Thread: Serious Business Alert - Let's talk about suicide

At what point should a person who is having these thoughts turn to professional help? Simply put, when one know that they are truly serious about ending their life. I'm not going to say everyone jokes about suicide, and I'll lower my limit on who thinks about simply not living. But it would come as a grand surprise to those who are suicidal to know that just about everyone has a suicidal thought, at the very least once in their life. I don't think it's a person out there who never thought Why the hell do I have to live this life? with different variations to Would it all get better if I weren't here? it's natural, our brain and emotions are there to make us think this in times of sadness and depression. It is especially high for those who don't have a steady track on their life or an understanding on how dying won't make things easier especially those who is under the impression that they're existence is either an offense to others, or that death is going to magically bring them some sort of euphoria. I've had suicidal thoughts in the past, but I never had plans on committing suicide, when imaginingthinking about it turns into a mental meeting room for a strategy to go about ending one's life, its time to speak to someone. Is professional help ever even necessary, or should one rely on their inner strength and circle of family friends? This really depends on the person, don't get rid of profession speakers, and don't cast off speaking to close friends and family members because there are those who feel they need someone who have experience with what they are feeling, so they seek out professionals, then there are others who are only comfortable with those they know this is based on their personality, and quite frankly on the reasons of why they're contemplating suicide in the first place. Many people teens, mostly think of suicide because of family problems, feeling unloved or they may very well be unloved if abuse is involved, so they might need reassurance that there are people who care, so familyfriends may be an ideal cure however, you have those who are distant to their family and friends, and feel that Hey, they're regular average JoesJanes and don't know anything about what I'm going through. so they look for professionals. Also, depending on the case of what cause these suicidal thoughts, a professional very well may just suggest talking with friends and family to sort things out social depression, but if it's something like work is giving them a hard time, or money issues something not dealing with people, a professional might list some suggestion or whatever, do their professional thing, I don't know and that can cure the problems. So it depends on what the person is looking for anyone can give advice, everyone have experience or rather, one doesn't need to be professional to have experience, but certain people want a personal relationship with the helper, or classified experience from them. Would your answer change at all if the person contemplating suicide did so recreationally? Meaning they didn't necessarily have moments where a gun was in their mouth, but perhaps they just daydreamed about not being here anymore. My top answer answers this, and no, it would not change many people have depression one point in their life, and rather they think about literally slitting their wrist or softly musing over if they didn't exist any more, it's all basically suicidal thoughts. Only the person thinking it could truly know if they are suicidal or not, and many times if they truly want help, they'd go seek it. But you do have the stubborn ones who just wants to off themselves, and those are the ones we have to look out for, for they would not share if they really want to kill themselves, or if they are just depressed. I'm not saying every suicidal person is the same, but I have not metheard of a suicidal person who have backed off or succeeded that did not show any indication that they were a product of suicide usually suicidal people show some sort of cry for help, either intentionally or self consciously, and though we might miss it, or mistake it for something else, it was there. So even though I say a suicidal person must first acknowledge that their daydreams are actually plans in disguise, it's also true that others can see the signs of suicidal tendencies and help alert the person that they can get help.