Suicidal Thoughts

[coolbeans56]

What helps you get your mind off suicidal thoughts?

 

[Chaestergram]

Reading, going out, and any other hobbies and things I indeed like to do.

It's all about focusing all our attention on something that indeed distract us.

And when the need is to strong, meditation or just talking to yourself can help

 

[flawedforever]

IDK??? When you do find out would you let me know.

 

[AlexKy]

Accepting them for what they are. They are part of you. Trying to focus on something else doesn't help because your mind will keep going back to them because of the way it functions.
For example if I say to you don't think of a polar bear, the next thing you're going to think is a polar bear, because your mind is checking if it thinks of a polar bear.
The suicide thoughts become dangerous when you're like me and put them into practice, systematically destroying yourself.
I got to the bit where I say to myself, I'm suicidal, there's no shame in it. I hope I'll die soon, and they tend to subside.

 

[Crazy4u]

nothing....

 

[FuneralCry]

Suicide is the only thing I want to think about. It is the only way to be free from all suffering and be at peace. Thinking about other things makes me feel much worse. I have so much dread towards life in general. To deal with the pain of living, I try to get enough sleep and I just try to pass the time. I do not enjoy anything and nothing really makes me feel better.

 

[i_was_here]

art (music, drawing, writing) running or skating and philosophy

 

[little helpers]

I once delayed an attempt by 12 fucking hours cuz buddy and I were cracking endless jokes over text. imagine 12 hours of intense humor lol. it takes the edge off a little bit, but never takes suicide off my mind really. when it's simply the most correct thing (in my case) to do.

 

[8AEM]

Sleeping. However, it takes a lot of effort to fall & stay asleep, personally. I miss when I could sleep for, 10+, undisrupted hours.

 

[eternalpeace]

Watching tv shows, especially my old favourite ones from the late 90s and early 2000s. They are kind of like old friends to me. Cannabis used to do it, but lately it's just been making me paranoid and weird.

 

[ashfall]

My strategy is to take up as much as my brain as possible with random stuff so I don't have any space left for suicidal thoughts. For example, I find just watching tv isn't enough to distract me - I still have space left over for intrusive thoughts. But if I play a game on my phone simultaneously, I won't have any room left over to think about anything else. Another one of my strategies is to learn off useless things and then recite them in my head every time I get an intrusive thought. For example this month I'm learning off all the countries in alphabetical order. Whenever I get suicidal thoughts I start reciting them in my head. I realise these aren't long term coping strategies but they help clear my mind in the short term

 

[Somber]

Can't say a day goes by without thinking about moving on. On "good" days it's in the back of my mind, on "bad" ones it's all I can think about.

Sleep usually works, but I can't sleep 24/7. Work is certainly a distraction though not immediately a satisfying one. Above suggestions from others are options as well.

 

[Fox in the Snow]

They feel like comfortable old friends in a way. Sometimes it feels stranger on good days when the thoughts aren't there.

 

[princesssaidso]

What helps you get your mind off suicidal thoughts?

Music as it does depend on what I'm listening too tho - same as tv though and I definitely think I use gaming as a major coping skill. I like challenging games mostly on Xbox; sorta Roblox and Minecraft help me as well interacting with others - yet I'm mostly alone throughout the day so I do not get an option to speak to other people. I like non fiction books at times I read; I love art. I have 1 bff however we fell out and I haven't spoken to her in about a year. I am a painter; an artist I draw as well. I can choose to be crafty at times during the year. Once I downloaded Pinterest it was on; I started making collections of nearly everything within my account. However it's easy with algorithms to run in to a few ..trigger words for me. Which usually I just get off of it then. It is definitely a self control issue for me until the voices come. Then it's not necessarily like a trance; yet it's got some of those effects in it. It all began when I was 12-13 with a mixture of trauma in my life - I started having non stop ideations of wanting to die. After 23 hospitalizations, scars everywhere, ICU's X'11, severe damage to a few of my bodily organs I have decided I definitely will die soon. One way or another. I am extremely impulsive. I used to cut constantly. Until they got too deep. Now I hate the scars. They're on my neck - deeply. I am alright for a 2-3 days then it is almost like I have this mania that lasts 2-3 weeks: I get super paranoia, literally I start hearing mfers in my head telling me to harm others sometimes, telling me I'm ugly, etc - shit is fckin extremely NOT well. It's been happening for many years. The drs are thinking it might be SchizoAffective disorder. Despite there's no one in my family that has this anywhere that we can see; or anything other than depression. I will not live with that if that is my true diagnosis. I refuse. If I can't be normal ever again. I will end my life. Sry I realized I answer far more than ur question on here.