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suicide ( in general )
Not all people I encountered understand, why would you in the first place want to kill yourself. Like why? Normal people won't. It was just ridiculous. You're just too weak. Everybody is suffering ( probably much worse than you, and yet they are still struggling to live ) So the limit of advice they would say are probably "hang on. it will get better soon" But what do you, really thought about it? When someone close to you said that they are depressive or thinking about suicides, are there any alternative to say other than "ït will get better?" ( it does sound like a bullshit to depressive people tbh )
First of all, don't start to justificate or condemn something by saying "Normal people don't ...." unless you want to be immediately discredited. It makes you sound silly, and unthoughtful. No one is truly "normal". 2nd of all, you do NOT know everyone's reasons for doing it, so belittling their reasons by saying its "ridiculous" or insulting them ...... reply
Um okay listen up, I have untreated bipolar disorder. Ever since I was very little, like 4yo, I was bullied for something. I was too nice, too naive, too good, I didn't fit in. In high school I was involved in many different psychologically abusive relationships with people and in my second year, when I was 16, I broke down. I was always too hard o...... 1 reply
In my opinion only weak people kill themselves because it's much harder to live. We all suffer at some point, no one is happy all the time but we fight, try hard, survive and get on with our life without giving up or running away (suicide). In country where I'm from, Croatia, suicide happens but it's not common. But in country where I live at the m...... 4 reply
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That last part is very true, saying that everything's gonna be ok is total bullshit.
Listening to them would work better than saying robotic(insensitive) advices.
For a person who has depression (speaking from experience) it's not that they're weak, it is simply that they are very sensitive. In fact, some people with depression are ...... reply
This is my first time responding to a post. I have bipolar. I have tried to kill myself. I am so glad that I did not succeed. Yes, it seems like a selfish act. But when I was suffering from depression... not situational depression (a tradegy that happened recent and singular) but diagnosed depression, it did not seem selfish at all. In fact, I thou...... 1 reply
As someone who is suicidal, and also had a friend commit suicide, almost no forms of advice or comfort have helped me improve mentally. I have had to find strength on my own, and it's proven to be effective, but every so often I slip into moods where I become desperate to talk to a psychologist, and end up falling deeper into my "depression". I mys...... 3 reply
I've been at least mildly suicidal since I was say 8 or 9? I'm 23 now and while I've struggled with self harm over the last few years, I've never actually attempted to kill myself. For me, it's not so much that I want to die, just existing is really difficult sometimes. I get sad for days on end for no real reason, I'm tired all the time, I've been...... 3 reply
I don't think that a person who tries or wants to kill themselves is weak. They've taken some pretty big beatings in order to get themselves to that point. I think once you've been pushed against the wall without an alternate solution to the situation(s) that put you there, you feel there is no way out. I think for many it's black and white thin...... 1 reply
First of all, don't say "It will get better", 'cause when one lives with depression it never gets better. You just learn to bear it better. That doesn't mean a depressed person cannot smile, laugh or feel genuine happiness. It means that all these and other positive emotions last much shorter and don't run deep, while the pain is permanent, an emot...... reply
I managed to convince my friend to stay alive a little longer by reminding her of all the things she's good at. Her grades, her class rank, the colleges that accepted her, and all her talents. When a person is depressed, they tend to forget all the good things about themselves and only focus on their negatives, and so I tried to get her mind off th...... reply
