September 11th was a tragedy.. Yes? But what about the 10th? The day right before this day? September 10th is Suicide Awareness day and the only reason why I'm bringing this up is because its a very serious thing. The suicide rate went up 80% since the 1980's -90's. What leads to suicide? Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar? Any type of mental illness and sometimes no type of illness at all. Those who do commit can feel like nothing, helpless. We've all been there. Some stronger than others, but some of us can't take it anymore. I've had my share of attempts and/or thoughts. Why does this day go unnoticed? I believe that most people should be familiar with this day. If you have children, you may be thinking "oh s/he is a happy child. No problems at all!" Then bam! Out of nowhere they come out to you that those smiles were fake. Under their shirts, sleeves, pants, burn marks, scars? They've been purging or starving themselves because they think their fat. Self harm is self harm and none of this should be joked about. If you're one of those people going through any of this shit, you're not alone and you will survive. You will get through all this. To those who think that suicide is cowardly, think about it. What's cowardly is making people feel so bad they do want to end their lives. R.I.P to those who died in 9/11 and those who have ended their lives. Hate on this tread if you'd like. I just got real upset cuz this is a serious issue that doesn't go noticed very often. Love Panaaa PS sorry for grammar issues and such
I can't stand when someone's feeling suicidal and all people have to say is "that's so selfish and cowardly it's the easy way out" and continue saying negative things to the person. Does no one realize that saying those negative things only makes one feel worse and pushes them towards it more? The thought of suicide may seem selfish because the person is thinking about themselves but stop for a moment and think about it, they are thinking about themselves because they don't think anyone else cares enough about them, they don't think people want them here, someone who is suicidal isn't thinking about themselves in a selfish way, they're thinking that if they leave they're making the world a better place for the people around them. Instead of telling someone they're selfish or cowardly for wanting to kill themselves, tell them you're there for them. Being negative towards someone who is already feeling so down will not help! People need to realize that positivity is what helps not negativity. At the end of the day if a person commits suicide that's their choice but if even one person stepped up and was there for someone considering suicide, you could save their life. People just need to cut the negativity and step up, be there for someone instead of treating them like crap.
I totally support this thread and have had support in my status and been sharing it with friends all week. It's easy to say that a person is to weak until you hear what they have gone through in their life. It's true, everyone has shit to go through but some comes all at once, it's not within the control of the person, etc. Also depression is a medical condition, it is not simply being sad; you can be genetically predisposed to a lack of serotonin which can cause this. In any cause no one is replaceable. ?
Saying someone is weak because they are suicidal is pathetic. Actually it's beyond pathetic. People don't choose to have those thoughts and it certainly isn't a fun thing to be thinking about. Some people are absolutely disgusting.
Me too. I've had people tell me to kill myself while I've had the thoughts and I've had people tell me it's selfish to want to do it. Negative words only make people want to die even more. It's not a choice to have these thoughts and no one deserves to feel so bad about themselves that they think suicide is the only answer.
iEx, seriously, go fuck yourself. That is all. Respect to this thread I am a depression survivor, and I've lost family to suicide. Oh and iEx, you wanna know why suicide rates have gone up? -Cost of livings gone up -Unemployment has gone up -Divorce rates have gone up -Our men and women who served don't get the psychiatric help they should get and take their own lives because what they saw in the war zone. Because of the war, there have been more and more men and women at arms who kill themselves. -And the amount of jack asses like you have gone up to, so get your head out of your ass and learn some damn respect.
I totally support this thread.I lost someone so very close to me 2 years ago from suicide. It still affects me and my family alot.we often say if only we could of stopped her.I will always miss her & love her and just hope she is at peace..
It's so wrong to think that a suicidal person is weak.. they're not.. it's just that they've been too strong for so long that it already reached their breaking point.. and most of these people dont have enough emotional support.. so they try to suppress their feelings until they find out they can't take it anymore hence suicide
Wow seriously Sucidal people are not weak ..if you have nothing better to say i suggest you leave this thread alone.
What Jackie said. And guess what? We don't have any respect for you. You are seriously the most ignorant and rude person I have met on PIMD thus far.