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Do not keep suicidal thoughts to yourself!
Suicidal thinking is usually associated with problems that can be treated.
Thoughts of suicide can be cause by emotional disorders. Sometimes they may get in the way of seeing other options. Most people who receive appropriate care improve or recover completely. Even if you have received treatment before, you should know that different treatments work better for different people in different situations. Several times are sometime necessary before the right treatment for you is found.
Thoughts of suicide can be cause by emotional disorders. Sometimes they may get in the way of seeing other options. Most people who receive appropriate care improve or recover completely. Even if you have received treatment before, you should know that different treatments work better for different people in different situations. Several times are sometime necessary before the right treatment for you is found.
Others might see solutions
If you are unable to think of solutions other than suicide, it is not that solutions don't exists, only that you are currently unable to see them. A therapist or counselor, or sometimes a friend, can help you to see solutions to your problems, even if you think you've tried everything.
If you are unable to think of solutions other than suicide, it is not that solutions don't exists, only that you are currently unable to see them. A therapist or counselor, or sometimes a friend, can help you to see solutions to your problems, even if you think you've tried everything.
Suicidal crisis are almost always temporary
Although it might seem as if you will always feel this way, it is important to realize that crises are usually time-limited. Solutions are found, feelings change, unexpected positive events occur. Suicide is someone referred to as "a permanent solutions to a temporary problem." Don't let suicide rob you of better times in your future.
Although it might seem as if you will always feel this way, it is important to realize that crises are usually time-limited. Solutions are found, feelings change, unexpected positive events occur. Suicide is someone referred to as "a permanent solutions to a temporary problem." Don't let suicide rob you of better times in your future.
Problems are seldom as great as they appear at first
Family conflict, relationship issues, grades, peer pressure, and loss of important people in our lives - all such stressful events can seem catastrophic at the time they are happening. Then, months or years later, they are things of the past. Some of these challenges may even increase your resilience and resolve in life.
Family conflict, relationship issues, grades, peer pressure, and loss of important people in our lives - all such stressful events can seem catastrophic at the time they are happening. Then, months or years later, they are things of the past. Some of these challenges may even increase your resilience and resolve in life.
Reasons for living can help a person in pain
You may be able to find more reasons to live if you think about what has given your life meaning or what is important to you. Family ties, your religion, love of art or nature, and dreams for the future are just a few of the many things in our lives that provide meaning and gratification. It is sometimes difficult to recall these things during times of emotional distress. You may need help to explore and reconnect to your reasons for living, as well as help to successfully work through reasons that have contributed to your thoughts of dying.
You may be able to find more reasons to live if you think about what has given your life meaning or what is important to you. Family ties, your religion, love of art or nature, and dreams for the future are just a few of the many things in our lives that provide meaning and gratification. It is sometimes difficult to recall these things during times of emotional distress. You may need help to explore and reconnect to your reasons for living, as well as help to successfully work through reasons that have contributed to your thoughts of dying.
You are not alone.
To get help for yourself or someone you know,
call the Suicide Lifeline at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433).
call the Suicide Lifeline at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433).
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All hotlines listed below are free and confidential
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
800-273-TALK (8255)
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is open 24 hours a day.
Services are also available for veterans, and for Spanish speakers.
Samaritans
24-hour helpline – 877-870-HOPE (4673) (Toll free)
Samariteens – 800-252-8336
The Trevor Project
866-488-7386 – a hotline for LGBT youth
Trans Lifeline
(877) 565-8860 – a hotline for transgender people.
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Crisis Text Line – 741741
According to Crisis Text Line’s web site, if you text 741741, you can receive a text from a trained crisis counselor within minutes. Although the text line is intended for teens, the website states that counselors do not ask for the texter’s age, and nobody is turned away. |