Do suicide thoughts ever go away?

[LifeSucks39]

Do suicide thoughts ever subside?

 

[JB1999]

No way of correctly answering this question as it completely depends on the person and reasons they feel suicidal

 

[TotallyIsolated]

For me they get louder and quieter, but they're always there. Sometimes its like water off a ducks back and I can deal with it no problem, but other times they're persistent and intrusive and I feel powerless against them.

 

[Life_and_Death]

they can. to a degree. but it takes a lot of work and like @JB1999 said, it really depends on the person. if youd like someone to talk to though youre always welcome to PM me :)

 

[Cherrypea]

Mine went away from age 18 when I left home but re surfaced after I had my first child. Again went for a while but have been gradually coming back over the last few years and particularly bad at the moment. I think once your brain has these thoughts there's always going to be a predisposition towards it.

 

[someone02]

How could they go away if problem(s) don't.

 

[Deleted member 17949]

For me they do get to the back of my mind at times but they are never really gone

 

[XYZ]

When I'm busy and need to focus my attention on something else, yes they go away. But they come back as soon as my brain is off the mental treadmill and I remember how fucked up I am.
How about you?

 

[sadstuffie]

In my experience, no. Even if things were perfect, I would still be suicidal.

 

[LostAllHope7651]

Do suicide thoughts ever subside?

I don't think they ever do, am on 200g of sertraline highest dose and I still think about it most days xxxz

 

[Mitokondrium]

Suicide is always in the back of my mind, for me it is like a bad habit.

 

[wanttodie]

no i thank about all the time

 

[Jblack]

While I think about suicide all the time, actually acting on CTB varies. There are days when I feel that this is the time. Other days, I just go through the motions without feeling but I am not ready to exit. I have planned my exit and gathered all that I think I will need. Somehow on the days that I feel I am ready to exit, I just don't seem to have the energy to do it.

 

[muffin222]

I don't think they go away completely. I think if stressors disappear from a person's life, the suicidal thoughts can subside, but I think that they can be triggered back into the forefront of the consciousness if stressful conditions resume. I think that these suicidal thoughts form mental pathways in the brain that never truly vanish; they just weaken with time if not used consistently enough

 

[Thegoldenapples]

Everyone's different. Mine was intense and then I got upset because Ive come to terms with and I know I need to. It's something that is just unavoidable for me in my situation though. If I don't, I'll be stuck in bed sick for the rest of life suffering from illness and that's not living. I know people where it's just been temporary and they are glad they stayed. It's a decision that should be very carefully thought out.

 

[lostangel]

For some people yes but for me they temporarily subside but eventually come back.

 

[BPD Barbie]

For me they go up and down, I can have periods where I don't feel suicidal as much and thus I dont visit the forum, but they always seem to come back with a vengeance. I think it's something that once it's there, you have to learn to live with it, it sort of becomes engrained in who you are.

 

[AlreadyGone]

For me they don't. Yes they do go into the back of my mind say when I am at work or busy with something. Once I settle down for the evening, they all come rushing back because my mind keeps revisiting the problems that I have not been able to fix; which ultimately caused my depression and all.

 

[LenkaX]

I have suicidal thoughts since my 21 (now I'm 37) and I must say that it only gets worse and worse with time.

 

[vacant_n]

It's just a matter of how easy it is to push them back. When I'm doing well they'll still pop into my head but I'll think "What? No, that's stupid." When I'm doing badly it's nearly all I can think about. Even at my best I've always had trouble really believing that I'll die any other way.

 

[TAW122]

It is dependent on the person, his/her personal circumstances (including the environment one is in), and more. In short, I don't think they ever permanently go away. However, I do believe that suicidality is basically like a tug of war, you never fully get rid of it, but learn how to manage, hold on, and cope; until you cannot anymore.

 

[Burned out]

How could they go away if problem(s) don't.

I say to this either something comes along that's so good it stops the suicidality, or the other possibility is that it was a lack of something good enough in the first place, so a problem, like you said.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

It might depend on what is causing your suicidal thoughts.

 

[TimeToBiteTheDust]

They only go away when I sleep. But I'm suicidal most part of the day. They fade when I do things that require lot of concentration.
They only go away when I sleep. But I'm suicidal most part of the day. They fade when I do things that require lot of concentration.

 

[Squiddy]

They come and go for me

 

[Ghost2211]

I can see how suicidal thoughts can end if ones life changes in such a way that a person is no longer suffering. I think when we are deep in suicidal feelings they will always be part of the narrative that is our lives.

It seems for me at least that becoming suicidal changed the way I look at the world. Possessions aren't very important, I don't fear death or sickness, and I take things with a grain of salt since I have a way out if it gets too hard. Suicide became a safety blanket of sorts that can always be remembered and snuggled if needed.

 

[mathieu]

I very occasionally have times when I feel better and don't want to die at that time, like now, but it's always my long term plan because I don't want to get old.

 

[alexit]

They seem like two different questions.

 

[Moonbounce]

Now that I've resigned to passing at some point in the near future, I can put the thought on the backburner when I need to focus on a task at hand. But do they ever go away? Not really. Not recently.

 

[elyayamama]

temporarily yeah. (for me, I can't speak for others) but I've been having these thoughts since I was a child. I'm 30 now. I never wanted to live this long. i still dont. I want to die. but I fail every time. my most "successful" attempt, if you will(obviously not successful because here i am), was an OD when i was 16. my mom had left for work around 7 am (I stayed home from school that day) and was not supposed to return home til around 4. she decided to come home around like 8 or 9 and found me and called an ambulance. if not for that, I would have been successful