Have you ever met someone who attempted suicide?

[Mauve87]

In therapy I met someone who showed me her self harm scars, so in turn I opened up about my suicide attempt.
She couldn't relate at all and told me she never tried something like that

The topic seems to disturb people and I feel guilty for bringing it up.

Should I just keep it to myself? I don't want to trigger people.
I wish I could talk to someone who understands. I feel extremely alone in this.

 

[gonnaregretthis]

I feel like i know a lot of people who have attempted suicide and i have myself. i remember in college, before i made my attempt one of my closest friends at the time told me about the attempt like a day after it happened. they tried to OD on their left over meds and it did not work at all. i remember feeling guilt at not knowing that this happened and knowing that if they had not told me that id never know. i think thats part of the shock for people? suicidal people, including myself, are really good at masking. even if you appear depressed, we can mask just enough to pass as "normal" to everyone. i remember my therapist was so upset that she had no idea that i was even thinking of ctb when i tried. that was on purpose of course. masking is necessary to blend in to society so we're not institutionalized and so if we are serious abt cbt no one can stop us....... so yeah
anyway long story short it definitely freaks people out.