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| | Repercussions of a suicidePage 4 of 4 (1, 2, 3, 4) | I agree with every word sprite just said above.
As I said on another thread my 16 year old granddaughter attempted suicide last december. She saw no hope, no future for herself, and I felt her despair, I wont go into all the personal reasons why but her reasons were clear, and valid.
For a 16 year old with all of her adult life in front of her not to want to go on, for her to want to lay down and never see another day is sad, more than sad.
She took between 84 and 96 paracetemols, the doctor said she meant it, she wanted to die.
She was found, per chance, and we saved her, I never want to experience that again, and more than that I hope she doesn't.
A year later things have improved slightly, with ups and downs granted, but now she has some hope in her life thankfully.
My heart goes out to others here that have lost their nearest and dearest. Suicide is not a cowards act, it is not selfish, I see it as sad beyond words and quite honestly the experience left me feeling, amongst all the other emotions, helpless.
The repercussions were we watched her like hawks for the immediate weeks afterwards, she was always escorted to shops so she could not buy more pills, not given money, tried eveything to get her focused again, sleepless nights worrying about her.
She didn't get up, she didnt eat, she didnt bathe...then my son offered her a break in Germany where his regiment is based, she agreed to go...it worked, she went, it broke the cycle, got her out of her depressing environment, she stayed,got into school there,made friends...we got her back
Now she is back in the UK and has managed to get into a college, she has met a lovely boy too...we can finally breathe out ...a little...still cautious... | |
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Posted: 9/24/2011 10:18:06 AM |
Then there is another form of suicide trauma that those nearest and dearest to the person go through which is witnessing someone who is slowly killing themselves with an addiction, who can't stop/won't stop, despite advice and support given to them.Their grief begins well before the eventual death of the addict occurs.
I agree and I would also say that grief begins for those who are suicidal for years. There is a form of PTSD called Cumulative PTSD which can often affect families of those who have been suicidal for prolonged periods of time, years of fire fighting have an impact eventually. | |
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Posted: 9/25/2011 9:06:38 AM | "These people probably feel that no one would care if they were gone and the world would be a better place without them."
Having experienced depressive episodes, that is exactly how I have felt.
Objectively, it is "selfish" but in many cases, it is an illness.
Relying on other people saying there is "hope" doesn't always do the trick, sadly - for all the scorn poured on medication, that is often where it plays a crucial role - to get you to a point where you can start to believe in that "hope".
My heart goes out to those personally touched by this. | |
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Posted: 9/25/2011 9:13:35 AM | Every instinct, every biological urge we have is hard coded into us to ensure our survival. just try and hold your breath for a few minutes and you'll see what i mean. i can't imagine how much suffering these poor people were going through for their brains and minds to accept a self induced death. sincerely, my heart goes out to you all who've been first or second parties to this  | |
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Posted: 9/25/2011 2:42:46 PM | I once had a doctor discuss his issues with regard to my medication. I currently take Phenylbutazone for arthritis in my spine, co-codamol for general pain relief (including migrane since a major no-fault car smash) & zopliclone, because of sleep-pattern problems. All this lot needs ranitidene to help sooth an extremely irritated stomach....
The well intention individual was extremely concerned that the above was frequently accompanied by a liberal amount of scotch, he pointing out that most of it, including the whiskey, slowed the heart, and could therefore possibly result in something more permanent than a night's sleep....
I was forced to concede that he was right, but countered this by informing him that I had no appropriate next-of-kin and no one of any import in my life, save my cat, who was provided for in my will. I am one of the countless souls in this world who nobody will truly miss.
I attempted suicide when I was 18 and bullied, and nothing much has changed, apart from the fact that I am now (much) older, and refuse to take sh*t from anyone.......
I think these patterns are set very early, and we either learn to cope with them, or not.
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Posted: 10/25/2011 4:59:00 PM | unfortunetly most nursing staff in mental hospitals and nhs hospitals are pretty incompetant , they dont really want to be doing the job there getting paid for , i was in a/e in north middlesex hospital twice both times i had to vitually beg for WATER ,i was told at 1 stage to get up and go to the tap even though i was wearing heart monitoring equipment. i was told by the ambulance drivers that took me there that transport home would be arranged as it was late at night , when it was time for me to go at about 4 in the morning i was told no such thing exsists and to walk home even though a couple of hours earlier i was being treated for irregular heartbeat , the nurse that rufused transport home was really rude about it , your story is not uncommon unfortunetly . when the time is right your kid will understand why this happened dont worry .
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Posted: 10/25/2011 5:14:23 PM | | Hospital staff are notoriously short tempered with suicide attemptees, I think some of it is the feeling that they're wasting their time, that whatever they do will probably tried to be undone fairly soon anyway, and that it's taking time away from those who really want to live. | |
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