I am just wondering whether there are people who believe they have true friends/ girlfriend/ boyfriend/ family but who are suicidal nevertheless. I am not judging reasons to suicide, I am just interested. Because if there aren’t then getting friends is a no-brainer for suicidal persons.
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Maybe having friends or family is the reason why people are suicidal.
my wife drove me to attempt
i have a platonic soul mate /partner (its really hard to explain but) she’s the only thing that keeps me balanced.
i always feel like im too much of a burden to her and that pushes a lot of my suicidal thoughts, because she means the entire world to me.
wasn’t it more like her ditching you that drove you to attempt?
But then those friends or family are the reason to suicide which means they aren’t true friends or family.
@orphaner: so its the fear of losing true friends that makes you suicidal?
You don’t choose your family, you are stuck with the people you are related to.
You choose your friends, but they can let you down or be something other than you thought.
Happiness does not come from dependency on others.
“Happiness does not come from dependency on others.”
What is love but the greatest dependency to another person in your life?
Of course the ‘usual friend’ or ‘divorced wife’ is not what I am talking about. Rather a ‘soul-mate’.
“I do not expect anything from other people, therefore I should not be offended if other peoples actions do not coincide with my wishes”. – A. Swami
Some of us have lost the ability to “get friends” or maybe have always lacked it.
No offense, Clair de Loon, but you should see about getting the sand that’s lodged in your vagina removed.
Is there such a thing as a “soulmate”? at times i wonder if it’s just people convincing themselves in order to stop looking… either that, or some people are just lucky when looking and some not, lol
@RenoBill: same with me. I was just wondering whether it is worth to keep looking for friends and whether that would solve my depression.
@C4: That actually is an offense no matter how much you qualify it. I am not going to delete your comment because I think its damn hilarious! Btw I dont have a vagina.
A matching shoe…that’s a solemate.
A person can still be suicidal even if he/she has friends and family. No one can get rid of that emptiness inside except for yourself.
That’s like saying if you have friends, you shouldn’t get cancer.
A lot of depression is chemical imbalance, more usually caused by a reaction to human cruelty.
@z007: Im not denying the possibility of having true friends and being suicidal. I just wonder how many people are like that and what their reasons to suicide are.
@vedura: The question is whether having true friends has a positive impact on suicidal tendencies, and how much of an impact that will be.
I have friends, I suppose, but I had to leave them. I couldn’t handle their smiles anymore. When I went places with my friends, they bored the crap out of me. All of the other teenagers also seemed so immature and superficial to me. To be honest, I seem to enjoy being alone, because I find solace in knowing that I will never have to fake happiness in front of so many people.
True friends are the jewels in the crown of life. But they cannot solve all one’s difficulties. Suicidal depression has a physical chemical imbalance component that requires medical intervention. That friend can be invaluable in support. To know someone cares is very importaant. But one must still seek treatment–both therapy and pharmaceutical.
Why are you sure of that? With every mental illness there is always the mind-component which we can control and the chemical component which we cant control. Both have an influence on the outcome of the illness. Just removing the mind-component on which true friends have an impact is impossible. And the fact that at most one person here has true friends supports this opinion, although I doubt whether that really were true friends.
I survived for 45 years with suicidal depression. It was hell. An anti-depressant has really helped!! Suicide is not simply a situational problem. As I posted before, having friends doesn’t cure cancer. It may support you through treatment in an invaluable way. But they are not the cure.
I know, ClairDeLune, because I’ve lived it!