How does a suicidal person really feel?
How does a suicidal person really feel?
Below is a excerpt from a suicidal patient taken from a recorded session with their psychologist.
Lets go through it together. We will call the patient Joe for privacy
Joe: ...."I feel so sad these days extremely lonely. I have to face the world alone. I think I am going mental. I just feel like dying. I feel like selling my soul to the devil for a few years of happiness, after all am I not tormented right now. I
question my faith in God on a daily basis.
Dr: "What would make you happy?"
Joe: "I don’t now what I want anymore, or even whether I can get it. My mind goes round and round in circles never resolving
to do one thing. I am suicidal to say the least. I am overcome by a feeling of desolation a feeling of complete emotional
isolation. I just want someone to love me so I can love them back. I just want to be happy like everyone else. Maybe I deserve to be like this. Maybe I should just die."
"I feel so sad these days"
Joe makes it apparent immediately that he is unhappy. The phrase "these days" suggests that Joe has had many happy days prior
to the onset of depression. Most suicidal people are perfectly normal people living their happy lives until something dramatic happens to upset them.
"I question my faith in God...."
Joe has begun to question the very core of his being. Being a believer in God he has began to ask why. Suicidal people who
are of a deeply religious background constantly seek divine intervention which never comes.
"I don't even know what I want"
He does not care anymore about his needs and has given up hope of ever fulfilling them. This is a hallmark of suicidal
people. An overwhelming sense of hopelessness has set in.
..."Maybe I deserve to be like this. Maybe I should just die..."
Joe supposes that he deserves to suffer like this. He also suggests that he should just die.
Joe exhibits all symptoms of suicidal depression. Not only is he depressed but actually confirms he has thought about death as a solution to his problems.
It turns out Joe found his girlfriend cheating with a neighbor.
Joe never attended further sessions with his psychologist.
Unfortunately he ended up taking his life as well as that of his girlfriend.
To the reader if this article describes how you feel is how you feel about life I appeal to you. Stop and think. There are
people out there you can talk to and find answers to what is tormenting you.
Reach for the telephone, dial the suicide hotline in your area and start talking.
Seek Help NOW before its too late!
Below is a excerpt from a suicidal patient taken from a recorded session with their psychologist.
Lets go through it together. We will call the patient Joe for privacy
Joe: ...."I feel so sad these days extremely lonely. I have to face the world alone. I think I am going mental. I just feel like dying. I feel like selling my soul to the devil for a few years of happiness, after all am I not tormented right now. I
question my faith in God on a daily basis.
Dr: "What would make you happy?"
Joe: "I don’t now what I want anymore, or even whether I can get it. My mind goes round and round in circles never resolving
to do one thing. I am suicidal to say the least. I am overcome by a feeling of desolation a feeling of complete emotional
isolation. I just want someone to love me so I can love them back. I just want to be happy like everyone else. Maybe I deserve to be like this. Maybe I should just die."
"I feel so sad these days"
Joe makes it apparent immediately that he is unhappy. The phrase "these days" suggests that Joe has had many happy days prior
to the onset of depression. Most suicidal people are perfectly normal people living their happy lives until something dramatic happens to upset them.
"I question my faith in God...."
Joe has begun to question the very core of his being. Being a believer in God he has began to ask why. Suicidal people who
are of a deeply religious background constantly seek divine intervention which never comes.
"I don't even know what I want"
He does not care anymore about his needs and has given up hope of ever fulfilling them. This is a hallmark of suicidal
people. An overwhelming sense of hopelessness has set in.
..."Maybe I deserve to be like this. Maybe I should just die..."
Joe supposes that he deserves to suffer like this. He also suggests that he should just die.
Joe exhibits all symptoms of suicidal depression. Not only is he depressed but actually confirms he has thought about death as a solution to his problems.
It turns out Joe found his girlfriend cheating with a neighbor.
Joe never attended further sessions with his psychologist.
Unfortunately he ended up taking his life as well as that of his girlfriend.
To the reader if this article describes how you feel is how you feel about life I appeal to you. Stop and think. There are
people out there you can talk to and find answers to what is tormenting you.
Reach for the telephone, dial the suicide hotline in your area and start talking.
Seek Help NOW before its too late!
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