Have you ever had Suicidal Thoughts?

[OngBak]

Have you ever had Suicidal Thoughts and How did you overcome it?

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Ong,
Yes certainly,in fact I have joined a Suicide Club,A friend asked me why I haven't done it yet,I explained that I am behind with my subscriptions.

 

[crowolf]

Yes. I was very depressed at one point, around the age of 16. I overcame it through sport. Gym workouts brought me back to life, somehow.

Maybe it has to do with channeling the energy into something productive. Maybe it’s the endorphins. Maybe it’s the goal setting and discipline. I don’t know, but gym was my way out of depression.

Even now, when I start feeling miserable, I know that there is one way out - taking action. Small wins towards my goals.

 

[OngBak]

Yes. I was very depressed at one point, around the age of 16. I overcame it through sport. Gym workouts brought me back to life, somehow.

Maybe it has to do with channeling the energy into something productive. Maybe it’s the endorphins. Maybe it’s the goal setting and discipline. I don’t know, but gym was my way out of depression.

Even now, when I start feeling miserable, I know that there is one way out - taking action. Small wins towards my goals.

Beautiful, keep up the work, glad to hear you found your way.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Nope.

 

[OngBak]

Nope.

Well then let’s hope it stays that way

 

[The Duke]

I've never had suicidal thoughts, but I did know two guys in my social circle that took their own lives.

Both of those guys struggled with women, lacked coping skills, drank too much, had financial problems, too much in their heads, and lacked confidence in who they were as individuals.

 

[Bible_Belt]

A friend from high school recently killed himself. He knew he was genetically predisposed to get a very aggressive type of prostate cancer. He watched his dad die of it and his older brother is currently suffering from it. I think he was just waiting to get the eventual diagnosis.

And from knowing the guy, I don't think he did it out of fear. I think he wanted to spare his wife from the financial and emotional drain of him dying slowly from cancer. Suicide has the reputation of being immoral and selfish. I don't think his was.

 

[Travel memoir21]

If you’re suicidal you gotta start taking action man. There’s plenty of support groups you can reach out to, talk to me, message one of the good dudes here and they’ll lend an ear and give you advise. Talk to a pastor, therapist, take brisk walks, hit the weight room, read the scriptures, meditate/prayer does wonders. Join some support groups on facebook and have several friends you can call in real life who’ll lend an ear.

 

[OngBak]

A friend from high school recently killed himself. He knew he was genetically predisposed to get a very aggressive type of prostate cancer. He watched his dad die of it and his older brother is currently suffering from it. I think he was just waiting to get the eventual diagnosis.

And from knowing the guy, I don't think he did it out of fear. I think he wanted to spare his wife from the financial and emotional drain of him dying slowly from cancer. Suicide has the reputation of being immoral and selfish. I don't think his was.

That really sucks, makes you remind yourself to be grateful that you are healthy

 

[OngBak]

If you’re suicidal you gotta start taking action man. There’s plenty of support groups you can reach out to, talk to me, message one of the good dudes here and they’ll lend an ear and give you advise. Talk to a pastor, therapist, take brisk walks, hit the weight room, read the scriptures, meditate/prayer does wonders. Join some support groups on facebook and have several friends you can call in real life who’ll lend an ear.

I agree, passivity and inaction will get you nowhere. As crowolf mentioned earlier small goals to achieve on short and long term basis can also help with that. But let’s also not forget how important diet is, so I’ll add that as well - so no fast food, no trans fats, replacing sugary food with healthier better alternatives like fruits and taking multivitamins etc.

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Ong,
While to the religious suicide is completely wrong,I have mixed feelings....
I have had four School Friends go this way,the first was only 19 over unrequited love plain silly.The
second,a Cambridge Don at 32 over a marriage break up,terrible waste...The third at 58 was in the last stages of Hodgekins disease...The fourth,82 only last week,went to Geneva where he was euthanised,had suffered a stroke and was living a Dogs life in a nursing home...Civilised departure evidently,his two Sons took him out for a slap up feed the night before and he was cheerful to the end....A former workmate was Australias first Euthenesia candidate at 66,he was suffering with Prostate Cancer...So you can see Suicide is quite common and I haven't mentioned several friends and Family have after discussion been put out of their misery with an O.D of Morphine.

 

[Travel memoir21]

A friend from high school recently killed himself. He knew he was genetically predisposed to get a very aggressive type of prostate cancer. He watched his dad die of it and his older brother is currently suffering from it. I think he was just waiting to get the eventual diagnosis.

And from knowing the guy, I don't think he did it out of fear. I think he wanted to spare his wife from the financial and emotional drain of him dying slowly from cancer. Suicide has the reputation of being immoral and selfish. I don't think his was.

See that’s the wrong mindset to have when in such as a predicament. You see due to my faith, I see that as wrong and he should use that time to make peace with the rest of his life, make peace with his creator with as little time that he has left, you’re not a burden if you’re using that time to maybe write a novel, poetry of some sorts to inspire other people to cherish what little time they got, be a symbol of hope and service to his creator should have been his approach.

 

[Bible_Belt]

you’re not a burden if you’re using that time to maybe write a novel, poetry of some sorts to inspire other people

Rhymes don't pay the rent.

 

[Travel memoir21]

Rhymes don't pay the rent.

You’re right it don’t, it could have been taken literally like the plenty of award winning authors out there who started out as hardcore amateurs or as a figure of speech, the poetry meaning he can still make himself ‘useful’ by making peace and finding a sense of meaning within his situation and being a beacon of service to the people around him and his community. There’s been plenty of people with terminal illness given a short time frame to live but they lived productive lives during that span because they had a bucket list to accomplish and people to obviously spend some time with, and with that more spiritually inclined activities.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

All the time, on and off for 20+ years.

Suicidal thoughts aren't a problem in and of themself if they're not intrusive and if you don't take them too seriously, but passive suicidal ideation it a problem, and it goes without saying that if they ever approach the "planning" stage that's really bad.

To me it's like fantasizing, and I have zero intention of carrying it out, and would not seriously consider it until i'm at least 60 or so.

In any case it's pointless to try to stop the thoughts themselves, so you have to address whatever is causing them to begin with. In the mean time I would not take the thoughts seriously. Most of our thoughts day to day are just chatter.

 

[BaronOfHair]

Have you ever had Suicidal Thoughts and How did you overcome it?

-Each time I hear "Wokeness is dead", and then stumble across yet another recent interview that has trigger warnings attached/almost every other word edited out, guzzling down a gallon of anti-freeze seems like an act of immense of self-compassion

-Not only have I not "overcome the urge", but now keep a loaded Glock in my nightstand, upon learning a few more details on anti-freeze's effects on the esophagus

 

[jhonny9546]

This is interesting.

too much in their heads

How could you solve it?

 

[The Duke]

This is interesting.

How could you solve it?

The first step to solving any problem is recognizing you have one. Second step is identifying why and what triggers it. Third step is changing habits and the way you think, becoming disciplined so healthier patterns develop.

 

[corrector]

In Canada, they don't allow gun ownership so I guess allot of suicides are prevented here that may have otherewise occurred.