Tricks against suicidal thoughts

[noname223]

What helps you to fight against suicidal thoughts? I often try to think how privileged i am to live in a rich country. And at the moment i am doing fine financially. Sadly due to my illness this wont last forever. But for now it helps me to cope.

 

[valentine]

I try to keep myself distracted. It's not great but it's better than nothing. Playing video games or watching movies helps me a bit. I can usually catch myself spiraling so I try to focus on something or just keep myself busy before it gets too bad. I have a friend I talk to a lot about movies and that always makes me feel a bit better.

 

[noname223]

I often try to think more about my hobbies. I somehow flee or try to escape from my problems. But it is not solving them. I try to talk with my friends a lot. Thinking about them and my family. But i am really scared about the Future because i fear my problems can only be solved by a miracle. However i think that i have to try anything in order not to commit suicide, because life has an intrinsic value for me.

 

[CuddleHug]

I know this is going to sound super depressing, but I always try to think that I will cause less trouble and pain on my loved ones by staying alive. Not just my loved ones, but society as well. If I CTB, someone needs to find my body, take care of it, bury it. Bank accounts, study loan, all that needs to be sorted out by someone. My apartment will need to be emptied of all my stuff. I can of course remedy that to some extent myself, but that takes effort and energy I don't have.

My death will cause a disturbance in many people's lives, even people I don't know. So it's basically the path of least resistance to stay alive.

Hugs~

 

[Life_and_Death]

i typically just tell myself the opposite whether i believe it or not. the trick it to repeat it so much that your mind starts to believe it

 

[moonchild]

It's mainly, if not only, thinking about my two younger siblings. I don't have anything to look forward to for myself, but I feel such a profound need to be here for them. I don't think I'm capable of living for myself anymore, so it feels like being some kind of support system for them is everything I have. I've been more of a mother to them than our actual mother, and even if I hate them I also love them and I want the absolute best for them. And I don't think "a dead big sister" is classified as the absolute best :/

 

[AvaAdore]

I don't fight against suicidal thoughts I allow myself to realize that it's fine to want to commit suicide but to actually act on it I always tell myself I can wait another day.

 

[CozyTime]

I'm not sure how good this advice actually is in the long run for recovery but its helped me a lot of times to ease off the incredibly strong anxiety filled suicidal thoughts that occur so I hope it can maybe be a little bit of help.

I tend to just accept it, I'll accept suicide as an option and just think about it as an option surrounding every single negative thing in my life as an example:
working for the rest of my life? Well I could just quit it enjoy my life until the money runs out and end it. etc.

Making the option of suicide casual in my mind has helped me a lot with being able to just calm down the thoughts and their intensity as for me when I get those thoughts its usually a race against time, if I can survive until the thoughts go away I am usually able to go back to a life I am atleast somewhat content with trying to live. It has made going through shitty situations easier to handle as well as if I truly feel *done* with trying I can at any moment I choose simply end it all, It also completely destroys a lot of other sources for any anxiety related thoughts as I can literally just tell myself "Well whats the worst that could happen? Death?" since death is something thats looked at with positivity.

As a side effect it's also made me able to explore passions and relationships more through bypassing the original anxiety that kept me from trying in the first place.

But at the same time I am not exactly moving on from the thought of death as the longing for it still exists.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

In addition to distracting myself in the ways that people mentioned, I sometimes use my own fear to scare my suicidal thoughts away. I also remember a promise I made to someone not to do so even though I plan on breaking it for sure when I'm 30. Hopefully by then I'll also come up with counter arguments for my own fears but for now I'm fine with letting my fears prevent me from ctb'ing too early.

 

[Sarahlynn]

Now I just endulge in them, read about suicide and methods a lot. It calms me down to know there is a way out, and studying it makes me feel more in control.

Before, when I was more worried about suicide, I used to go to liveleak and watch botched suicides. I'm not into gore, so that scared me from doing anything. There are certain methods I would never use due to this, like shooting and train. Sometimes I get flashbacks from what I watched, so don't do this if you think it might affect you too negatively. I regret watching those things now.