Do you tell any friend about being suicidal?

[Voldmort]

There are days when I want to vent everything, but I know it will give shit.
My friends and teachers have already made themselves available to help me, for it is remarkable when I am depressed, but I never have the courage.

 

[miauimon]

I'm glad that your friends are able to cope with the situation, my friends are all overwhelmed with this topic and so I have to deal with it alone.

 

[Maravillosa]

I have told one real life friend about feeling suicidal. She was quite concerned. I also told my brother. He thinks that suicide is selfish.

 

[Miro]

There's nobody to tell anymore. When there were people, they knew I was depressed but not the extent of it.

 

[DreamFreedom]

Lol what friends

 

[Fucking loving it]

I have no friends. My family knows... they have lost faith in me.

 

[millefeui]

The one friend I have knows, but he pretends not to.

 

[jake]

i have always felt that this is strictly mine to deal with. it is unfair to burden anyone else with it, even if they express a willingness to help. i cannot explain it in a way that makes sense to anyone but me and even if i could, no one can possibly know what to say or do. it makes everything awkward and puts an unreasonable strain on the other person who cannot know how to help and feels a responsibility that is not theirs. i made the mistake of telling other people on two occasions. years ago, i broke down and told my wife who interpreted it, at different times, as a plea for attention (it wasn't), an effort to blame her (i'm not even sure what i was supposed to be blaming her for), and, most often, as an incredibly selfish thing to even think about because it would destroy my kids (she grossly underestimates them and overestimates my place in their lives). the second time i told anyone was in a supposedly anonymous message to a suicide help service. that one resulted in the police showing up at my place of employment (bizarrely, in full tactical gear), and me being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital for almost 2 weeks, after which i was fired from my job.

whether it is a good idea to tell friends or family (or anyone else) about what you're thinking depends on the other people in your life, i think. but for me, i will never, ever tell anyone anything. i will carry it all with me to my grave -- and very soon.

 

[EternalSanction]

I avoid talking about my feelings with any of my friends. One time I was drunk and fucked up though; luckily for me he brushed it off and blamed it on me being drunk so I got away with it.

 

[jaemus12]

Nope. Never had, never will until I die.

Although I do joke with one friend telling her that "if I stop replying one day you know to look at the obituary" because I eat too much junk food or dont exercise much or something along the lines of that.

All of my feelings are bottled and I release them on Sanctioned Suicide

 

[LifeSick]

My girlfriend knows, but she's also suicidal.

 

[Trashcan]

Some of my friends know about my mental history and that I've attempted suicide, but they have no idea I still think about it. Same with my family. But some of my friends have no clue about any of this. But most of my friends I met in the mental hospital.

 

[Lra888]

Vaguely. Not that I'm planning.

 

[TAW122]

Nobody knows that I am thinking of suicide, let alone planning for it and I cannot risk getting sent to a psych ward against my will or other consequences. They do know that I am depressed (or at least from what I deduced), but just not as much as thinking about suicide nor planning it. I plan to keep it quiet until my grave as I am NOT willing to take any chances with something that has very high stakes.

 

[Jen Erik]

I have three friends I talk about it with, but only because they feel the same way. Although it's most likely I won't tell them when I am ready to complete the plan because they have expressed things to me that suggest they would attempt to intervene.

 

[blueming]

Years ago I told some friends. I thought they cared about me, they might offer me a little comfort, but instead telling them isolated me. They started treating me differently, basically avoided and ignored me. I haven't shared my feelings with anyone else irl since.

 

[Voldmort]

My girlfriend knows, but she's also suicidal.

wow

 

[millefeui]

i have always felt that this is strictly mine to deal with. it is unfair to burden anyone else with it, even if they express a willingness to help.

The reason I told him (the friend) was because I wanted him to leave my life, for his own good. He refused. Even nowadays I still sometimes bring up the fact I will kill myself in a few years and probably break his heart, that is not too late to break his friendship with me, but it never works. I like him, don't get me wrong, I just want to hurt people the least possible.

 

[MachineGunDani]

I have no friends. My family knows... they have lost faith in me.

No friends...ummmmm... not true Lol

 

[MachineGunDani]

My bf is the only one who knows I'm suicidal. Everyone else knows I'm depressed tho

 

[Schopenhauer]

I don't have any actual friends, but if I had I wouldn't tell them. They can never understand how it feels.

Only one person knows about it, and she's suicidal too, so she never judged me.

 

[iglooblimp]

Made the mistake of telling a friend I know in real life. They weren't helpful at all. If anything, it seemed as though they were guilt tripping me for wanting to ctb. It's easier to tell people online, but not a lot of them are helpful. Here, though, the people are more understanding.

 

[Sayo]

My partner knows. Actually, most of the friends I've had in life have been aware since it's difficult to hide some kinds of drama. I just don't know that it's possible to not drag the ones who could understand down with me.

(I've mostly only been able to associate with other mentally ill people past a certain point.)

 

[wanttodie]

now one know I'm suicidal.

 

[Rocky M]

Only one. She's one of the reasons I want to ctb. Many here have heard me repeat my Story over and over, I won't say it again, but I feel guilty about everything I did, I shouldn't've told her.

 

[kaworu]

I don't have "friends", I have people who pretend to like me and pretend to laugh and share amusing anecdotes on social situations. Those are not people I could just spill my beans to or ask for emotional help. Maybe they would help if I asked assistance to move or if my car broke down. With this? Nope!

So I basically don't have anyone to tell, so my problem is sort of solved by itself.

 

[Deafsn0w]

i used to tell my friends that i was gonna kill myself and they called the cops on me. The cops brought me to the hospital. So i learned to keep it to myself. I cant tell anyone that i'm about to commit suicide.

 

[Schopenhauer]

i used to tell my friends that i was gonna kill myself and they called the cops on me. The cops brought me to the hospital. So i learned to keep it to myself. I cant tell anyone that i'm about to commit suicide.

Wow, gotta hate this fucking society. If you tell someone you want to rob a bank no one can put you in jail preemptively. Talk about suicide and it's allowed to lock you up in a hospital. Even if it's temporary, it's still outrageous.

 

[oldgray]

i have no friends but hypothetically speaking: if i couldn't be honest with them about my feelings i wouldn't consider them friends in the first place.

 

[TheGoodGuy]

Nope nobody want to listen to me both my brothers told me a few years back that they didn´t want to hear about it because it made them depressed to hear about it and I have no friend so I don´t tell anyone. However recently when I planned to ctb in August I got really desperate and anxious and was driving around at night and was really close to calling an old childhood friend who is from Norway but recently moved to Denmark but I decided against it because I know nobody will get it the only people who would get suicide is people with suicidal thoughts everyone else has just one goal when you tell them you´re suicidal and that is to stop you from doing it and that is very biased. Talking with suicidal people like on this forum it isn´t JUST about wanting to die we can talk pros and cons but we can´t do that with family or friends because they want agree with the pro´s we come up with for them "it´s just about being positive" smh!