Risk Assessment : How do you rate your risk?

[hmnow]

1. Have you had thoughts about wanting to die or wishing to go to sleep and not wake up?
   • No (0 points)
   • Occasionally or fleeting thoughts (1 point)
   • Frequent or persistent thoughts (2 points)
2. Have you had actual thoughts about killing yourself?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, but no plan (2 points)
   • Yes, with a plan (4 points)
3. Have you made any plans or preparations to take your own life?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, but not immediate (2 points)
   • Yes, immediate or in the next 24 hours (5 points)
4. Have you attempted suicide before?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, one attempt in the past (2 points)
   • Yes, multiple attempts or recent attempt (4 points)
5. Do you have access to means to carry out a suicide attempt (e.g., firearms, medications)?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes (2 points)
6. Are you feeling hopeless or helpless about your future?
   • No (0 points)
   • Sometimes (1 point)
   • Often or always (2 points)

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Scoring and Risk Level:

Total Score	Risk Level	Interpretation
0 - 2	Low	Minimal or no suicide risk
3 - 5	Mild	Some suicidal thoughts; monitor closely
6 - 8	Moderate	Suicidal ideation with some risk behaviors; consider intervention
9 - 10+	High	Imminent risk; urgent professional help required

I think I am in the top category of 9 to 10 - is there an eleven

 

[lamy's sacred sleep]

2+4+2+2+2+1= 13 (assuming sn is still pure)
2+4+2+2+1= 11 (assuming sn isn't pure)

funny

 

[wishingonstars]

2+4+2+2+2+2=14

 

[Wrath]

2+4+2+0+2+2=12

 

[luma]

If aborted suicide attempts don't count, then 2+4+5+0+2+2=15

If they do, then 2+4+5+4+2+2=19

 

[hmnow]

by this scale, most people on SaSu should already be dead

 

[Re62]

2+2+0+4 (I cut my wrists, pretty bad attempts all things considered, the cuts were too shallow though they did help, it became a coping mechanism of sorts for me for a brief period of time, thankfully no one knows about em) +0+2 = 10, if you don't wanna count the wrists 8

 

[Forever Sleep]

by this scale, most people on SaSu should already be dead

Exactly. Why do they assume all suicidal people are impulsive?

Mine would be:

2+4+2+0+2+2=12.

I'm not at imminent risk. I've been at a 12 for years.

 

[CumbriaCTB]

1. Have you had thoughts about wanting to die or wishing to go to sleep and not wake up?
   • Multiple times daily. (2 points)
2. Have you had actual thoughts about killing yourself?
   • Yes, my plan can be found here. (4 points)
3. Have you made any plans or preparations to take your own life?
   • I see this whenever I go to the bathroom and I've already tried it earlier this week. (5 points)
4. Have you attempted suicide before?
   • Yes, and one of them even involved admission to A&E. (4 points)
5. Do you have access to means to carry out a suicide attempt (e.g., firearms, medications)?
   • See Q3. (2 points)
6. Are you feeling hopeless or helpless about your future?
   • I've felt this way since I was 10 years old. (2 points)

TOTAL = 19 POINTS (EXTREMELY HIGH RISK)​

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In most jurisdictions, this would be grounds to legally detain me for 24 hours for a doctor to access me, determine that I am indeed at an extreme suicide risk, and then detain me for at least 28 days while they figure out long-term treatment options. Not the UK though despite the means to do so being written into law (Mental Health Act 1983). This isn't some utopia where such laws are seen as outdated and not actually enforced: these powers actually do get used quite often but not for suicidal people.

You see, the real reason is because the psych wards are underfunded and there aren't enough beds for everybody. Only extremely violemt people are being thrown in the looney bins now; suicidal people are largely left to their own devices as long as they don't try to CTB in public. It's better this way, obviously, but I wish it was done out of respect for bodily autonomy rather than out of governmental incompetence.

