![]() But it, it, so when people said, you know, “If we leave you at home, Jenny, this might happen again. I didn’t want to die quickly so I, I wanted to die in the cold in the middle of overnight. Just do whatever you feel like doing.” And, and therefore because I was childlike, people did things to me, people told me what they thought was best for me, “Well, Jenny, you’re a risk to yourself and, you know, if you’ve disappeared once and tried to die.” In a rather bizarre way, indeed, but it’s, that was how it was. I can remember, I mostly try and be quite a clear-thinking sort of a person but I remember being almost childlike really, very pathetically, “I don’t give a toss what happens to me. So, and I haven’t been back since.Īnd what can you remember of being admitted to hospital? So that was my last experience, and as far as I know my office has still got my books and paperwork in it. So my last working day ended with me, with a suicide attempt. I left work, I drove from work and tried to, to kill myself, and then was admitted. There wasn’t, I didn’t, I, my last working day led, I was a missing person, I tried to kill myself. While suicide could seem the logical thing at the time, people could equally “snap out of it” by thinking of their responsibilities to family or others ![]() She woke up in the morning with “the mother of hangovers” and just went to work. When Yvonne attempted suicide at the age of 18, her attempt failed. Kathleen said when she was self-harming she was able to “ it together”, even though she “wasn’t doing very well really inside”. Some appeared to be coping on the surface, but had moments of deep despair. Julian said the decision to end his life was “rational” and he felt he’d “reached the end of the line”. Other people said that trying to end their life seemed logical at the time, for example because it would be better for others if they weren’t around. Some felt like they had lost control, or that everything was “unreal”. At the time when they attempted suicide or self-harmed, many people describe being afraid, “scared by what was happening in mind” and unable to cope. Thoughts of suicide ranged from disturbing, intrusive thoughts, to almost comforting -to end the trauma. And although asking about suicide can be uncomfortable, the person concerned might feel relieved that others are aware how bad they feel. The Chair of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group says that talking about suicide does not encourage it and may save a life. ![]() It was often difficult, even many years later, for people to talk about the details of trying to end their lives. While self-harm (intentionally hurting yourself) may lead to suicide, self-harm is wider-ranging then that and includes alcohol abuse, not eating and burning yourself and is often a way of coping or telling others that there is a problem. cut themselves to cope with emotional pain, or attempted to end their lives at least once. ![]() These feelings could at times seem overwhelming and too difficult to deal with. You can read more about this here: ‘ Depression, psychosis and anxiety’ and ‘ First becoming unwell’. People we spoke to had often experienced highly distressing thoughts and feelings. Medication for mental health conditions: effectiveness and side effectsĮlectroconvulsive Treatment (ECT) Suicide and self-harm.Relationship with Health and Social Care.Other people’s reaction to mental health and ECT.First thoughts about ECT and finding out more. ![]()
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