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ineedhelp101 Posted at 8:30 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
how can you tell when someone is close to commiting suicide?

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Catacomb Posted at 1:26 pm on Nov. 22, 2008
Quote: from prisoner of hss at 6:05 pm on Nov. 21, 2008

You can't really tell, people will talk about committing suicide and not be close, or can not talk about it and be really close. It really varies per person. For awhile I would talk about it but then I shut up because people were completely misunderstanding my problems and reacting in ways that made them worse. You can certainly tell when someone is depressed if you know them well enough or to some degree in those you know less well if you have enough experience to 'sense' it, but suicide is a separate thing.
i feel you
(im not stalking im systematically replying to all threads in the forum)
Catacomb Posted at 1:24 pm on Nov. 22, 2008
sometimes you cant
santana 08 Posted at 8:28 am on Nov. 21, 2008
Quote: from I like tuhtles at 8:30 pm on Nov. 20, 2008

You see them mid-flight during their fall.

Haha!!

wink Posted at 8:13 am on Nov. 21, 2008
They might mention things like when I ll b gone.Little hint sometimes.But most of the time u can't tell
aliens Posted at 6:42 am on Nov. 21, 2008
There are no ways of telling. The only thing you can do is let them know you're there for them...
iconoclast Posted at 11:05 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
You can't really tell, people will talk about committing suicide and not be close, or can not talk about it and be really close. It really varies per person. For awhile I would talk about it but then I shut up because people were completely misunderstanding my problems and reacting in ways that made them worse. You can certainly tell when someone is depressed if you know them well enough or to some degree in those you know less well if you have enough experience to 'sense' it, but suicide is a separate thing.
Alice Cullen Posted at 8:46 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
well did thst person say they were thinking of sucide.... I've thought about it before
ineedhelp101 Posted at 8:33 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
thanks to the ppl who wrote in!!!
Discordany Posted at 8:33 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
They may show some symptoms (look it up, because although I know a few, I cant give you a full list), but sometimes they are completely "normal" seeming, and you cant tell at all.
snowcone200 Posted at 8:31 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
You sometimes can't tell. Often people are calm before they do it. So that is why often when suicide occurs people are like "What!!!:
I like tuhtles Posted at 8:30 pm on Nov. 20, 2008
You see them mid-flight during their fall.
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