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If you want to sucide who can you stop yourself.
Part one
1 seeking help
2 talk to a spiritual leader if you are religious
3 found a support group
4 seek support form peoepl who understand
5 call a friend
Part two
1 making pland for coping
2 get rid of potential means that you could use to commit suicided
3 make a list of things you love
4 make a list of good distractions
5 make a list of people you can call
6 make a safety plan
Part three
1 trying to consider alternative solutions
3 remind yourself that the way you feel is temporary
2 delay your plans
4Think of other ways to solve your problems
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Suicidal thoughts happen when the deep pain you're feeling seems impossible to overcome. It might hurt so much that suicide seems like the only way you can find relief from whatever is troubling you. But there are other things you can do to get relief and stay alive to feel joy, love, and exhilaration again. Taking immediate action to keep yourself safe, exploring the reasons why you're having suicidal thoughts, and making a plan to overcome them when they come back will help you stop the pain without killing yourself.

If you're thinking about suicide and need immediate help, please call or text 988 to reach a suicide prevention hotline immediately 24/7, in the United States or Canada.

1. Seek help from a mental healthcare professional. People who attempt suicide are more likely to be suffering from a serious mental condition like depression or anxiety. Know that there is help for you.

If your suicidal feelings were brought on by a specific event, like the grief of being jilted, job loss, or becoming disabled, remember that this kind of situational depression can still be helped by treatment.

2. Seek support from people who understand. The most important thing to remember is that no matter why this is happening, you are not alone. Reach out to people who are there for you and who understand how it feels, and want to help. If you're looking for a good place to start, try getting in touch with one of the following services:

Contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you're in the United States or Canada, which can be reached by calling or texting 988.

If you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans* call 1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564).

If you're a veteran call 800-273-TALK and press 1.

If you're a teenager call Covenant House Nine Line at 1-800-999-9999.

Send an anonymous e-mail to The Samaritans suicide prevention center.

Call a psychotherapist. Look in your phone book for a list of people in your area. You can also find one, here: https://locator.apa.org/

1. Make a list of good distractions. What has helped to convince you not to take your life in the past? Write it down. Any distraction is a good distraction if it gets you further away from harming yourself. Having a list to turn to when your mind feels too bogged down to remember what to do is going to come in handy in the future. Here are a few ideas:

Call a friend to talk.

Eat a healthy meal.

Go for a walk or get some exercise.

Paint, write or read.

2. Make a list of people you can call. Include the names and phone numbers of at least five people, in case someone isn't available when you need to call. Include the names of friends, family members, and acquaintances who are likely to pick up the phone and help.

Include the names of trusted counselors, psychiatrists, and support group members.

Write down hotlines you feel comfortable calling.

3. Make a safety plan. Your safety plan is a plan you read over and follow as soon as you start having suicidal thoughts. Your plan is a personally tailored list of things you can do to convince yourself not to take your life. When you're having suicidal thoughts, it can be difficult to wrench your mind away and focus on something that will help you. But when you have a plan in place, all you need to do next time the thoughts come is pull out your plan and start going down the list. Keep completing each step on the list until you've reached a point where you feel safe again. Here's an example of a safety plan:

1. Read my list of Things I Love. Remind myself of the things that have prevented me from taking my life so far.

2. Read my list of Good Distractions. Distract myself from my thoughts with anything I can do that helps. This could be taking a walk in my neighborhood or watching my favorite movie, for example.

3. Read my list of People I Can Call. Add friends and family that deeply care about me. Call the first person on the list to talk. Keep calling people until I reach someone who can talk to me for as long as I need to talk.

4. Delay my suicide attempt and make my home safe. If I have a suicide plan, promise myself that I'll wait at least 48 hours before I take action on my plan. In the meantime, get rid of pills, sharp objects, and other items that could affect my safety.

5. Call someone to come stay with me. If no one can stay, call my therapist or a crisis number.

6. Go to a place where I feel safe, like my parents' house, a friend's house, or a community center.

7. Go to the emergency room.

8. Call the Emergency Services.

Check out the NHS site if you're in the UK, or the website for your country, to find options for yourself.

If there are no support groups in your area for suicide or depression, talk to a therapist or local hospital about support groups they might run or how to get group support. You can also visit a website that offers online video counseling.

Think. Suicide is permanent. You can always turn your life around and do everything you can to make it better. Please don't hurt yourself.

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This article was co-authored by Trudi Griffin, LPC, MS. Trudi Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin specializing in Addictions and Mental Health. She provides therapy to people who struggle with addictions, mental health, and trauma in community health settings and private practice. She received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marquette University in 2011. This article has been viewed 886,629 times.

