Have you ever felt suicidal in your life?

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i'm sorry that happened to you that was indeed the bike accident where all the GD deer knocked me off my bike. i haven't been back there since. if you don't mind, can you tell me what happened in your bike fall? like your injuries/treatment? had metal put into my elbow, it has not been the same since before the accident but at least i can still use it, poor Bono [rock star] can't play the guitar the way he likes now due to persistent stiffness in his shattered elbow from a bike accident he had in NYC a while back.

I hit a bit of frost on a sunny morning at 11am, it was warm but the sun hadn't reached that part of the road. I thought I'd broken my pelvis but that got better after a few weeks. I went back to work and my shoulder started to seize up. I've got a rotary cuff injury, something like a really bad sprain which puts all the muscles into spazm. Apparently it freezes then thaws out over the course of 18 months usually.

Anyway, I guess this is off topic, so I'll add a bit more about suicide. In my case I think that my awful temper saved me from suicidal ideation. I've looked after suicidal partners though.

wow that is like a slower motion version of what i got. my temper is not to be envied. i wish i could improve it.

I voted no and I'm the most completely atheist person I've ever heard of.

Most of us do.

Many religions view life as some sort of lesson that needs to be learned along with reincarnation, with punishment given for suicide.

Just imagine if it was all true and having to re live your life again as punishment because you cut it early.

You’ll find life is short anyway once you get into your 20’s life flys by.

Better off carrying on to its logical end and making the most of things.

I don't believe in reincarnation.
I can go whenever I feel like it.
I don't feel like it, at the moment.

You're a tough diamond.

you will only short-change yourself if you ditch this class early. plus there is the risk of karmic collateral damage.

You're a tough diamond.

Kind of you to say so Pepe. Though I don't see myself as tough for not topping myself.

I suppose anybody who believes they'll go to hell for suicide would be wise not to, judging by the stories I've head of the Bad Place. As for the more common notion that it's "wrong" to opt out of life, I somewhat disagree, with reservations. If I was in great pain (physical, emotional, or both) and was fairly sure it wouldn't get any better, I'd probably want euthanasia and I defy anybody to try and tell me I shouldn't have it. But that's just for situations where there's no hope. I'm lucky that it's never been that bad in my case. I've never lost hope. If I got a horrible terminal disease in my old age then I might. The worst thing (apart from the panic arising from the survival instinct) might be what it might do to the people who care about me. Hopefully they'd understand. I think when my son was young, if I'd felt suicidal them, I wouldn't have been able to do it because of my parental instinct. I hadn't felt the might of an instinct till my own strong wishes came into conflict with protecting him. It wasn't about suicide though.

I've heard a psychological theory that suicide happens when an individual turns their aggression on themselves because it's never worked when they've turned it onto other people or onto their problems (aggression in this sense isn't an entirely negative thing, it's a trait that's essential for solving problems for example). It's a neat construction but I'm not sure it's really that way.

I'm a hardcore atheist and don't let the church tell me what to do, any longer.



I'm in total agreement.
My life,
My choice.



I have been told roughly the same thing where "depression" is anger directed inwardly.
Well, in some cases that aren't a result of a chemical imbalance.

Without feeling suicidal, I wonder how many people have contemplated suicide in the event of physical or mental deterioration. I read that the elderly made up 18% of suicides in the USA in 2019.

I've heard several middle aged people joke about it like...

"I'm going to leave some pills on the mantlepiece with a note saying, if you can't remember what these pills are for, take them"

Apparently quite a few of us do and will actually go through with it. I don't know how to feel about that fact. The thought of young people taking their own lives is incredibly sad, the thought of elderly people, unasailed by suicidal thoughts throughout their lives bolstering the courage to go through with that on their own is also very, very sad.

Personally am glad to to to see you here missed your posts for a while here ,,,hugs

Lololololssss. Am in three of the highest suicide group and I,LL be durned if am going out anytime soon ..
Inspite of having bad days . Or good ones .

Like James Bond, older people need an escape plan if things go south, like china invading Australia.



"Our life,
Our choice."
Just make sure it is a rational one not afflicted by mental illness, 8)

I have. In fact, I've had a (what I call) slumbering death wish for at least 25 years. I'm 40 years old now.
It's like I am not suicidal to the point where I would do something, but I wouldn't mind not waking up in the morning, or being hit by a car, or what have you.
More serious suicidal thoughts do flare up every now and then, as I deal with depressions and stuff occasionally. I find life pretty tough. I feel out of place a lot too. Like it's not my world. So yeah, I wouldn't really mind leaving. I keep fighting, because I would hate to hurt my parents and sibling. Other than that, meh.

That's very easy to assert but surely feelings come into the equation,
"I feel like s**t and wish to die" being an obvious example. I mean, how clever do you have to be?