How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal
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From my experience, and my own observation, in most situations, all we really want to hear is for someone to tell us that everything is going to be okay.
Just to hear someone say that, it feels like someone cares, and that someone wants to listen. Sometimes I pull a friend aside and I just ask them to tell me that everything will be okay. They don't ask any questions. It can make the weight of the world feel so much lighter when you hear someone say that to you.
Also, we don't want you to offer solutions. We just want you to shut up and just listen to us. Suicidal thoughts can make you feel like you're drowning, and offering solutions when all we want is for someone to hear what we're feeling can sometimes make the loneliness worse.
Also, if you suspect that one of your friends is suicidal, just talk to them, even if it's just on the phone, just to shoot the breeze.
Good luck.
Date: 2023-08-20
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Kristy
When I was in worst depressive episode of my life recently my mom said how do you think it makes me feel to have such a miserable daughter? It hurt SO much. I already knew it was hard for her but I had no control over my debilitating depression. I was already feeling massively ashamed and disgusted with myself and like a burden and it just made me want to end it even more. Please people never say that to someone suffering. Nobody chooses to feel that bad and all we want is for the pain to end.
I also want to say these videos are really helpful for me trying to recover. I feel understood and cared for just by watching them, which is what I need more than anything. Thank you Psych2Go
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When I was in worst depressive episode of my life recently my mom said how do you think it makes me feel to have such a miserable daughter? It hurt SO much. I already knew it was hard for her but I had no control over my debilitating depression. I was already feeling massively ashamed and disgusted with myself and like a burden and it just made me want to end it even more. Please people never say that to someone suffering. Nobody chooses to feel that bad and all we want is for the pain to end.
I also want to say these videos are really helpful for me trying to recover. I feel understood and cared for just by watching them, which is what I need more than anything. Thank you Psych2Go
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DOOM
From my experience, truth is it's harder to negotiate people out of unaliving themselves because, therapy doesn't always work and people, tend not to understand why they are depressed, it could be many things, they can't find a romantic partner, they don't have friends, or bad home live and family life include, and the unalive hotline has failed to prevent unalive cases, so what you can do is find what makes them happy, or what's makes you happy.
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From my experience, truth is it's harder to negotiate people out of unaliving themselves because, therapy doesn't always work and people, tend not to understand why they are depressed, it could be many things, they can't find a romantic partner, they don't have friends, or bad home live and family life include, and the unalive hotline has failed to prevent unalive cases, so what you can do is find what makes them happy, or what's makes you happy.
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sonicgamer5363
-As you are busy watching this video,
-You can feel the hand of someone touching your shoulder,
-you hear thunder right after you get the sensation of the man touching you,
-As you look back, you see a man with white glowing eyes, active thunder in the background.
--Your mind is suddenly occupied with the urge to send 100 trillion death threats to your sibling who is suicidal.
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-As you are busy watching this video,
-You can feel the hand of someone touching your shoulder,
-you hear thunder right after you get the sensation of the man touching you,
-As you look back, you see a man with white glowing eyes, active thunder in the background.
--Your mind is suddenly occupied with the urge to send 100 trillion death threats to your sibling who is suicidal.
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Claudio
I once had a friend, my only friend at the time, and during my suicidal phase, she didnt wanted to even speak to me, at the time I didnt understand why the people that I know hated her so much, but now, while watching this video to help my girlfriend, I now know why that friend did the EXACT opposite of everything in this video, and she wanted to become therapist after graduation
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I once had a friend, my only friend at the time, and during my suicidal phase, she didnt wanted to even speak to me, at the time I didnt understand why the people that I know hated her so much, but now, while watching this video to help my girlfriend, I now know why that friend did the EXACT opposite of everything in this video, and she wanted to become therapist after graduation
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ok
My loved one did exactly that, but i was still so deep into the suicidal thoughts and i couldnt believe that they were saying the truth. I tried sucide after meeting with them once, i dont even know why. Now they dont text me, i havent seen them in two months. I dontt have hope. Yhey hate me, and without them, i cant live. Why should i live?
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My loved one did exactly that, but i was still so deep into the suicidal thoughts and i couldnt believe that they were saying the truth. I tried sucide after meeting with them once, i dont even know why. Now they dont text me, i havent seen them in two months. I dontt have hope. Yhey hate me, and without them, i cant live. Why should i live?
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YourAverageDude.
hey just to let you know im suicidal and my friend always watched this to try to make me stop but i ended up beating him up and almost killed him so yeah this video doesent do anything at all.
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hey just to let you know im suicidal and my friend always watched this to try to make me stop but i ended up beating him up and almost killed him so yeah this video doesent do anything at all.
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chadrick
i need someone to be this person for me because i'm this person for my friend relentlessly and its so much baggage its making me even more suicidal than i already am i cant do this anymore bru
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i need someone to be this person for me because i'm this person for my friend relentlessly and its so much baggage its making me even more suicidal than i already am i cant do this anymore bru
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Missile101
I sadly lost my cousin to suicide, and after that I always wanted to help people who are suicidal, so I looked at this video to see how to help, thank you.
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I sadly lost my cousin to suicide, and after that I always wanted to help people who are suicidal, so I looked at this video to see how to help, thank you.
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RobotBoyTRB
This makes me so sad
Not only because people go through this. But I'm also scared of the thought of my friends taking their own life.
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This makes me so sad
Not only because people go through this. But I'm also scared of the thought of my friends taking their own life.
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Nils
I have suicidal thoughts myself but i dont i dont know how to explain it i dont think i need help or am sad but i do at the same time
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I have suicidal thoughts myself but i dont i dont know how to explain it i dont think i need help or am sad but i do at the same time
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Syed
As my favorite character Aloysius O' Hare once said Let it Die, Let it Die
(Btw, this is a joke, don't actually kill yourself)
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As my favorite character Aloysius O' Hare once said Let it Die, Let it Die
(Btw, this is a joke, don't actually kill yourself)
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ROADHouse702
as someone that constantly has suicidal thoughts, its very difficult to help/give advice to someone that also has them
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as someone that constantly has suicidal thoughts, its very difficult to help/give advice to someone that also has them
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taxable
Good ending: It not good abount suicidal so just playing some game or play some basketball don't be afraid
Bad Ending:
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Good ending: It not good abount suicidal so just playing some game or play some basketball don't be afraid
Bad Ending:
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tpan
I am left alone have insomnia see shadows constant stress constant deep depression due to too much stress and lifewise
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I am left alone have insomnia see shadows constant stress constant deep depression due to too much stress and lifewise
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Jaydin
I dont know what to say, but I have thought of killing myself before I still do to this day Im scared
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I dont know what to say, but I have thought of killing myself before I still do to this day Im scared
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