by Screwloose

Created on: March 04, 2008

Feeling suicidal is extremely petrifying. One minute life is worth living and the next minute it is not. The pain is so deep it is hard to just sit down and talk to anyone who might not care whether you live or die. One thing that is critical is that you take them seriously.

A person can be on the borderline of destruction and the slightest gesture of understanding can prevent a suicide. Listening is so critical.

The feelings a suicidal person has, are so intense that anything can set the action of suicide in motion. Never ever say ' just shake it off ' or ' your not serious '.

Do Not leave a suicidal person alone. It can be devastating. The person is in a lot of emotional pain. Having felt suicidal many a time, I knew that I did not want to commit suicide, but the feelings were so intense that I even took a gun and fired a shot into the ground and then knew I needed to seek help immediately. Many times, we are in so much pain that it is difficult to even see clearly enough to do something that might save our lives.

One sign of someone who is intent about committing suicide is their talking about it. Someone who doesn't talk about it but starts getting rid of their personal stuff is also at a high risk.

I have personally been suicidal many times. I suffer from Bipolar Disease and it is a common problem among those who have bipolar to attempt suicide or have the intense urges just because of the nature of the disease. Depression causes so much pain and many times suicide will result. I'm not talking about simple blues. I'm talking about a depression so deep that a person can no longer see any possible way that life can go on or has any purpose. A depression so deep that breathing is hard, every day tasks are impossible to do and even personal hygiene (shower,brush your teeth)are just too hard to do. This is a miserable deep depression and unfortunately many people have died after having committed suicide.

Understanding suicide can be so difficult for those on the outside looking in, but just a simple hug or an ear can mean the difference between life and death for those in such torment.

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