Teen Depression and Suicide

I want to know what you all think about the subject on Depression and suicide and to know if you have been there before... I know I have...

Well my opinions on it can vary. I have gotten pretty depressed before but never really for a long length of time. Never thought about suicide. Mainly for two reasons. One. I like being alive and want to actually do something with it. Two. I'm Christian so Suicide won't in all likelihood won't end any kind of pain just make it worse.

at least its more of a discussion thread than what i first thought

i've been depressed but never for longer than a few days, but i got something to live for when i watched my grandmother dying from cancer over the space of half a year, the fact that she fought the cancer till her very last breath. she died in my arms cursing like a sailor... to quote her half way though her traumatic ordeal

Quote :

im not dying yet kais, mark my words this bastard aint claiming me

someone 96 years old kept fighting till the very end when she could have easily just over-dosed on what ever she was being given. kept fighting to the bitter end.

i hauled one friend who jumped off a highway intersection bridge back onto the bridge, dislocating my arm at the same timeso i could beat the s**t out of him while screaming at him how his parents, friends and everyone else would feel if i hadn't. the police had to drag me off him just to check him over (i dont condone doing this but it was the only way he'd learn)

thats why suicide will never cross my mind and also why i take a very dim view of those claiming they want to die as i see them as cowards and selfish

im not religious, never have been and never will be(too many contradictions) but i DO belive in the greater good, its better to do things for others than doing it for yourself, to me commiting suicide is the most selfish thing you can do, taking their so called 'easy way out' leaving their parents with untold greif and embarrasment their foolish child has brought them

to be blunt i see those that start 'i want to die' threads are just seeking attention, too may people on forums (not naming names) constantly go on about wanting to die and how 'depressed' they are that i either ignore these threads, or im not ashamed to say i will tell them to get a life, stop the '*puppy dog eyes* pity me' game and go do something instead of complaining

sorry if i upset anyone but on suicide its best to be blunt theres no point sugar coating what you believe

I have never really been despressed though it wont surpriuse me if it happens... theres a history of it in my family.....

But suicide is never a way to end anything. Its a cowards way out. I know. It causes nothing but greif. One of my sisters friends put a gun in her mouth and pulled the trigger. My sister was one of the first ones there...... it was horrible. The shcok of it made my sister depressed, morose..... that person died for no good reason. She left nothing but grief and unreoslved life behind her. she was cowardly and suicide is a cowardly thing to do, no matter how sad it is.

My sister has become better but now has a tatoo of a raven on her back to symbolize the friend that left this earth. It makes me sad and angry because her friend caused so much greif in her leaving. I will never commit suicide. Even if i do become depressed

I've thought about it...I've gotten to the point I wanted it, but obviously I never got to it. Depression has been ruining my life I think, despite the love I get from all of you. I am on medication, and I think its making it worse too. *sighs* What to do what to do...I feel absolutly horrible alot...but I do what I can...

I've attempted suicide three seperate times, and eeach time something remarkable or uncanny happened to stop or save me. And on the last time, it was so outstanding it rocketed me from the depression I was in, and it was then that with the help of some very important people in my life, that I realized life is a one time deal, and you've gotta keep fighting for as long as you can. Suicide is never a good idea...its selfish as well.

Link, I know you can make it. You're strong and I belive in you

I had a friend attempt suicide a few years ago. I think it was one of the 'cry for help' variety because he called several of us beforehand. Still, it scared and upset me. I spent half the night driving around trying to find him, then when I did I had to call an ambulance because he'd taken a bottle of sleeping pills. I stayed at the hospital with him until the middle of the next morning.

I'll never forget that night. He didn't have to see us all in the waiting room. His friends, his girlfriend, his mother. We just stared at each other while we waited to hear how he was. It was horrible. Harsh as it sounds, I have to agree that suicide is a purely selfish act. You may escape, but everyone else has to suffer for it.