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You may feel like suicide is the only way to end your pain, but there are ways to find relief and start enjoying life again. Reach out to a mental health professional or a spiritual leader if you're religious, since they can help you deal with your feelings. You should also try talking to a support group or other people who understand your feelings, because it's important to realize that you're not alone. If you're feeling alone, call a friend and family member and ask them to spend time with you. To help control your negative thoughts, try writing a list of all the things you love, such as people, activities, and things about yourself, which will encourage you to see the positive things in your life. For tips from our co-author on how to make a safety plan to stop you from committing suicide, keep reading.

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Need Help? Contact a suicide hotline if you need someone to talk to. If you have a friend in need of help, please encourage that person to contact a suicide hotline as well.

- Worldwide
In general, if you're outside the US, numbers for your country are here: Help a friend - Befrienders Worldwide. You can also e-mail jo@samaritans.org to talk to someone or go to http://www.samaritans.org/how-we... to speak with someone.

- United States
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Para español, llame al 1-888-628-9454.

- Canada
Locate a crisis centre in your area and at The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (link to: Find A Crisis Centre). For youth under 20, you can call the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.

- India
Visit or call their 24/7 helpline at +91-22-27546669 or +91-22-27546667. You can also e-mail aasrahelpline@yahoo.com.

- UK 116 123 (to reach the Samaritans in the UK)
- France (33) 01 46 21 46 46
- Australia 13 11 14

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The very idea that someone wants to die is frightening. As a result, suicide is not an easy topic to discuss for many people. But talking about suicide does save lives. If one person can be saved from suicide by talking about it with someone, it is worth it; especially if that someone is you.

I am amazed at the many powerful and wise comments I have received from you about suicide. I asked you to tell me why you think people contemplate suicide and you had some amazing insights. It is clear that it is usually not just one thing that compels someone to feel suicidal. You said it is a combination of a lot of things, including:

More than anything, I believe people who live with suicidal ideation feel hopeless. They are hurting so badly and want nothing more than for the pain to end. Unfortunately, they cannot imagine the pain ever going away. They cannot see the light at the end of the very dark and lonely tunnel they have found themselves traveling down. Have you ever felt this way?

It is not uncommon for a person's circumstances or their self-image to cause someone to think negatively about themselves. Often times, people consider suicide because they are unable to find any reason to make living worthwhile. They think their problems are unsolvable and they feel completely out of control. I believe first and foremost, hopelessness is a serious spiritual problem rooted in lies and faulty thinking. Anytime you believe lies about yourself, you are listening to the wrong voices.

Jennifer said suicide has been a daily struggle for the past nine years due to being sexually abused. "I feel like suicide is the only option I have left, the only chance at peace I'll ever have. It's as if something will always be missing and life will never be quite right." There is no denying that the pain of sexual abuse can be tremendous. But the abuse is not Jennifer's fault. She needs to find the hope that she can overcome this pain. Many people just like Jennifer have overcome abuse through talking about it with a professional counselor. She needs to learn how to stop punishing herself for her abuser's actions.

Have you ever gone through something so painful you were convinced the pain was never going to go away? Many people who contemplate suicide say something like: I don't want to die. I just want the pain to go away. They think, "Because I'm in intense pain today, I will always be in pain." It is this kind of faulty thinking that can lead people down the path that leads to suicide.

Kas wrote: I think about suicide pretty much every second of the day. It seems like it's my only choice anymore. I know it's not the answer, but at times I just feel like I can't move on with this life anymore.

If you are already living with suicidal ideation, it is important to remember that substance abuse only works to magnify these thoughts and behaviors. Alcohol makes depression worse, impairs thinking and judgment and increases impulsivity. There is no safety without sobriety. Additionally, coping skills like alcohol, drugs, self-harm, all fail - because they never address the actual root of the pain. They only serve to temporarily cover it up.

Jordyn wrote: Some people have suicidal thoughts because they want to escape the isolation, pain, and rejection from the environment surrounding them. Others simply feel they have reached a state of loneliness and depression in their lives to the point where their thoughts become so negative, they can't find any other reason to live. They would rather not confront it because of the fear of hurt that comes along with it.I feel that when you go through times of depression and think about committing suicide, God is there by your side. He will not abandon you. It is only a matter of whether you reach out to Him through prayer that you will be free from these thoughts.

Mandy also wrote: "Part of the very reason people do what they do is because they have failed. Suicide is the result of irrational thinking in the illness of DEPRESSION. And when people reach that level, just as my father did on the 18th of January 2016, it was a reminder that even the strong fall... "

Mandy said, Suicide is the result of irrational thinking in the illness of DEPRESSION Click To Tweet

Thank you, Mandy, for bringing to light the very serious issue of depression. Depression is a real illness and needs real meaningful help. To learn more about depression, please read this guest blog from our partner, Centerstone.

