Depression & Suicide

Sunset Fish · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 4:21 am

A topic most don't like talking about or thinking about.
I lost my best friend to suicide.. this day last year.

I have been suffering from severe depression for many years. Got worse after I lost my friend.

has anyone else lost someone they love to suicide? or are depressed? or thinking about suicide?

I have. Talking is one of the best things you can do is to talk to someone. If only my friend talked to me then maybe he'd still be here today.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 4:21 am

Iron Maiden · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 9:55 am

You don't have to be responsible for the loss of your friend. If he did it, it's probably because he felt down of the pit years ago. And nobody, not even you, could've save him.
(Empathy isn't my strength as you can see.)

Well, nobody I know has killed himself and I hope it continues this way. However, MANY people around me suffered from depression, including me.
I have ''cured'' three of them. By Cured, I mean I saved them and I made them realize suicide was a bad idea. They all said it: «You saved my life». By the time, I developped a method to help depression victims: I'm VERY harsh to them. In the end, I say things like:

-GET YOUR HUGE *** UP, MOVE ON, GET OVER IT AND STOP WHINNING LIKE AN ANNOYING DOUSHEBAG!
Or
-Your GF has dumped you? Well I guess you're gonna slit wrists, complain that life isn't worth it anymore and make suicide poetry. Cry me a river. But I suggest you to get over it because you look really stupid.

A normal person would say it's outrageous, but it works. Depressed people MUST be shaken up. Well, I think I act this way because Cheering up, Making people laugh to help them forget and such isn't really my thing. I'll never be able to understand people with emotions, it just drives me nuts when I see them crying.

I said I suffered from depression on occasions, but it takes ALOT to bring me down. Last time I was down was because I lost my house, almost all my friends, was forced to move on a foreign city that I despise, had no money, not much food, no TV, no computer, no phone, nothing.
I sucked it up and took on everything without even thinking about suicide. Because I'm invincible.

People need to train their mental strength. Nowdays, almost everybody will suffer from depression in their lives.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 11:10 am

Nope. I'm a glass half full kind of guy. Don't know anyone with depression either cause..well if they got depressed I'd probably just stop talking to them they'd bring me down.

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

Every one feels depressed from time to time. I just try to always stay optimistic. True, I haven't lost somebody like that, but for day to day events i just try to stay positive and optimistic.

Ranging God · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 5:19 pm

Yeah, my best friend killed himself a little over a year ago. Big big mess.

I agree, the best thing you can do is talk to a professional. That is what they're there for, it is their career.

Warren · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 5:23 pm

I've never had anyone I know commit suicide. Tho I'd like to kill every single person who has contributed to the suicide of someone over their sexuality and anyone who pushes someone to suicide for that matter.

Lol funnily enough I have "reason" to be "depressed" but I haven't been for so long I can't even remember. I remember in grade 9 my friends would call me emo but I disagreed back then... I still disagree since I wasn't emo at all but I see their point now kind of. I don't even think I've changed what I think I just don't get at all sad over it anymore.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 18th, 2011, 5:23 pm

Javac · **Posted:** May 21st, 2011, 4:22 pm

Well I nearly lost my cousin to it two years ago, he tried by taking a very large dosage of Tylenol, he had to be taken to the hospital in a helicopter.

Ablazin Scar · **Posted:** May 21st, 2011, 8:11 pm

I'm depressed, and have been for about 3 years now.
I moved from Indiana, to Texas, about 3 years ago. I missed all my friends from Indiana, and thought I wanted to go back.
I fell in love, and yes, I know what love is, after this. I know I love her. But, we hung out as friends, but never anything more. Then she started dating my best friend, and she said if I would've asked, she would've been with me. That messed me up, I lost my chance. Then she made out with a lot of my friends, like, 3 or 4 different ones. Im not in love with her anymore.
I'm in love with her sister, who I've been close to since I moved here. We got into a fight, and didn't talk for like, all of this school year. During that time, I fell in love with her, so much. But, she wouldn't even look at me anymore.
Then, my parents decide to move back to Indiana, and of course, im stuck going with them. I thought I wanted to go, I said "yes" without thinking. Then, the girl I love now, started talking to me again, and now I'm in love so much, and I've told her, and she acts like she feels the same way. We had a school dance last night, and we hung out the whole time. I don't know how I'm going to live away from her.