Sincerely,
CumbriaCTB

 

[swankysoup]

2+4+2+2+2+1= 13 (assuming sn is still pure)
2+4+2+2+1= 11 (assuming sn isn't pure)

funny

Doesn't it last a very long time if unopened and stored properly?

 

[Hystearical]

High but the only "urgent professional help" required is if they wanna cough some up N

 

[lamy's sacred sleep]

Doesn't it last a very long time if unopened and stored properly?

i got the SN from someone else, so they had to open it to give to me.

 

[Irisse]

17 for me. But I still don't have SN.

 

[nuggetfinder]

1. Have you had thoughts about wanting to die or wishing to go to sleep and not wake up?
   • No (0 points)
   • Occasionally or fleeting thoughts (1 point)
   • Frequent or persistent thoughts (2 points)
2. Have you had actual thoughts about killing yourself?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, but no plan (2 points)
   • Yes, with a plan (4 points)
3. Have you made any plans or preparations to take your own life?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, but not immediate (2 points)
   • Yes, immediate or in the next 24 hours (5 points)
4. Have you attempted suicide before?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, one attempt in the past (2 points)
   • Yes, multiple attempts or recent attempt (4 points)
5. Do you have access to means to carry out a suicide attempt (e.g., firearms, medications)?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes (2 points)
6. Are you feeling hopeless or helpless about your future?
   • No (0 points)
   • Sometimes (1 point)
   • Often or always (2 points)

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Scoring and Risk Level:

Total Score	Risk Level	Interpretation
0 - 2	Low	Minimal or no suicide risk
3 - 5	Mild	Some suicidal thoughts; monitor closely
6 - 8	Moderate	Suicidal ideation with some risk behaviors; consider intervention
9 - 10+	High	Imminent risk; urgent professional help required

I think I am in the top category of 9 to 10 - is there an eleven

14! Do I get a prize

 

[cemeteryismyhome]

I'm only an 8. Today.

 

[ElTopo]

12, yikes

 

[hmnow]

14! Do I get a prize

you get to die in your sleep

 

[Jisatsu]

17 , do I get a reward???
17 , do I get a reward???

 

[User111885]

1. Have you had thoughts about wanting to die or wishing to go to sleep and not wake up?
   • No (0 points)
   • Occasionally or fleeting thoughts (1 point)
   • Frequent or persistent thoughts (2 points)
2. Have you had actual thoughts about killing yourself?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, but no plan (2 points)
   • Yes, with a plan (4 points)
3. Have you made any plans or preparations to take your own life?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, but not immediate (2 points)
   • Yes, immediate or in the next 24 hours (5 points)
4. Have you attempted suicide before?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes, one attempt in the past (2 points)
   • Yes, multiple attempts or recent attempt (4 points)
5. Do you have access to means to carry out a suicide attempt (e.g., firearms, medications)?
   • No (0 points)
   • Yes (2 points)
6. Are you feeling hopeless or helpless about your future?
   • No (0 points)
   • Sometimes (1 point)
   • Often or always (2 points)

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Scoring and Risk Level:

Total Score	Risk Level	Interpretation
0 - 2	Low	Minimal or no suicide risk
3 - 5	Mild	Some suicidal thoughts; monitor closely
6 - 8	Moderate	Suicidal ideation with some risk behaviors; consider intervention
9 - 10+	High	Imminent risk; urgent professional help required

I think I am in the top category of 9 to 10 - is there an eleven

this feels like a data collection question

are you a researcher or journalist? Do these scores help anyone in any way except for researchers, journalists, and others in the mental health industry that use these scores to track people?

 

[nuggetfinder]

you get to die in your sleep

Id take this as an insult on any other website, but not this one WOOHOOOO!

 

[AuraByte]

10+ High.

Shock lol.

 

[Sasha Swift]

6

Hey, that's not too bad, go me!

 

[itsgone2]

16. If only doing it was easy

 

[TBONTB]

I'm so paranoid I worry if I answer someone will be at my door with a straight jacket. So zero definitely zero.