How do I survive though a suicidal period and what steps should I take?
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http://www.eliteskills.com/teen_cutting/hotlines.php\nhotlines\n\npost poetry\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=suicide+wikipedia&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%2Bsuicide\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%2Bsuicide+wiki\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=+site:dmoz.org+suicide\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=suicide\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=+site:answers.com+%2Bsuicide\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=suicide+forum\nhttp://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=suicide&qtype=all&num=100&sort=qeprice%3AA%3AR%3Ad1\nhttp://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=suicide
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Talk to someone....call a free help line. Talk to someone before doing something drastic. Suicide is a selfish choice - look at all those that you would leave behind. I strongly urge you to talk to someone...give it a shot. It takes no effort to make a call.
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Honey, I've been exactly where you are now.  Please don't be so hard on yourself.  If you are depressed, see a professional, you may need an anti-depressant.  Sometimes the chemicals in your brain just get all messed up and meds can help that.  \n\nThink of how boring and empty the world would be w/o you in it.  No matter how bad things may seem, you were put here on earth for a reason, you just have to figure out why.  And even though life can be extremely hard most of the time, it is still worth fighting for.  Please don't give up yet.  You can feel better.  Your life can be better.  \n\nIf you ever need to talk seriously about this, email me anytime.  I know that I don't know you, but I am a good listener.  Plus, I do know what it's like to feel empty inside. A few weeks in an institution for attempting suicide really opened my eyes.  \n\nSurround yourself with good positive people that love you and keep telling yourself that your life is important.  My email address is on my profile if you need.  Write me anytime.   Take care of yourself and God bless!!!
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Get busy girlfriend!!!  I am talking get involved in anything. Turn your negative energy to positive.  Suicide is not the answer.  You were put here for a reason.  Without you, your task cannot be completed and that could involve affecting a lot of people you have not even met yet.  Counseling should be an option if you are really serious about wanting help.  I have lost family to suicide and its so painful for the ones you leave behind.  I can't help my brother who left this world in 2001, but if I had a second chance this is what I would tell him.  "I know it seems you were dealt a bad hand in life.  But "we" can get threw this, together.  Let me help you, you are not alone.  I know you think leaving this world is the answer and the people around you would be better off.  That is so far from how it is.  You have a very important role here and you can't leave yet.  We love you and care about you more than we tell you and for that we are wrong.  Leaving is only permitting the ones you love to cop out when things get bad with them.  Please don't leave that message for your family or friends.  Lean on me and never, ever give up."
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Go back to your therapist. Also look for a single-mom support group near you or online, (email me if u want!) Trust me girl I know from the bottom of my heart. My ex husband ASKED me for a divorce while i was in school. But I pulled through, we struggle every day but I thank God for my true friends that have held me up. If you are suicidal you definitely need to talk to someone. Biggest thing you can do is make it an absolute priority to take time for yourself. Put the baby to bed a half hour earlier and go take a bath, turn on a workout video, chick-flick, whatever, have a glass of wine, paint your toenails...anything you want as long as its just for YOU. Remember a happy mom makes a happy kid...NOT the other way around.
