Poll: how many of you have disclosed suicidal intent to those around you?

[John-Doe]

i've never mentioned being depressed/suicidal to anyone outside of SaSu. to me it seems like there's two main possibilities: either they wouldn't care and i'd come across as attention seeking, or they'd care too much and get freaked out. idek who i'd tell anyway.

i do have one friend who's also suicidal and has attempted recently (and is expecting to again) so maybe i'll tell him someday.

 

[Leavesfromthevine]

I've told people and no one has been surprised or even tried hard to talk me out of it. I don't know if they support my choice or just realize I'm so deep into depression that it's nearly impossible to help me. Either way I'm glad that it hasn't caused me any harm.

I haven't told people when I plan to attempt but a lot of people know I want to and even some know I have easy access to various methods.

 

[Tokugawa_Yoshinobu]

I've mentioned it to a few people but it won't effect me that much. I have no contact to most of them anymore or they don't know me very well as a person

 

[Silent Raindrops]

Everyone I know knows about the depression I've gone through, the hell I've lived and been through. They all know I'm a ticking time bomb, and at any given second, I'll be gone. It's gotten to the point that they know talking to me about suicide, is like talking to me about religion, we won't agree. So the discussion is never brought up.

 

[Fractal]

I let myself go so crazy that I asked my older brother to get me SN. I need to go. I've done too many horrible things.

 

[Kasumi]

Depends a lot on who you're disclosing to.
In my case I choose carefully, maybe three people know and they're in no position to have my hospitalized.
Aside that they know they'd just be making it worse for me.
I'd never even consider telling people who don't understand.

 

[thinvy]

I have disclosed to friends, back when we were still friends. nothing happened really. it almost always happens the same way, either we start talking about how mentally fucked we are, or someone gets suicidal and we all rush in to comfort one another or talk about how thankful we are to have friends that make us want to live

now I haven't disclosed that I have a method or planned date with death to anyone outside of here. I've hinted before to my roommates that they should have a way to cover rent in case I die but now that that's sorted, no need to bring it up again

 

[preacheroffalsehood]

I have never did nor will I ever do so. I am much more comfortable with nobody else trying to guilt trip or shame me due to my thoughts.

I do remember hinting about it once to a particular friend of mine when I was feeling impulsive and desperate. However, she seems to not pick up on it or she deliberately ignored it. Regardless, I am quite relieved that she decided to do nothing about it as I don't think I could bear the guilt of she suddenly putting extra care on me (or that she didn't decide to tell my family members or reported it to the authorities).

 

[BitSad]

First very crisis I did disclose to my dad and my at the time gf now wife; the big second crisis I'm currently struggling through I told also my sister. Especially sis told me she did feel so as well, and told me a holy truth "most of the people, or near everyone, has suicidal thought at least once, it's just that they don't tell you".

 

[walkingdead2023]

I don't think I will ever will! It's obvious I will be hunted and shadowed 24/7

 

[tbroken]

I told my parents, but luckily it didn't sound that desperate i think, plus they and some of my old friends already know i'm depressed, because i showed major depression signs and 2 or 3 bad things happened to me during youth. I survived 16 years from the first depression signs, they think i'm just stressed.

 

[omgisthatashley]

after 4 attempts i think they've figured it out. but they dont notice the signs and when it happens again it will be "out of nowhere"

 

[WeakWeave]

I'm glad you have people who truly care about you. For me, I haven't disclosed anything to anyone. One of my friends was suicidal and he got sent to a psych ward, my other friends will sometimes belittle him for that. So I'd just be opening a whole can of worms if I told others.

 

[BlockHammer]

I have disclosed my intent to my friend and parents, but to be honest im still planning my way out. Also trying to determine te schedule for me to doing the act of killing myself

And last, it also depend on my life circumstance