suicide | ADHD Information

how do you feel about it ?

Don't fancy the idea much myself, to be perfectly honest. I kinda like it here in the World of the Living, despite all its faults.

Mark -

I've been very depressed before but I'm glad I never killed myself. I'm not depressed now.

I guess if I ever get depressed again in the future I'll remember that.

I feel like there is ALWAYS hope and that you never know what's around the corner.

The only time I ever thought about it was when I was WAY to into myself and my problems. I beleive in a God, and if I get too down on myself, I try to focus on helping someone else or appreciating someone else of God's creations, and that usually gives me the perspective I need to take a deep breath and push on.

Since I just found out the other day that I'm not a bad or incompetent person, I'm full of hope that I may be able to beat ADD and live in peace, or at least a more normal version of life....both good and bad.

Never ever give up hope. Maybe God meant for you to save someone elses life by setting an example of strength and faith.

The ultimate act of selfishness. Do you have any idea what it does to those left behind? I do, if only somewhat. I would never, EVER kill myself just because I was feeling hopeless or depressed. Feelings are transient, death is not.

I have never had any interest in harming myself. I may be broke and have a fat butt, but I enjoy being alive :)

Oh and the whole forgetting about stuff is annoying but I get by.

[QUOTE=DesertHanyou] The ultimate act of selfishness. Do you have any idea what it does to those left behind? I do, if only somewhat. I would never, EVER kill myself just because I was feeling hopeless or depressed. Feelings are transient, death is not. [/QUOTE]

I don't think people are thinking rationally when they are in that much despair. Plus, they probably think that no one will miss them anyway.

This is true.

Unfortunately some people who are in a suicidal mindset might not be thinking so rationally at the time.

I was this way at one point, I had thought about it, and considered it, ESPECIALLY when I got really angry and felt like my life was just spiraling downhill....I got help for in though, and now I am a LOT better. Those days are behind me now.

People who commit suicide successfully are usually in so much despair that they don't even think about how the people they leave behind will feel. Unless you have been in that situation I don't image any of us know how we would react. I have never felt like commiting suicide and I can't image that I ever would so it is really hard for anyone who hasn't been there to understand that feeling.

That being said, I have experienced being on that side of suicide through my husbands family. I can tell you that it is devastating to the people left behind and I would encourage anyone who is contemplating suicide to seek help.

gettingagrip38449.3295486111I think it is always an irrational decision. Pain and pleasure are often outside our control, but they are temporary states. Happiness is what matters, and that always depends upon choices we make in the future, and thus is never a lost cause.