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You mention suicide, but just in case, please read here:\n\nCall some on this list that can help you!\nIf you kill yourself, your dead.  Then nobody can help you, you can't even help yourself.  My brother committed suicide.  Not the best option!\n\nSuicide: Don't let despair obscure other options\nDespair and hopelessness may lead you to think about suicide. But you have other options, from weathering an immediate crisis to creating a long-term safety plan.\n\nWhen life doesn't seem worth living anymore or your problems seem insurmountable, you may think that the only way to find relief is through suicide.\n\nYou might not believe it, but you do have other options — options to stay alive and feel better about your life. Maybe you think you've already tried them all and now you've had enough. Or maybe you think your family and friends would be better off without you.\n\nIt's OK to feel bad, but try to separate your emotions from your actions for the moment. Realize that depression, other mental disorders or long-lasting despair can distort your perceptions and impair your ability to make sound decisions. Suicidal feelings are the result of treatable illnesses. So try to act as if there are other options, even if you may not see them right now.\n\nNo, it probably won't be easy. You may not feel better overnight. Eventually, though, the sense of hopelessness can lift. You can find support, appropriate treatment and reasons for living.\nWhen you need immediate help for thoughts of suicide\n\nIf you're considering suicide right now and have the means available, talk to someone first. The best choice is to call 911 or your local emergency services number.\n\nIf you simply don't want to do that, for whatever reason, you have other choices for reaching out to someone:\n\n    * Contact a family member or friend\n    * Contact a doctor, mental health professional or other health care professional\n    * Contact a minister, spiritual leader or someone in your faith community\n    * Go to your local hospital emergency room\n    * Call a crisis center or hot line\n\nCrisis centers or suicide hot lines are often listed in the front of your phone book or on the Internet. They generally offer trained counselors — usually volunteers — who can help you through an immediate crisis. Some crisis centers with an Internet presence offer e-mail contact, but remember that responses may not be as prompt as they are with telephone support.\n\nTalking to someone about your feelings — connecting with someone — can help relieve the burden of despair and isolation, even if just temporarily. It may help you shift perspective and more clearly see that you have options beyond suicide.\nDaily coping strategies to manage thoughts of suicide\n\nYou may struggle with suicidal feelings frequently, perhaps many times a day. Develop a strategy to cope with those feelings in a healthy way. Consider asking a doctor, family member or friend to help create a strategy tailored to your specific situation.\n\n\nThat strategy may mean doing things you don't feel like doing, such as talking to friends when you'd rather hole up in your bedroom all day with the curtains drawn. Or it may mean going to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. But stick to your strategy, especially when you're in the grips of despair and hopelessness.\n\nAs part of your strategy, consider these measures:\n\n    * Keep a list of contact names and numbers readily available, including doctors, therapists and crisis centers.\n    * If your suicide plans include taking an overdose, give your medications to someone who can safeguard them for you and help you take them appropriately.\n    * Rid your home of knives, guns, razors or other weapons you may consider using for self-destructive purposes.\n    * Schedule daily activities for yourself that have brought you even small pleasure in the past, such as taking a walk, listening to music, watc
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you'll commit suicide just to avoid all of those? come on. look on the brighter side. you are just facing challenges. you can go throught that. there are a lot of things you could enjoy. there are so many people in the world you certainly can find somone who will be true to you. good luck. take that out of your mind.
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Tell her you care. and keep saying that. \n\n\n Suicide is a cry for help, when you feel alone.\n Don't let her feel alone.
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first off pray,an then remember this life is no joke but it is something that you only have one of,try to always keep your head held high an your mind open that hey things are bad but they could be worse,an if things are worse you have to be strong you just have to put your self around positive things,loved ones an have someone you can talk to.If there is family members,a friend or someone you can talk.Have something or someone that is positive around.No matter what life throws at you a break up with someone special,death,drugs,or whatever always remember there is always life ahead of you an you can make it.Be strong an remember that you are in control an you can do this.Remember put all the negative things behind you are to the side even an put positive things in your life.Because there is always tomorrow,an there is love out there do not ever give up.because you are a strong person do not ever forget that,no matter what has happen or will happen. no matter what you have an will always be strong. because it takes strength to do what you did [ask for help]it takes a lot for someone to reach out to someone for advise.
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There are suicide hot-lines in your phone book or do  an internet search. If your efforts fail in finding a hotline, talk to a friend or family member, if that's not comfortable for you to talk about now, then don't talk about it but still seek someone else's company just to take your mind off it temporarily. The way you're feeling now will pass. But please, don't continue on that line of thinking. No matter how depressed you are or how much you feel that no one cares about you, etc. I guarantee you that you're wrong about that. If there's anyone that you care about (your parents, siblings, friends, etc.) think about them for a moment and think about what your committing suicide would do to them. It's wrong and if you care about them you wont put them through that. Believe me, I know first hand what it's like. When I was 16 yrs. old I broke up with my boyfriend who was 20 and he was despondent over the break-up and he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge. That was 20 years ago and not a day goes by that I don't think about it and still hurt. Please don't put the people you care about through that. If you want to talk I'll talk to you .
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You must feel pretty much at rock bottom - and I am sorry to hear that.  But, from rock bottom, there is only one way to go - UP.  Every day you cope with this will be one day nearer to getting over this, one more step in an upwards direction.  I try to learn something from every bad experience I have, because experience is what you get in life when you don't get what you want from life.  In the future whatever happens, you will know you can cope, because you will have coped with this.  Talk to your parents, they will be concerned for you and want to help.  Even though they have split up, they still both want the best for you, and hopefully can put aside their differences and be able to work together with you so that you all come through this.   Time heals - I bet you find it hard to remember what worried you 6 months ago, 1 year ago, 2 years ago, so although this is a major crisis in your life, you will come through it I am sure. I hope this helps.