Even rock stars struggle with pain, depression, and suicide, but there is always HOPE. Check out this video by lead singer Jake Luhrs from "August Burns Red:"
If you or a friend need support right now, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-825 5, for free confidential, 24/7 help. Head here for a list of crisis centers around the world. For additional help, please visit the suicide prevention resource page.
For more on what to do if you are having suicidal thoughts or if you know someone who is considering suicide, check out TheHopeLine's eBook: Understanding Suicide.

Dawson McAllister (born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania) is an American speaker, radio host, and author. He is the founder of Dawson McAllister Association and TheHopeLine and host of the national radio program Dawson McAllister Live, which is aired on Sunday nights. Dawson has been speaking to and in support of teenagers and young adults for over 40 years.

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The very idea that someone wants to die is frightening. As a result, suicide is not an easy topic to discuss for many people. But talking about suicide does save lives. If one person can be saved from suicide by talking about it with someone, it is worth it; especially if that someone is you.

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When you died abcasue you are old enough and When people 🤬 themselves, are killed by someone else or die as the result of an accident, that’s considered non-natural. Any other cause is “natural.”According to the latest CDC data, 2,596,993 people died in the U.S. in 2013. The vast majority of those deaths, 92.5 percent, were of natural causes. There were 195,713 U.S. deaths in 2013 that resulted from non-natural causes (these are also known as “external causes of death”). The 10 most common non-natural causes of death are charted below.

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Dear Mona, I'm curious about the term "died of natural causes" and what ailments/events actually make that term up. It's not just that one day people die because they're old, but rather the kidneys or liver go out, or something else. Brent Jenkins, Las Vegas
You're right. The term "natural causes" tends to be used as an explanation when older people die. It's almost used as a euphemism for "died of old age," which I think most people recognize doesn't really mean anything - but is "natural causes" equally hollow?

It does mean something according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A natural cause of death is anything that isn't a non-natural cause of death (I know, I know, bear with me). When people kill themselves, are killed by someone else or die as the result of an accident, that's considered non-natural. Any other cause is "natural."

According to the latest CDC data, people died in the U.S. in 2013. The vast majority of those deaths, 92.5 percent, were of natural causes. Thankfully, the data is more detailed than that, though - there are 46 categories of natural causes of death listed, as well as 44 subcategories. In the chart below, I've summarized the 10 natural causes responsible for the most deaths in 2013.

If I included everything, I'm afraid the chart would be a little too long - but you can find a full table of every cause that accounted for at least 0.1 percent of all deaths at the end of this article. That threshold does mean I've had to leave out some unusual causes of death, though. Like syphilis (which killed 49 people in 2013), salmonella (40 deaths), whooping cough (12), malaria (10) and scarlet fever (which killed one person).

You're right, Brent: Once you start to unpack the "natural causes" category, things get complicated. After heart disease and cancer, which together accounted for almost half of all U.S. deaths in 2013, the largest category was "all other diseases." It's not shown on the chart, but this label covers 12 percent of deaths (most of them of people 75 and older, which does make it seem conspicuously like it's commonly used to describe the deaths of older people).

Because cancer (described in the data as "malignant neoplasms") accounted for such a large fraction of all deaths, I've broken out the 10 biggest cancer subcategories below.

There were 195,713 U.S. deaths in 2013 that resulted from non-natural causes (these are also known as "external causes of death"). The 10 most common non-natural causes of death are charted below.

Accidents accounted for two-thirds of all non-natural deaths in 2013. The most common type of accident was accidental poisoning, at 20 percent of all non-natural deaths, followed by motor-vehicle accidents (18 percent of all non-natural deaths) and falls (15 percent). Suicide, by whatever means, accounted for more than twice as many deaths as homicide. And, as Vox pointed out , firearms specifically are used in almost twice as many suicide deaths (21,175) as homicide deaths (11,208).

One category is striking here - the 516 deaths in 2013 that come under the label "legal intervention." According to the World Health Organization , which the CDC uses to classify deaths, this means the deaths resulted from "injuries inflicted by the police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action."

In a way, Brent, nobody really dies of "natural causes" - the numbers show there are thousands of diseases and conditions under that label. And yet, it's equally true that the vast majority of people in America do die of natural causes.

Hope the numbers help,
Have a question you would like answered here? Send it to @MonaChalabi or dearmona@fivethirtyeight.com.

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After someone commits suicide, the most common question their loved ones ask is, "Why?"

People generally commit suicide for one of six reasons. Understanding these may be a first step toward moving through your own guilt and anger.

The most common reason for suicide attempts is depression.

Though I've never lost a friend or family member to suicide, I have lost a patient (who I wrote about in a previous post, " The True Cause of Depression"). I have known a number of people left behind by the suicide of people close to them, however. Given how much losing my patient affected me, I've only been able to guess at the devastation these people have experienced. Pain mixed with guilt, anger, and regret makes for a bitter drink, the taste of which I've seen take many months or even years to wash out of some mouths.

