-- Posted by HOLLOWdepths at 6:30 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 If I am feeling only mildly suicidal but also like I am a possible harm to myself (self-injury)? I called once before... I don't want to be pathetic, and I certainly don't want some sort of emergency team sent after me. -- Posted by PreppyPeyton at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Call. -- Posted by Fentastic at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Call a hotline. -- Posted by The Last Magister at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 I never have...the SLs here work well...usually... -- Posted by ocho cinco at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 stop being a pussy -- Posted by blufindr at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Call. -- Posted by akallen at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Yes. -- Posted by SpasticTurnip at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Call ! -- Posted by How to at 6:31 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Just touch yourself when you feel the need to hurt yourself. -- Posted by xxXemoXxx at 6:32 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Call or talk to someone about it. -- Posted by Shibs at 6:32 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Please call. -- Posted by hollie midgley at 6:33 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 CALL -- Posted by Everlongx at 6:33 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 yes, call. -- Posted by girl22 at 6:35 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Call. -- Posted by The Stranger at 6:44 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 If you are feeling suicidal now, please stop long enough to read this. It will only take about five minutes. I do not want to talk you out of your bad feelings. I am not a therapist or other mental health professional - only someone who knows what it is like to be in pain. I don't know who you are, or why you are reading this page. I only know that for the moment, you're reading it, and that is good. I can assume that you are here because you are troubled and considering ending your life. If it were possible, I would prefer to be there with you at this moment, to sit with you and talk, face to face and heart to heart. But since that is not possible, we will have to make do with this. I have known a lot of people who have wanted to kill themselves, so I have some small idea of what you might be feeling. I know that you might not be up to reading a long book, so I am going to keep this short. While we are together here for the next five minutes, I have five simple, practical things I would like to share with you. I won't argue with you about whether you should kill yourself. But I assume that if you are thinking about it, you feel pretty bad. Well, you're still reading, and that's very good. I'd like to ask you to stay with me for the rest of this reply. I hope it means that you're at least a tiny bit unsure, somewhere deep inside, about whether or not you really will end your life. Often people feel that, even in the deepest darkness of despair. Being unsure about dying is okay and normal. The fact that you are still alive at this minute means you are still a little bit unsure. It means that even while you want to die, at the same time some part of you still wants to live. So let's hang on to that, and keep going for a few more minutes. -- Posted by HOLLOWdepths at 8:24 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Thank you. I did, and it helped some. -- Posted by iconoclast at 9:27 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 I don't agree with calling the helpline. Simply because, from what I've heard and experienced, they don't really help or know what they're doing. Often they'll just try to get you 'professional help', and oh boy...I could type paragraphs about my thoughts on that.... -- Posted by LucidAssassin at 9:31 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 do it to be safe -- Posted by LoveKay at 10:51 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 The hotline isn't just for people who are about to commit suicide. Anybody can use it, especially those whose mind has wandered onto the topic of suicide. Honestly, I think it will help you to call. It is not pathetic at all and it does not make you look bad whatsoever. Actually, those who seek help when in difficult times are the ones who are strong. Please do call the number. The least that will happen is you won't feel better, but you certainly won't feel worse. Good luck =]