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Hi, I answered your other question you posted about your boyfriend.  I was glad that I was able to help you out a little bit.  I was troubled to see you spoke of killing yourself if something should happen to him.  First, Try to get that thought out of your head!  Suicide is never the answer for anything.  You cant just give up like that.  Now is the time you need to be strong, for your boyfriend, and more importantly yourself.  If you need to chat with somebody, You can always email me jam961@yahoo.com  Things may appear rough for you right now.... But they can get better.  Instead of worrying about the "what if's" of life, you should focus on what is going on right now.  Enjoy being with your boyfriend now.  Build some memories to last a lifetime, and try to be happy.  If you really love this guy, you should be happy that he has been....and still is a very important part of your life.  Once he has a place in your heart, even if God forbid, he does take a turn for the worst, he will always be right there with you... In your memories, and deep down in your heart.  But don't even think about that now, just enjoy being there for each other.
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First of all, you are not alone. Everyone on this planet has their ups and downs. Facing the world seems to be a never ending struggle and frankly, thats the spice of life.....its just the way it is.\n\nI suggest that you do the following:\n\n1. Make a "To do List" it keeps you on track and lets you know when you are slipping.\n\n2. Exercise ( Nothing major!) but do a jog around the block or two, to keep the blood circulating.\n\n3. Eat healthy!. When you are going into a depression(which I think you are) avoid overeating as obesity can hit you when you least expect it. Food can be abused when you are depressed.\n\n4. Socialize by going to gatherings at your university or outside of school such as a focus group on a subject of iterest. It keeps you busy and allows you to interact and make new friends.\n\n5.  Spirituality is very important! go to church, synagoge or mosque or whatever..... it allows you to detach from your problems and connect with your creator. This feeds the soul.
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call the social helpline or see a counsellor.\nyou are still young. its gonna be a long way down the road of life and no harm asking for professional help when you have fallen and dont know how to get up.
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take positive action today, right now. Life is too short and precious. I am your age and have recently retrained after 2 horrible years of illness. I am now doing a job i love. It was tough to get here but well worth it. Be prepared for things to get a little worse before they get better. for example you may be quite low on cash for a while. \nFirst...what do you want to do? need inspiration? look through the job pages, or check out what courses are available. \nsecond...if you don't want to be in this country, where do you want to be? \nthird...how about giving yourself some thinking time and doing something positive and rewarding to fight off the depression? You're young enough to be eligible for loads of charitable organisations, for example BUNAC. They pay for your flights, you do some volunteer work in an interesting place. Might help to get you some perspective.\ngood luck xx
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I would say,a lot of counseling and possibly some medication to get you threw all this.You will get through it,But you wont ever forget it. Prayer helps too! and I am so very sorry for what you have been through,I have had some of the same experience's as you have.Hang in there.You will survive.We are women hear us roar!!
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I want you to remember something okay?  suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.  no matter what the situation, it is not worth ending your life over.  and alcohol is only going to make things worse because it's a depressant.  so it's going to make you more depressed.  please leave it alone.  and please don't cut.  I know you feel like it helps, but in the long run it only hurts you.  you are worth so much more than you think you are.  and you matter.  sweetheart, God loves you, and He will give you the strength you need to get through whatever problems that you may face in your life.  and He will get you through this difficult time in your life now.  you say that you have no where to turn, and you can't get your medication.  the thing that you need to do right now is to go to the emergency room at the nearest hospital and tell someone that you need help and why you need it.  you won't be turned away in your condition.  they will get you the help that you need getting your medications and everything.  they will also appoint you a social worker who will help you and give you support.  your social worker can also help you by checking into places for you to live, getting your medications for you, and getting you into support groups where you can discuss your issues with others who are going through what you are going through.\nplease go to the hospital now, and ask for help.  just don't worry about anything, it will all be taken care of.  you just concentrate on getting better.\nand remember what I said, God loves you, and He has a purpose for your life even though you may not be able to see it right now.  you are loved.  and I will keep you in my prayers.