Going From Suicidal Thoughts To A Suicide Attempt
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Going From Suicidal Thoughts To A Suicide Attempt
What stops someone from suicide? Going from suicidal thoughts to actually attempting or completing suicide?
Many with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, addictions and other mental health conditions have thought about suicide. But I wanted to know what stops someone from crossing the line; from thinking about suicide to attempting or completing suicide?
Shawn T. Smith, Psy.D., says "there is a certain kind of thinking that fuels suicide, and for most of us it is a terribly difficult idea to sit with: suicide is problem-solving behavior. In the mind of someone considering suicide, the act may seem like an expeditious and effective way to eliminate pain."
For those who are balancing on the line between life and death then, what keeps them from going through with the suicide?
- Fear of death (What does the afterlife hold?)
- Fear of an unsuccessful suicide attempt and being left physically and/or mentally worse off
- Inability to actually take their own life
- Regrets about leaving people behind or hurting loved ones
- An ounce of hope that things will get better
Related Information on Suicide
- Talking About Suicide with the Suicidal Person (video)
- Attempted Suicide
- Comprehensive Information About Suicide
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255
Your Thoughts
Today's Question: If you've thought about suicide, what is it that keeps you from taking the next step? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.
Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- Adapting to Living with a Psychological Disorder
- Taking Bipolar Medications Daily Doesn’t Bother Me One Bit
- A Life HIGH Followed By A Depression Low
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.
- Exercise To Help Combat Depression (Coping with Depression Blog)
- I Have Some Questions For Your Anxiety (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Judging Those With/Without Well-Controlled Bipolar Disorder (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Bipolar and Going to School: The Art of Making Friends (Bipolar Vida Blog)
- Depression When The Sun Shines (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- PTSD and Self-Coaching and Grounding: A Profound Return to Simple Sanity (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- Eliminate Excuses and Build Self-Esteem (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- Carving Something Beautiful From Rock Bottom and Mental Health Stigma and the Misuse of Words (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- Abuse Can Change A Victim’s True Nature (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Self-Harm and Exercise: Get That Positive Energy Moving (Speaking Out About Self-Injury Blog)
- Fight Like Hell: A Letter to Amanda Bynes’ Parents (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
- Parenting A Child With Mental Illness: Guilt and Self-Care (Your Mental Health Blog)
- Goal-Setting with Your Special Needs Child (Life with Bob Blog)
- Replacing Addiction: My Adventures with Kombucha (More Than Borderline Blog)
- Body Image and Acceptance in Eating Disorder Recovery and My Eating Disorder Was A Mental Illness: I Hated My Body (Surviving ED Blog)
- Poor Phone Etiquette Good News For Schizophrenics (Funny in the Head: A Mental Health Humor Blog)
- Adult ADHD’s Ode to Iceland (and other like-minded countries) and video Adult ADHD and Acting Like an Adult (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
- The Politics of Psychology (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
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APA Reference
Staff, H.
(2013, August 15). Going From Suicidal Thoughts To A Suicide Attempt, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2025, July 3 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/going-from-suicidal-thoughts-to-a-suicide-attempt
