I need a bit of help with this...will you help?!


Question: I need a bit of help with this...will you help.?
Ok, so for weeks now I have been trying to tell my therapist how suicidal I am. I used to get mad at him for not understanding that, but now I know I don't even reveal enough for him to have any idea of how serious it is. I need to write him a note and force myself to give it to him because I can't speak the actual words. I want it to be as un-awkward as possible. Can you give me some ways to start the note because I am at a loss...I want to include how I almost killed myself and that I don't trust myself. Health Question & Answer


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Your idea of writing the issue down is very good. That way you can read over it several times and make sure you have all your details down and in order.Start out with when you first had any suicidal ideations and go on from there. Talk about stressors and how you would commit suicide. I would also express the frustration of him not hearing what you are trying to express and ask ways of how to better express your self. Be realistic any time anyone speaks of suicide there is stress involved. be up front about plans you have had or do have. If you have any ideas of how to address the issue of suicide don't be afraid to make a suggestion. Be open about the fact that you don't feel you can open up to him. do you need a new counselor.? If you think you might also suggest that. And explain what you are seeking in a counselor.Its your life and if you are not invested in it, who is going to be. God Bless ReggieHealth Question & Answer

The answer from Mark is remarkable , great advice , I just wanted to chime in on how important it is for you to seek help right now .Find someone you trust and tell them.You won't be sorry, we all need a little help sometimes. good luck from some one whose been there.Health Question & Answer

I think u need a new thhearapist, some one you can open up to and talk to more easy I've read lots of articles on suicide, as I've tried to come to terms with exactly what it is that drives an apparently rational human being, sometimes someone who appears to be happy with everything going for them, to take their own life. One thing that I've concluded is that there are many different ways that someone can be driven to suicide.

One thing is for certain; suicidal thoughts are always precipitated by long or short-term periods of emotional or physical turmoil. However, those who attempt to commit suicide do not always do so amidst a big fanfare of showy emotionalism. They don't always mope around crying and sobbing before doing the deed. Sometimes suicidal thoughts come as a small, quiet voice in the dead of the night. Not a huge compulsion to do something terminal, but a quietly insistent suggestion from some destructive and deceptive part of your brain. And other times, suicidal thoughts come as a sudden impulse upon which people act before they have time to realize that they're not being rational. Before they realize that things won't always be as bad as they are now.

Sometimes such thoughts or compulsions come as a result of chemical imbalances in your brain causing depression and irrational thinking. Other times, they come as a result of emotional or physical assaults such as the death of a family member, splitting up with a partner, moving to a new, seemingly hostile town or school. Still other times, suicidal thoughts may come as a result of publicity in the media, from our peers or on the web.

I know it's not politically correct to talk about this, but I'm of the belief that web rings dedicated to people who've committed suicide, or to abused kids can actually place the thought of suicide so uppermost in people's minds that they might see it as a viable option ahead of getting counseling or talking to someone. My suggestion to you is to stay well clear of these rings. They may have started out as self healing, self-help
circles, but rather than elevating the mood of the general community, they eat at everyone's psyche like a cancer, painting a falsely negative picture of the world in which we live. Bad things do happen in the world, but linking them all together into a web-ring of misery serves no one.

remember ...Feeling suicidal does not make you a bad person.

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