Posted by Dr. Bob on May 3, 2002, at 9:49:34
In reply to Re: is this suicidal? « cmcdougall, posted by Dr. Bob on May 2, 2002, at 17:05:34
[Posted by mashogr8 on May 2, 2002, at 18:24:18]
> There are probably three times when I find myself thinking about being dead. Usually when I feel really bad and I've had no relief from depression through medication. It's a way of telling my psydoc how much my life is getting our of control.
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> The second time is when I think about whether my husband and children would actually have been better off if I had succeeded several years ago. After all, what's so special, or wholesome, about living with a depressed person and never knowing wheth they will smile today or not. How can that really be better whan having life go on and family move on with a new person as mom or wife. My psychologist says that is depression talking and they , the family wouldn't really be any better off and probably would be worse. I still find that hard to believe.
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> The third time is usually when I'm just plain discouraged and want to rationalize the act of sucideif I ever needed to resort to that activity. It also allows me to respond to other people when they say how could a people kill themselves. I truly feel I can relate to their pain. The suicides I have trouble with are with the young as someone earliear had posted. One of my colleague's son was only 14 when he hung himself last month. That's just too young to know that life isnt going to be any different tomorrow than it is today.
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> I think that if you discussed your thoughts with your therapist, you would learn a lot more about yourself. The therapist has, at the least, heard the idea before, even if "it"(he/she)hasn't heard your take on the subject.
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> take care
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