*posts* I don't need to say any more to the people who know me really well..

I've never thought of it, and even if I was going to commit suicide I wouldn't do one of those wimpy deaths like jumping from a bridge or shooting yourself. Why would I want to go out like a fizzling candle, I'd want to go out with something more spectacular myself. Like: Jumping off an airplane with explosives and fireworks strapped to my body. I mean, sure, you'd have to pilot an airplane, but people wouldn't find you with your brains blown out by a bullet, theoretically they may not find you at all since your body will have been destroyed and adults have the right to be missing (You have to be an adult to get a pilot's license anyway) On top of that, it would be boring to be a depressing emo death, even when my grandfather was lying on his deathbed from cancer, his last request was that nobody was sad at his funeral. He said we should be happy that he had escaped the pain of the world and was able to live on for eternity with his friends and relatives that had died years before him. Also it could be said that people who mourn for the people who died are selfish in their own right, wanting them to stay on earth for themselves. It doesn't even do any good to mourn, their dead anyway being said isn't going to bring them back, it will just put the mourners into depression. All in all, suicide is retarded (Well, I guess there could be some exceptions...)

There's stress induced depression and real depression.

Depression, real depression is a disease. It's a imbalance of the brain's neurochemistry and requires medication.

Stress depression is a hard moment in one's life. I've been through one in mine a little less than a year ago. In my case, it wasn't really anger or sadness, it was just being tired. A summer's worth of rest got me out of it. In fact, it was done as soon my exams were done. But boy, going through it really is painful because you're simply exhausted and the small things that you can normally cope with... well, you start feeling them. It's tough, but hey, you pull through it.

Think about suicide? Oh heck yeah. Jumping off a bridge, cutting my throat, overdose... it's really not hard and thought of them all. Imagine a body doing it, slap your face on it and voila. Seriously considering it? Well, I once held a knife while having suicidal thoughts, but I was washing the dishes so it doesn't really count. But all joking aside, no. I'd never want to commit suicide.

Heck, there's so much out there to see, so much to learn, to know, to discover.

Life is a journey along a long road. Sometimes, it's not as well paved, and you can get a pebble in your shoe. You want to sit down and take a breather? Go ahead, it's not a crime to want to rest. Heck, you can lie down on the road of life, that's fine too. It's not a crime to rest. But it's a crime to want to stop and not go on. It's a crime to yourself though, really.

If you died today, the sun will still rise tomorrow. If you die, you've lost an entire world, but the world only lost you. So, who looses most in the end?

Funny, I actually cut myself with a razor blade once.

I was looking for a comb through the top drawer in the washroom (because that's where I throw just about everything), so I was pushing stuff around, then I take my hand out and my thumb is bleeding.

I was like: "What the heck is that old razor doing without the cover!? Ow!"

Yeah... it hurt...

i'm missing about 2/5 of my left ring fingernail thanks to a razor blade.

This is not a comedy topic, this is a serious problem... I recently lost one of my best friends to suicide...

Im sorry to hear that you lost one of your friends to suicide Link, and your right this is not a topic to joke about. My heart felt condolances to you and your time of grief.

I'll be honest, Espi and Alex, the comments you made on the first page were inappropriate. This isnt FTT...lets try to be civil
I'm going to remove them for link's sake

I think I should apologize as well.

I'm sorry if my comment seemed inappropriately light hearted.

I can't say I've truly been through depression, but I've been through a time I felt terrible (it was the closest I ever got to depression) and now I usually try to laugh it away so it doesn't get to me again. I realize it wasn't appropriate. I guess my way of coping with it came out unchecked.

So yes, it was an inexcusable mistake on my part and I am sorry.

Listen, I do realize that it must be incredibly difficult to go through things like that. You said you "have been" through it so I hope I can take it literally, which would mean you're not going trough it anymore. But should you ever want to talk about something that's troubling you, well, we're always willing to listen.