As in, wanting to cease living your current life and not have any more responsibilities or problems, and essentially end your session as a living human being, but without actually dying?

  • UnlimitedRumination [he/him]
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    71 year ago

    Yes. I’m not a mental healthcare provider and oddly there seems to be a little bit of variance depending on who you’re talking to, but I think the best way to separate the two is this (SI = suicidal ideation):

    • Passive SI: wanting something to end your life; examples:
      • “I wish I was dead”
      • “I want to go to sleep forever”
      • “I wish I could just disappear”
      • “It would be nice if I got into a car accident or something and it killed me”
    • Active SI: thoughts of dying from your own actions, including:
      • planning the act
      • making accommodations for others when you’re gone
      • “daring” or testing yourself to see if you’ll actually do it
      • speculating on a time and place
      • giving away personal belongings
      • fearing that you might do it

    If you’re having SI of any type the best thing you can do is see a therapist, but obviously if it is dire or an emergency then a hospital is the answer. There are other treatment options at levels in between seeing a therapist weekly and going to a hospital that many people don’t know about (and a a surprising number of doctors don’t tell you about) that insurance should cover.

    I have a lot of personal experience with this stuff and I’m happy to answer anything anyone is curious about.

    • @eumesmo
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      31 year ago

      Thank you. Unfortunatelly, I have personal experience with thos stuff too. It’s always nice to be able to understand ourselves a bit better. I wish the theme was more studied and had less stigma.