EMS9889 · **Posted:** May 23rd, 2011, 4:05 pm

One of my friends is going thru the same thing /: it really sucks

Earth · **Posted:** May 24th, 2011, 7:23 pm

I found out the other day that one of my best friends has tried to commit suicide at least five times. 4/5 times she stopped herself, the other time her friend walked in, I don't know whether she would have actually done it or not if her friend had not walked in.
While I haven't gone through the same thing you have, and I hope I never have to, I kinda know what you are going through with that.
I've also suffered from depression for most of my life. I know what that is like too...

ryan1 · **Posted:** June 1st, 2011, 2:50 am

I've considered the possibility of committing suicide in the past. I must admit, the prospect is somewhat attractive. To be honest, I think the biggest reason I would commit suicide is out of sheer laziness. Sometimes I feel like I can't be bothered to live out the entirety of a boring, standard life. Life is like an MMO where I know my character is just going to be erased at a certain point, and nothing that is accomplished by my character will ultimately matter. That said, MMO's can still be fun, even if we know that they really don't matter. I figure I'll stick it out, since this is my one shot at living. We are part of the tiny bit of the universe which experiences itself through consciousness. I might as well take my ~80 years before the molecules that I currently call "me" (well, technically, by the time I die, it will be an entirely new set of molecules) return to the earth.

Uncle Dano · **12 99's on 12/12/12!**

Depression is a serious issue. I was depressed during one point in my life. Luckily, I had the sense to talk to my doctor and get some help.

You have to realize that feelings of depression can sometimes be caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. This imbalance can be caused by a number of factors. A traumatic life experience such as the death of a friend or family member, can initiate feelings of grief. Those feelings need to be dealt with through talking to others and working through that grief. If you don't, the chemicals produced during grief can overwhelm your brain and not go away. Thereby causing a long term chemical imbalance which leads to further negative feelings. You also have to realize that as you mature from a child, through adolescence, to adulthood, your body goes through hormonal changes. These chemicals as well, can overwhelm your brain, causing feelings of depression. Fortunately, these tend to go away as you complete your maturation to adulthood.

I can certainly understand what you are feeling. What you must remember above all else, is that your life is precious. You are a one of a kind, special being. And, although things may not feel really great now, they can and will change. What you feel now, is probably not what you will be feeling in the future. If you wake up every single day feeling sad and hopeless, please make an appointment with your family doctor and discuss it with him/her. That is their job and they do care about you. In fact everyone in your life that you are close to cares for you and loves you. Don't forget that.

I had to get help and I am thankful that I did. I have a wonderful life now. In fact, had I not gotten help when I did, I am afraid to say that me and RuneScape probably would have never crossed paths. Just from the fact that I enjoy playing RS so much is a testimony to what fantastic things in your life are ahead of you, that you never imagined.

I would be very pleased to discuss this topic personally through PM, for those who want someone to talk to further.

wogboykon · **Posted:** June 1st, 2011, 1:42 pm

I'm depressed 24/7 and have been for years. I've tried killing myself but can never bring myself to actually do it fully. I've had help, all it is really is just a temporary fix. It's just something in your brain you can't fix, your chemicals are **** up and you spend your time upset, thinking about things you honestly shouldn't be.

I'm 20 years old, and the furthest I can think back to when I began being depressed was...seventh grade? I've grown use to the thoughts that go through my head, the things I feel, and the things I do. And quite honestly, I don't think there is any way to get away from it. I don't plan on killing myself but I know deep down I want to and probably will end up doing it eventually, be it on purpose, or because I crash my bike into something a little bit too fast.

The way I look at it are there's just some people who are born to be depressed...and there's really not much you can do to fix it. I still live my life, I play video games, I talk to people. But when I'm alone its the feelings that take over and I can't help it, the shower is the worst. Some people just live with it, and they deal with it in their own ways, and that's what I'm doing..I think.

imac · **Posted:** June 15th, 2011, 7:44 pm

When I was younger, in middle school and early high school I got depressed over things so easily. I was letting the demons get the best of me. Around sophomore year, I don't know what happened but I suddenly stopped caring. I think what happened was I was sick of this sadness and I converted it to anger. But I use the anger and turn it into something positive, I created a persona around me as a Clint Eastwood, right winged kind of thing that looks at everyone I don't like as a waste of life. It's weird but that's how i overcame sadness

Kenny · **Posted:** June 24th, 2011, 3:57 pm

I find depression very curious. I have a close friend who's girlfriend killed herself a couple of years ago, and for whatever reason he'd made a pact with her that if she died, he would die too. This began probably the most difficult 3 months of my life, talking him out of suicide every few days, not really understanding why he was doing what he was. I often had to remove myself, because of what Creepy said, it just dragging me down far too much. It used to make me lose hunger, just because I knew what he was going through and the effects it was having on me. Fortunately, he's still around and while I'm not sure if I saved him, I think I did help. The most effective thing with him was just talking about it over and over, trying to analyse the problems with someone who cared. He found it quite hard to re-intergrate himself once he'd slipped into the rut so slowly bringing him back into the social side of things was a long process but he's just about there. He had therapy and counselling but it just made him more frustrated so I'd say that isn't for anyone. In the same way, pills aren't for everyone either, sometimes even push them deeper into the rut. From my experience, just talking wll sort it out eventually, even if it is a massively draining and extensive process.