Ever thought of comiting suicde?

Drugs? lol I've not even smoked a cigarette in my life plus, I never get stressed out or anything, it's just idle curiosity that doesn't have any psychological meaning!

Weebull said:
You could always take up sky diving? ;)
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Oh it's on my list of things to do, next to Jessica Alba and the girl in the office :p
 
Khaaan! said:
Drugs? lol I've not even smoked a cigarette in my life plus, I never get stressed out or anything, it's just idle curiosity that doesn't have any psychological meaning!
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It's not an exhaustive list of things people are bound to experience in their life, just examples of how the phenomenon can manifest. Also, don't take 'self-destructive' as some kind of criticism, or some shameful, dirty little secret that people harbour. It manifests itself all the time, in little things you do or think that prove or could prove detrimental to your life. That, or you've led an incredibly dull, puritanical life.

Again, I'm not trying to say that people are inherently prone to self-harm, or self-loathing to the point that they're one sneer away from throwing themselves off a window ledge, but can you honestly say you've never entertained musings of an action or deed that could only lead to a negative impact on your life? Or is thinking of jumping off a really high place a bold move to better your lot?
 
On the "it's selfish argument".

Is it not selfish to expect someone to live in pain so severe they wished they were dead to save yourself some emotional distress?
 
OldCoals said:
What has sexuality got to do with HIV?
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as has been said, statistics. the nurse at the clinic actually said after he'd taken blood samples that hiv in this country is almost exclusively passed male to male and to answer the other person in the thread who appears to think i may be unsure of my hetrosexuality, i am quite sure
 
Deadbeat said:
It's not an exhaustive list of things people are bound to experience in their life, just examples of how the phenomenon can manifest. Also, don't take 'self-destructive' as some kind of criticism, or some shameful, dirty little secret that people harbour. It manifests itself all the time, in little things you do or think that prove or could prove detrimental to your life. That, or you've led an incredibly dull, puritanical life.

Again, I'm not trying to say that people are inherently prone to self-harm, or self-loathing to the point that they're one sneer away from throwing themselves off a window ledge, but can you honestly say you've never entertained musings of an action or deed that could only lead to a negative impact on your life? Or is thinking of jumping off a really high place a bold move to better your lot?
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It's not really that at all.

I get a buzz out of an adrenaline rush, I love speed and to take a chance and give something a go, if someone came up to me in 1 hour and said they have a tight rope walking opportunity off the waterside tower blocks I'd be game for it, that doesn't mean I'm going to go out and self harm myself any other time, that's just silly :o - I love the feeling of control. a control freak if you will, and knowing that I am safe yet can enjoy the adrenaline because I'm in control is what satisfies me. It is a hunger, a positive one at that.

It's the reason I've started Urbexing (that and for the photography's sake) and also will shortly start rock climbing.

The buzz and the excitement is something unmatched by any psychological definition and not everything like this can be put onto a simple paragraph to explain it away like you've attempted by saying it could lead to something negative in life but most certainly in my case it's the direct opposite.

For many people a risk every now and then provides ample satisfaction in their daily life but that doesn't mean their lives without said risk taking place is dull and meaningless, again in my case I have a perfectly healthy and meaningful life with friends and family who care and with a solid future in 2 career paths.

Like I said, not everything can be justified with psychology how you seem to think!

Too many people live their lives these days behind the wall of safety, safety this and safety that, they're not taking chances and not getting the buzz they need to get a feeling of what adrenaline is and I think this is why many people live a robotic life - get up, go to work, go home, sleep - the 5 day a week re-cycle.
 
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Did once. I was falsely accused of a serious crime and when out on bail I almost did. Luckily I was a poor student at the time so there was nothing in the flat to wash down with the vodka. Everything was cleated up in a few days by the police who were amazingly helpful and suppportive but was a horrible expereince. Was such a horrible low in my life I'm glad that I never have and never will get in such astate again.
 
I very occassionally think of it.

But I think about dying all the ****ing time. Like, usually when I'm very annoyed/ upset in a certain situation, because of the people I'm with, I imagine what would happen if terrorists came in, and eith a)killed me, or b) I beat the crap out of them.

Yes... I'm very messed up

EDIT: the one thing I hate is people who decide to commit suicide on the train tracks. That is the one thing that I can't understand. there are other ways to kill oneself, yet this particular method will inconvenience thousands of people.
 
Back in 1988 I was that bad that I was sectioned into a Mental Hospital called Cheddleton.
I spent a month in there and then weekly visits to a shrink and group shrink.
By September of that year I was ready to top myself and picked out the very day so I took the day off work, wrote 4 suicide letters and sat down to have my last meal before going down to the train track.
I turned on the TV and Kilroy's programme was on which I had never seen before and on the programme he had loads of little kids who were dying of cancer and wanted a last wish before they died.
My life changed forever - the end.
 
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Back in 1988 I was that bad that I was sectioned into a Mental Hospital called Cheddleton.
I spent a month in there and then weekly visits to a shrink and group shrink.
By September of that year I was ready to top myself and picked out the very day so I took the day off work, wrote 4 suicide letters and sat down to have my last meal before going down to the train track.
I turned on the TV and Kilroy's programme was on which I had never seen before and on the programme he had loads of little kids who were dying of cancer and wanted a last wish before they died.
My life changed forever - the end.
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Wow. Kilroy saved your life.

Good job it wasn't Jeremy Kyle dmpoole otherwise you'd of got a bloody taxi to the traintrack!
 
Contemplated Suicide: Never, even when I thought my life was going to be spent in a wheelchair I never thought about it. I just thought about getting out of the wheelchair. I suffered from depression and PTSD, but I never had any thought of ending it.

Would I ever commit suicide, no I wouldn't, you never know how life will turn out, you don't know where you will be in six months, or whether your life will be happy or not. Committing suicide is kinda final and if at that very low point had contemplated something like that, then where would my family be now?, my life is great now and if I had ended my life after my injury when I was so low then I would not have experienced so much.
 
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I'm not trying to justify everything with psychology, I just raised it as a viewpoint. Yes, it happens that I do like the concept - it fits in well with my opinion of humanity, and that probably comes across in the last couple of posts, but I'm not claiming it as a be-all and end-all. I readily accept the fact that it's not a widely accepted theory - if it even is classified as a theory, I'm not sure how such an application works in psychology, which I only hesitate to call a pseudo-science for the offence the term generally causes - and I was only trying to put your motives in light, possibly to enable (another shaky term, with a meaning much less condescending than it sounds) you to view your own experience and understanding of self in a different light. Saying "you've led an incredibly dull, puritanical life" wasn't my attempt to single you out, perhaps "one would have led an incredibly dull, puritanical life" would have been clearer but again I was trying to put across the breadth of manifestation this instinct can take - from the urge to throw yourself off a cliff or bridge down to incessantly poking a wobbly tooth.
 
"Life is a gift. As sweet as a ripped peach, as precious as a guilded jewel. I've never understood the logic of willfully surrendering such a treasure. And what is there to gain? How dark can your existance be when compared to an empty void? Unless of course, you have faith that there is something beyond.

What do you see from where you stand? A bright light at the end of the tunnel? Is it a ray of hope? A glimmer of something better? Or will it burn you like the rising sun? Is that sound you're hearing the trumpeting of St. Peter's angels, or the screams of Memnoch's tortured souls? You can't answer that, can you, because you will never know the answer, till the deed is done. And is your faith, really that strong? Don't trade a treasure for an empty box. "

I love that quote.
 
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