Suicide .... you know someone like that?

So I have been dealing with an issue for a while, I met this person online and this person is younger than me and we been friends for a while now. We have been getting close and closer and we often share our issues in life and also our dreams and such, and I made a conclusion that this person is really sweet and wishes nothing more than having a normal life striving for his/her dreams as an artist.

Now here is the problem ....... she/he often writes stuff that makes it look like she/he often thinks about suicide and such and I can understand her/him, since at home it is not going well so smooth. Also she/he has been dealing with some typical drama and such, but I was always there to read her/his words and also respond maturely and wise so this person cannot fall into a hole deeper.

His/her final words were that he/she might leave this life soon and thanked everyone who tried to help her/him with his/her issue ... ever since then ... she/he hasn't been active at all, and I might fear the worst, that she/he might have pulled the plug and decided to end it. ( I really miss this person, we started calling each other siblings in a japanese language )

That is pretty much my issue that I am dealing with and also one of the few I know that have suicidal thoughts.

My friend for about 5 and a half years ago committed suicide because he got dumped from his girlfriend and he ended it with a blaze of pathetic glory.

So my question is ...

Do you know anyone with suicidal thoughts or have already committed it and also, did you wished you could have changed their destiny.

I myself have not had a friend commit suicide.

Most of them however, have been self destructive/deeply depressed at one point.

Ive known a few people like that, but Ive never had a friend commit suicide. Although today my friend said that his friend killed herself, I cant imagine the feeling.

My best friend was a cutter for awhile. Actually a few months ago. When he told me he was going to start doing drugs, I told him I would knock his teeth out for it. He has practically no self-esteem (he knows this) and it's quite possible he would have gone for his jugular had I not been around and not been his confidant.

As for what you said about your friend's....artistic words....I have personally written down a few things (particularly in the past week; words just kept coming) that are quite dark that slightly reflect on my inner-self that no one knows about.

I did have suecidal thoughts for a while and continue to have them from time to time but i never knew of someone else that had them

I never knew anyone that was suicidal, or at least told me about it.

I myself was admitted into a ward when I called the suicide hotline one too many times. It's boring as hell in there by the way.

My eldest brother has suicidal thoughts, I don't have those thoughts, But sometimes I think of hurting myself for stupid things I've done, like making others around me sad.

I had a friend in high school that we were told committed suicide... Just down the street from my house. As it turns out he was murdered by his abusive father with a point-blank shot from a 12 gauge. I have a BDU jacket from when I was in JROTC with his, and several other, signatures on it. It makes me sad to look at it now.

Most people, if not all, at least know someone who has had or is having suicidal thoughts. Most of the times we don't bother to notice or think lightly of it. The truth is, at least from my experience, is that people who are open about it are less likely to do it. If they are open about having suicidal thoughts it's because they are already seeking help, which should be given if anyone cares. If they are secretive about it, more than likely it's more serious than it seems. Even though your "friend" has not said anything to you directly about it the fact that you can tell by things he has posted publicly on the internet makes me think he is closer to the first situation. Having that in mind the friend in question is probably just taking a timeout from everything, which may be good or bad, depending on who's around to support him. My guess would be you are overreacting by thinking he offed himself but not about his depressive state.

In all honesty I believe there's nothing you can do. Internet friendship is entirely different from real life friendship. As much as you care for someone there is no substitution for the face to face interaction. So many body language cues are missed, not to mention you can only reach a person over the internet if they themselves are willing to, which is incredibly hard when suffering from depression.

I understand you were not looking for advice, so I'll get back on topic. Yes I do know people who have suicidal thoughts, no I do not know anyone that has killed themselves, at least to my knowledge. If I had ever known someone who did I would obviously wish to be able to have changed their destiny, as I expect any decent person to. Would I be capable of? I have no idea. It's an extremely delicate matter. The only thing I'm sure of is that negligence is the worst thing is those cases.

Don't suicide threads belong to SD?

OT: I dont care.

Luckily i don't know anyone who have tried to commit suicide or have thoughts about it. Anyway, suicide isn't the right way to solve problems.

I knew a friend like that. He'd cross roads with fast-moving cars a few times and did crazy stuffs like punching, kicking and headbanging tables, a mirror and a wall. All just because he's heartbroken. But he had calm down a few weeks after all those incidents. I wonder how he is right now.

A few people I know belong to that category, although none of them have committed one. I do not wish to change their minds, for its their lives and their choices.

There was a kid in my high school who hung himself. I wasn't really friends with him but I have talked to him a few times before.

My cousin committed suicide.

I had the urge to end myself a couple of times. Living in physical pain for the rest of my life sucks. You either deal with it/get help/or just dance with the razor. Depression is a weird thing. Amitriptyline help my nerve pain... weird the best meds for nerve pains are anti-seizure and mood medications.

Suicidal thoughts get you nowhere. I've been extremely frustrated recently and the thought has entered my mind a few times, but I've just shrugged it off less than a minute after it appeared. From my experiences, telling someone about it is the worst thing you can do. I was brought to a hospital to do a "test" that I had no idea what it was about, and was admitted to a place to "cure" me. After that, I had to go to a "special" high school to monitor me. Those were the worst four fucking years of my entire life. There is absolutely nothing that could possibly be worse than that hellhole. It nearly fucked destroyed me. It ultimately led to me not telling anybody about any problems that I've had, since I've learned that telling someone that has power in my life will make it a lot worse than actually helping.

And that's my rant. I've no idea how to combat depression from a bystander point, and my method of dealing with it is generally a risky method for anyone with a truly unstable mind.

I was like that for 3 months in my sophomore year of highschool it all stared with my biology teacher, I did not like bio at all so when I asked for help in the class the teacher would call me an idiot and a dumb ass all the time and not even help me. Even during the middle of class at least 4-5 times every day. After 3 months of this it really went down hill.

I couldn't play football because of grades and my Arts teacher was always complaining that I drew anime or drew things related to anime in the projects she gave out. so my grades were terrible and I gave up on everything and I thought about offing myself so I could get away from all of this. A week later my mom noticed I was sleeping a lot and not eating. I would sleep for 16-20 hours a day and not eat a thing.

I went into the doctor and he said my thyrod was so out of whack that my depression was so severe that he said I'm very surprised you didn't think of taking your own life. He gave me 3 different pills and within 2 days I felt like a different person. and I look back on how i thought of my position all those years ago and committing suicide is a nothing but a selfish/pussy way to go out.

I would had made my parents so sad and all my friends sad. All i'll say is this: Once you've hit rock bottom the only other way to go is up.

I've had a friend kill himself. He wasn't suicidal, however - just got drunk, went joyriding in his friend's car and drove around on the country roads, and they're hazardous enough for any sober person. I don't know the whole story but he crashed and instantly got killed. Took me a while to come to terms with it because I'd spoken to him about 12 hours beforehand and didn't go to his funeral. Was invited, but had no way of getting there as it was held in London (I don't know my way around), I was broke at the time and nobody was willing to take me in their car. [size=10]Fucking pricks.[/h] I still question why it was held in London when he didn't live there.

Otherwise I know a good handful of people who are suicidal/self destructive/depressed (one an ex from my teenage years) and they've only ever self harmed. Most of them just look for attention and will not, under any circumstances, take any advice relating to seeing a psychiatrist about it. The ones who have done something about it though have improved over the past year.

Meh you guys hijacking this thread with your problems. How you treat your suicidal acquaintances would be a better read.