Are you suicidal?

This seems to be a common problem that many people who are suicidal keep to themselves, often because people will judge or think the person just wants attention.
I have been closet suicidal my whole life and wont even tell therapists or anyone because of those reasons. I haven't done it for a few reasons such as I have unfinished business and also don't want to set a bad example, but I will not be surprised if I someday do.

I'm wondering how many people are this way.

yes 42
no 36
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Comments ( 23 )
  • Pika-girl

    Yeah... but I knew I would regret it later...

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    • anti-hero

      How can dead people regret?

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      • Pika-girl

        I believe in stuff like afterlife.

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  • ㅤㅤㅤ

    Not anymore. No sucpicidal thoughts in three months after my hospitalization. *throws confetti*

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  • MonAmour

    If you are constantly instigating drama then sure it may come off as attention seeking. It took a decade for me to properly manage this thrilling idea of ending my life. Being able to feel such highs it is no wonder the lows match. Took awhile to realize other people do not feel this spectrum of emotion.

    Now it seems like an old friend that I no longer acknowledge. "Not today. I'm not done yet. Maybe tomorrow."

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    • I'm one of the least dramatic people I know.

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  • bellatrice

    What a horrible little wankstain you are to be not at all suicidal but glorying in those who are.

    What's your unfinished business? Being a bigger twat than you already are?

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  • mamashortcake

    I have scars all over my body. Had to have staples put in my wrist because I was so close to killing myself. It's not worth it in the end to be honest with you. Think of your family and make life what you want it to be. Its when I get upset that I go for it the most. I"m always so unhappy. I'm giving advice that people give to me. And there is medication that can help with that if you talk to the right person.

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  • dom180

    Not that I distinctly remember. Possibly when I was a younger teenager, although a lot of that is a blur, but definitely not now. I'm a very long way from suicidal.

    Therapists aren't meant to be judgmental like that.If you want help, you have to open up to them. Otherwise there's really no point. The worst that can happen is that they do judge you, in which case you can stop bothering with them and find a better therapist.

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  • thr

    I have been suicidal/had a death wish most of the time within the last five years. At the moment, I'm not.

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  • Yes, ish. I plan on offing myself at 25.

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    • Incomplet

      Why 25?

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      • I'm not sure. I always thought that if I was ever going to that 25 would be the age, for no reason. Soon after I just thought of reasons as to why such as looking young while I die so that I die with my looks, as conceited as that sounds.

        I'm sure that I will be a coward and not go through with it but I am frequently thinking about it and trying to convince myself to do it at 25.

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  • wistfulmaiden

    I was suicidal two years ago. It was a combination of the wrong medications and culminating issues...I actually tried try to hurt myself and ended up in a mental hospital. I remained suicidal for about 4 months after that, when the correct meds started working, I kind of came out of the haze. I knew I was getting better when the thought of hurting myself became disturbing rather than appealing.

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  • Karmasbitch

    think of suicide everyday. what is weird is.. I am subconsciously, throughout the years, creating a plan. it has been a slow process but I am pretty sure I know the gist of what would go down.

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  • VirgilManly

    Although not recently, I have thought about it in the past. I suppose I talked myself out of it by realizing it really is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

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  • KeepsakeDoll

    I used to be.

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  • KeddersPrincess

    Nope. I've always been the kind of person that, when things go wrong, I lash out at other people, not myself.

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  • Shrunk

    I wouldn't say i am because i know people have it a lot worse so i shouldn't complain, but i do have the thoughts, they aren't really my own thoughts though. the only reason i don't want to die is because i don't want my family to be sad. I do whatever would make them happy. I don't want to kill myself because i think it's a waste of a perfectly well functional human that can be used for others who are capable of happiness since there isn't anything i personally want to do with myself. i wouldn't mind getting really sick though. last time i was at the doctor they asked "do you have suicidal thoughts" and i started to panic not knowing what to say, because i'm not suicidal but i have those nagging thoughts telling me to kill myself and the desire to hurt myself, but the fact i would never actually do it because of shame and the idea of all the things they would go through if i said yes, i just said no..

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  • Incomplet

    I'm not suicidal at the time being but I have been formerly suicidal. Remember that even though it isn't illegal to kill yourself, it doesn't mean you should take your own life.

    If you need someone to talk to, I'm around.

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    • anti-hero

      Actually it is illegal to commit suicide in a lot of places. They just can't punish you for it.

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      • Incomplet

        Really? I knew assisted suicide and attempted suicide are illegal but I never heard of the act of successfully do so being labeled illegal.

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        • anti-hero

          A lot of strange laws are still on the books. At least in some American states.

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