Have you ever told a stranger your suicidal thoughts?

[noname223]

How did he/ she react? I never did. However one time i had to join an advanced training for psychologist students when i was in psychiatry. At this time i was acute suicidal. I only thought about suicide. 24/7. And i was told to tell why i am in clinic. So i spoke very explicitly about my suicididality. This was somehow weird. It was kind of a cry for help. I think I scared these students.

 

[booray]

We're all here telling complete strangers on the internet about our suicidal thoughts because it's too dangerous to tell our families, friends, psychiatrists and therapists.

 

[WornOutLife]

Well, I've talked to people here only once and told them about it. Do they count as strangers? Lol

The only people who know I'm suicidal are you all here on ss, fixthenormies, my family and some friends.

 

[noname223]

I meant people in real life. I all see you as my family. A very suicidal family. (Kappa)

 

[Mentalmick]

Just when I was in hospital. I told anyone foolish enough to listen. There were some pretty uncomfortable student nurses.

 

[WornOutLife]

Just when I was in hospital. I told anyone foolish enough to listen. There were some pretty uncomfortable student nurses.

Ohhh I had forgotten about this!!
I did the same thing. I think every single nurse knew I was suicidal lol

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

I told around twenty strangers at the same time about my suicidal ideation. I went into details about the various methods I had available and recommended some to my audience. Apparently that made a "bad" kindergarten teacher.

 

[262653]

Yep, and the best response I've ever got was: "I don't give a fuck."

 

[Sprite_Geist]

No. I try to be quiet about virtually everything that goes on in my life - I just like keeping a lot to myself... As weird as that may sound. Even if I was not quiet, and was a more open person, I would still not talk about having suicidal thoughts because that subject is so stigmatized. It is a good way to get yourself ostracized and rejected - despite how many people may tell you to "open up".

 

[Nigh]

Yes. Years ago I tried to jump off a 14 story building, I think it was 14 - could have been less or more... anyway one of the neigbours dragged me off. I begged him not to call for an ambulance and he obliged. He asked me to come inside his flat, and I said no. So he left his door open and kept coming in and out to check on me, before he could figure out what to do. I actually felt more confident than I had done all day to jump and it was the fact that someone knew I was suicidal. But I couldn't do it incase he dragged me off and called the ambulance for real. After knowing how confident I felt to contemplate suicide because someone knew I wanted to, the next time I tried to kill myself, the day before I was going to, I called The Samaritans, and told someone I was suicidal. They kept talking about how my family would feel and how young I sounded. I felt a little guilty afterwards because I felt like I used them, but then I found out the phone handlers are trained to not remember calls so I felt less guilty.

 

[Loser47]

You're a stranger, I'm telling you I have suicidal thoughts and I want to kill myself.

 

[Trisolaris]

I told my psychiatrist about it.

 

[Mentalmick]

I told my psychiatrist about it.

Did you get a reaction? I usually get a big sigh.

 

[LifeQuitter2018]

Yes, but only strangers on the Internet.

 

[FatalSystemError591]

Only here that I can remember, anyway.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

That won't end well. I have no reason to do such a thing.

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

Nope... I don't think anyone would care. Let alone, for some people, it could turn ugly real fast.

 

[summers]

I have never told a stranger. Hell, I've only told a few people off this forum, and even then, in a very vague way. If you feel the need to tell a stranger, it probably means you want help or at least don't want to die. Nothing at all wrong with that, but I would still recommend discretion.

If you are serious about dying, and are confident in your decision, it would be best to tell as few people as possible (preferably none). Don't go into any details.

 

[Rad Aiko]

When I told my therapist and my psychiatrist, lucky me they didn't send me to a mental clinic…

But in the time I was actively trying to ctb, I used to do crying walks at 22h00 or 23h00 in a park near my house (I knew it was dangerous but I didn't care in that time). I stopped and take sit in a bench at the shadow of beautiful trees and started crying out loud, I didn't notice that someone was approaching to me, when he was near I saw that he has a stick in his hand, he was a homeless man, I thought "ok, this is it :/", and then he say goodnight and sit down next to me, I didn't ran away, get scared, scream or anything, just say good night back to him. He ask me what happened why I am crying… and I confess him all my problems, he swore at me because it was really dangerous for me to wonder around like that so late at night, that someone could kill me or worse (while saying this he hits the stick in the ground) then he told me his life, he was a veteran of my country and his sons forgot him and his wife was very bad, he was living decades as a homeless, he cheer me up and wished me luck, also told me that if he would have a daughter like me his life would be different and definitely not a homeless… that make cry a lot.
He call himself Don Rambo, after that day I always gift him a chocolate and say hi to him with grateful every time I seen him. I haven't seen him in years, I hope he is safe and sound now…

Or at least I hope he Rest In Peace…

 

[FuneralCry]

No, never anyone in real life. There is no point in doing this. There is nothing that anybody could do to help. I do not want any help anyway. Nothing anybody could say would make me feel better. I am the type of person who keeps things to myself anyway. The only thing I want is to not exist.