Why do others think suicide is just an "attention-getter"?
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Honestly, because they are being ignorant. Or maybe they are scared and dont know how to help, so they just ignore it all together.
People say they are suicidal to get attention and sympathy. People who try it and don't succeed are just playing suicide and make sure that they do their dirty deed in such a way as to be found and rescued in plenty of time to save them. They do this to punish those around them and to gain sympathy and attention. Those who are successful and die are the ones who are truly selfish and self centered and kill themselves in some ignorant way of getting even with those left behind. "So you don't love me anymore, well I'll show you and kill myself and then you'll be sorry you didn't love me." They only hurt themselves but they are too stupid and narcissistic to realize it.
Because some people really do end up doing it to get attention.
Like the ones that walk around and are like "I want to kill myself."
"I'm going to kill myself."
"Ughh, kill me please."
"I'm hxc! And I like to slit my wristss."
But not all of them are.
To me it seems there are alot of fakers these days though.
But I have noticed most real suicidal people are more quiet about it.
And keep it a secret.
I have yet to figure out why people think that its suicidal if you have thoughts of it. My opinion is that if your having thoughts of it then you need help right away before you actually attempt it. My friends have stood beside me when I had thoughts and now I'm good. I'm really happy and I've done so well since then that I now know what I want to do with my life. If you are having thoughts of suicide please see a counselor they only have your best interests at heart.
im the same way i have it but i dont brodcast it i only use it in answers i dont tell any one who i am and i have already tried to get help but my own parents don't believe me! my own parents think im just doing it to get attention! so i have to pretty much keep it all insde i mostly share w/ my friend but still i dont do it for attentio all i want is help.. i dont want to be like this but no matter how i see it my life really isnt worth living i have very few things that keep me partly sane its not really far but ive learned to tune out all the ppl who say ppl who r suicidal just want attention. and wen that one bulliton about suicde and all that stuff is bad lets all stop it i dont repost it because the ppl who post it dont truely unerstand it y ppl do it its not because there nuts there insane its because it a last resort they dont have anything to live 4 really they need help but no one would open there eyes and give it to them.
alot of people feel its a cry for help and that the person wont do it but then are wrong as many say it and carry it out. many people also have no sympathy for anyone that does it or talks about doing it.
When things get tough the feeling of helpessness is a powerful mind altering state.
Some use cutting to relieve the pressure or use it to relieve any guilt.
Most self destructive act is not an act for attention..it's an act of giving up.
The problem with the "experts" is that those that commit self inflicting acts know why but will give some other reason why they do what they do.
I'm 44 and have thought about suicide many times in my life. When I was in Jr. high I started cutting...this lasted until I was at least in my 20's.
But I have been able to stop the cutting..but the suicide thing...is harder to stop thinking about.especiay when you think..will anyone miss me?
When I got married and had a kid..we were homeless..now I am looking to retire early...I already went through the hard parts of life..now it's just a matter of finishing with what I have or not.
well some people who talk about it briefly that actually go through it.The ones whom you think would never do IT are the ones who do it... but as i said some who talk it are naturally thinking it and will do it in time.maybe not right then but later they will.I had a friend talk about it for years and finally did it. everyone thought he was "crying wolf" and he was not. so you really don't know. I would worry either way and try and get that person some help professionally. he/or she is having emotional problems and need some help.. other may just be saying it to keep there relationship.. I mean some if there in love and the other wants to leave they may say "i will do this if you leave" those are the attention getter's mostly.. just leave they wont do it trust me... they are trying to make you feel guilty by saying you are going to leave and because they don't want to loose you.. but yes a person can do it and talk about it as well.they feel like nothing is good for them or they lost a lover or they lost someone close to them but remember the one they lost is looking over you and would NOT want you to take your life and that's the truth.. stay strong and believe in yourself.. something good will come to those who wait!!
I hope i made since and helped you.
Laura
I guess because suicide is an incomprehensible act to most of us and the true desperation of suicidal individuals is just really scary. I think suicidal people are beyond just being selfish, their actions might seem selfish but how can we try to put this in rational terms?
Another way of looking at it: some people might truly commit suicide to get back at someone or to make a point, but these people are few and far between, and they're mentally unsound anyway.
I wonder the same thing. I have depression and take medicines for it. That is one of the most severe side effects. I feel like taking my life certain days today is a good example. I haven't been able to work in 4 years. I have applied for disability but have been turned down. I just keep on appealing, but in the mean time I am in a financial bind big time. i am loosing things that I worked so hard for little by little. When I have no income it makes me think about taking my life. My husband is working very hard but we went from 2 incomes down to 1 and that has really hurt. I am the one that gets the mail and phone calls. I try to talk about it with my husband but to no avail. So today I have taking I don't even know how many pain pills and xanax. I do know that the pain pills have not touched my pain. so i just keep taking them. I also have not had a good night's sleep in 4 days now, so I am really ill at anyone that crosses my path the wrong way.
Good Luck.
Its a call for help, if a person does it to many times its like the boy who called wolf! people begin to believe you only want attention! I don't believe this I do think it is a call for help! But once you call for help you need to get help! Lots of people kill themselves and it is a bad thing all together, for one they are gone forever and for another it effects everyone they ever knew and it effects them in a bad way. It makes them very sad and lonely for that person. Life is to short to end it by your own hand! If you look around you most people could have a good life if they would only think, act and be positive! Life is hard! But it also has so much good and beauty in it! Good luck finding the answer that you need! hugs!
there is no second life... death is forever. people who commit suicide are selfish. they fix noone or nothing with suicide, they rob people who love them dearly of their presence... period...
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