Are you worried about what the doc might tell you to do? Dont forget , if you dont like what he/she says you dont have to do it. Absolutely nothing to lose.
Will you go?