Does talking about suicide make you feel more suicidal or less?

[Lost Magic]

Does talking about suicide make you feel more suicidal or less?

 

[raltsrover]

Does talking about suicide make you feel more suicidal or less?

I've never been suicidal anyways, so I'm not really affected by it. I'm here because suicide is really unspoken and I really wanted to learn more about it.

 

[Scattered-Soul]

Less to some extent, it brings me a sense of relief

 

[edu0z]

More, much more

 

[ForeverBroken]

It depends on the day and what is going on in my life at that moment.

 

[NocturnILL]

I would say both…it's all depending on the context of how I am speaking about it that makes me feel either more, less or just neutral about it.

 

[Rev346]

Definitely less. The problem is that most people you talk to about it will end up calling mental health and getting you into a psych ward. It's actually been very therapeutic for me to be here.

 

[SleepySept]

100% more, seems that way for any bad addictions. Self-harm, smoking, alcohol. Everyday I distract myself from my feelings, but without distractions I realize how badly I want to do these things and genuinely hate myself.

I've never been suicidal anyways, so I'm not really affected by it. I'm here because suicide is really unspoken and I really wanted to learn more about it.

I like your Entrapta pfp btw

 

[illvoid]

Depends how im talking about it. If I vent about my urges, they get worse. I start to spiral and come up with more reasons to justify my suicidal thoughts. Casual discussion helps, though.

 

[Some place nice]

I mean, we're talking about the sweat release of death.

 

[plan c]

I'm feeling weird about this. It's not a matter of more or less. Talking about suicide makes me feel, in the first place. It sort of winds up the spring so that my body and mind could go tingling properly.

 

[Forever Sleep]

It doesn't affect my core feeling that it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. I rarely talk about it in real life but when I have, it's been to other suicidal people and it has been a massive relief. It's kind of similar here. It's just nice to be able to be honest. It doesn't make me any more or less likely to do it though.

 

[AllCatsAreGrey]

This is an interesting question. I feel talking about suicide lessons the immediate urge for suicide. In my case, I feel my CTB date is distant and tentative. There is a lot of planning and prep needed. So, talking about it gives me a sense of solace and mitigates the immediate need for release through longer term planning. Settling on these plans gives a sense of relief - perhaps like rich kids planning weird market things they do. (No shame on that, just no understanding.)

 

[todeswunsch]

Usually I'm either indifferent or I'm already suicidal af to make any difference.
But overall it depends on my state.
When I'm low/vulnerable I find it hard to talk to ppl, and I end up only talking when I'm feeling better.
When I'm better its mostly indifferent.
Maybe my situational mutism protects me to being too vulnerable

 

[TapeMachine]

In general, discussing my feelings- particularly with someone who is actively participating in the conversation with me- helps me feel less suicidal.

If I feel muted though, or if I have nobody with whom I can talk about my depressive/suicidal thoughts, then I really start to feel alienated and closer to my own demise.

So my answer is: talking about suicide makes me feel less suicidal.

 

[Jolene79]

It won't change the intolerable suffered and situation that brings me here. But it actually helps me get through one more day being able to talk about it here. It definitely does not make me feel worse or more likely to do it. Probably the opposite.

I struggle with the concept that people can be talked into this or convinced they should end it just by talking on here. I'm only living my experience so can't fully understand how it is for others and that might therefore be very naive of me.

 

[Bitterman1996]

depends, I don't really want to talk about it with irl acquaintance with depression out of fear of driving them to suicide
but at the same time I do want to vent more than just a typical "i want to die" tweets on my private account.

 

[FuneralCry]

It only makes me want to die even more if suicide is talked about in a pro-life way. I want nothing to do with pro-lifers and their harmful delusions, I'm repulsed by those who are against the right to die. But apart from that it doesn't make me feel anything, other than this place I wouldn't see it as the best idea to openly bring up the topic of suicide as sadly we exist in this society where so many people try to prolong suffering no matter what.

 

[ddn.ctb]

It helps to feel okay about the thoughts and the desire. It's empowering to know you end your life relatively soon.

 

[Ah.ow]

I'm feeling weird about this. It's not a matter of more or less. Talking about suicide makes me feel, in the first place. It sort of winds up the spring so that my body and mind could go tingling properly.

what's tingling properly?

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Maybe my situational mutism protects me to being too vulnerable

can you elaborate on this?

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Neither. I have the same amount of suicidality prior to talking about it than after talking about it. The only difference is that I feel slightly more relieved after talking about it but that's it

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

It really just depends for me.

 

[sancta-simplicitas]

Mostly neither, sometimes - but rarely - less. Talking about it usually brings me a sense of relief, sometimes it scares me.

 

[b1cycle]

When I found this forum I felt a tremendous relief. Sometimes I think the knowledge that I can end my life if I wish calms me and relieves the dread which pushes me to want to die to begin with.

 

[tinydancer]

More, the more you talk about and think about it, the more doable it seems. I have avoided it (and failed a few times) due to feeling like "I can't really go through with this can I?" But the more you talk about it, picture it in your mind, the more it seems like yeah I can do it, it's gonna happen. It's WHEN not IF.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

It makes me more suicidal when my personal reasons why I want to / need to kms are not respected and the one I talk to invalidates them without presenting a solution to my problems that make me suicidal.

 

[Coconut blue]

It doesn't change my perception of suicide or my will to die by suicide (eventually) but talking about it definitely makes me feel better emotion wise. Idk if my brain is wired incorrectly or smth but when I see media prevalent pro recovery propaganda that affirms my life's value and encourages me to get help it triggers me af, quite a few times i felt so disgusted I started shing like crazy on the other hand when I can talk about my true beliefs openly it makes me feel better bc I know at least I can be my true self somewhere

 

[TheLastBoyOnEarth]

it doesn't have an effect on me. i feel the same amount of suicidal ideation.

 

[Abyssal]

I feel the same

 

[Shimidori]

Doesn't make me any more or less willing, to be honest. It kind of becomes just "yet another conversation" after a bit anyways.