Do you personally know others who have experienced suicidal ideation?

[iamveryoriginal]

Throughout the past 12 months I have gotten closer (without specifically trying to) with two people who eventually turned out to have lived through ideation and even attempts. At the moment they are my only potential support network and pretty much my entire social circle. I wonder if anyone here can relate to just happening to attract someone with this supposedly rare experience

 

[Forever Sleep]

Yes, I have friends who have experienced ideation. Even one who has attempted a couple of times.

 

[aufrechtm7]

My dad tried to ctb with a knife years ago when I was just a kid, my little brother said he was depressed and my parents said it wasn't real when we were teenagers. He tried to ctb with CO poisoning in a garage years later, my sister has also said she wanted to ctb because of depression but I never asked her about it in depth. Older brother has threatened to ctb but I'm not sure how serious he was about it. Have had a few friends who had ideation but never elaborated on methods or if they even attempted at all.

 

[Echo]

Yes 2 of my friends have announced they had thoughts of ctb at various times throughout the last few years. I have never actually shared with them that I've have had the same thoughts

I know it's not rare to be suicidal when you think about the amount of people just on this site alone.

 

[GodzillasBiggestFan]

a close friend of mine irl has told me somewhat recently that he's has suicidal ideation. he's going to college in another town right now so i don't see him much, i wish we had more chance to talk proper.

 

[stripey]

I know quite a few suicidal people personally
Meeting people who are likeminded in that regard isn't rare for me
Not in the slightest

As you stated...

I wonder if anyone here can relate to just happening to attract someone with this supposedly rare experience

I think that those who are mentally ill just gravitate towards me
I'd say I've met and maintained connections with about *eight suicidal people
And those are just the ones who admitted to me that they were suicidal

 

[kuroshimi]

Some of my internet friends are quite struggling and experienced suicidal ideation as well. One of them even attempted at some point. We sometimes talking about this but not too much.

 

[Dinozauria]

Yeah
I know two friends who likely tried on multiple occasions (one of which sent a goodbye text before an attempt) and three more which might be/might have been suicidal, though I don't know for sure
I do find it interesting how suicidal people tend to "flock". Ingroups are crazy