The one question everyone has asked without exception, that they ache to have answered more than any other, is simply: Why? Why did their friend, child, parent, spouse, or sibling take their own life? Even when a note explaining the reasons is found, lingering questions usually remain: Yes, they felt enough despair to want to die, but why did they feel that? A person's suicide often takes the people it leaves behind by surprise (only accentuating survivor's guilt for failing to see it coming).

People who've survived suicide attempts have reported wanting not so much to die as to stop living, a strange dichotomy, but a valid one nevertheless. If some in-between state existed, some other alternative to death, I suspect many suicidal people would take it. For the sake of all those reading this who might have been left behind by someone's suicide, I wanted to describe how I was trained to think about the reasons people kill themselves. They're not as intuitive as most think.

Why people attempt suicide

In general, people try to kill themselves for six reasons:

1. They're depressed. This is, without question, the most common reason people die by suicide. Severe depression is almost always accompanied by a pervasive sense of suffering as well as the belief that escape from it is hopeless. The pain of existence often becomes too much for severely depressed people to bear. The state of depression warps their thinking, allowing ideas like, "Everyone would all be better off without me" to make rational sense. They shouldn't be blamed for falling prey to such distorted thoughts any more than a heart patient should be blamed for experiencing chest pain; it's simply the nature of their disease. Because depression, as we all know, is almost always treatable, we should all seek to recognize its presence in our close friends and loved ones. Often, people suffer with it silently, planning suicide without anyone ever knowing. Despite making both parties uncomfortable, inquiring directly about suicidal thoughts, in my experience, almost always yields an honest response. If you suspect someone might be depressed, don't allow your tendency to deny the possibility of suicidal ideation prevent you from asking about it.

2. They're psychotic. Malevolent inner voices often command self-destruction for unintelligible reasons. Psychosis is much harder to mask than depression, and is arguably even more tragic. The worldwide incidence of schizophrenia is 1 percent and often strikes otherwise healthy, high-performing individuals, whose lives, though manageable with medication, are often derailed from their original promise. Schizophrenics are just as likely to talk freely about the voices commanding them to kill themselves as not, and also, in my experience, give honest answers about thoughts of suicide when asked directly. Psychosis, too, is treatable, and usually must be treated for a schizophrenic to be able to function at all. Untreated or poorly treated psychosis almost always requires hospital admission until the voices lose their commanding power.

3. They're impulsive. Often related to drugs and alcohol, some people become maudlin and impulsively attempt to end their own lives. Once sobered and calmed, these people usually feel emphatically ashamed. The remorse is often genuine, but whether or not they'll ever attempt suicide again is unpredictable. They may try it again the very next time they become drunk or high, or never again in their lifetime. Hospital admission is, therefore, not usually indicated. Substance abuse and the underlying reasons for it are generally a greater concern in these people and should be addressed as aggressively as possible.

4. They're crying out for help, and don't know how else to get it. These people don't usually want to die but do want to alert those around them that something is seriously wrong. They often don't believe they will die, frequently choosing methods they don't think can kill them in order to call attention to their challenges, but they are sometimes tragically misinformed. For instance, a young teenage girl suffering genuine angst because she feels lonely or has gotten into a devastating fight with her parents, may swallow a bottle of Tylenol-not realizing that in high enough doses, Tylenol causes irreversible liver damage. I've watched more than one teenager die a horrible death in an ICU days after such an ingestion when remorse has already cured them of their desire to die and their true goal of alerting those close to them of their distress has been achieved.

5. They have a philosophical desire to die. The decision to die by suicide for some is based on a reasoned decision, often motivated by the presence of a painful terminal illness from which little to no hope of reprieve exists. These people aren't depressed, psychotic, maudlin, or crying out for help. They're trying to take control of their destiny and alleviate their own suffering, which usually can only be done in death. They often look at their choice to die by suicide as a way to shorten a dying that will happen regardless. In my personal view, if such people are evaluated by a qualified professional who can reliably exclude the other possibilities for why suicide is desired, these people should be allowed to die at their own hands.

6. They've made a mistake. This is a recent, tragic phenomenon in which typically young people flirt with oxygen deprivation for the high it brings and simply go too far. The only defense against this, it seems to me, is education.

The wounds suicide leaves in the lives of those left behind by it are often deep and long lasting. The apparent senselessness of suicide often fuels the most significant pain. Thinking we all deal better with tragedy when we understand its underpinnings, I've offered the preceding paragraphs in hopes that anyone reading this who's been left behind by a suicide might be able to more easily find a way to move on, to relinquish their guilt and anger, and find closure. Despite the abrupt way you may have been left, guilt and anger don't have to be the only two emotions you're doomed to feel about the one who left you.
If you or someone you know is exhibiting warning signs of suicide, call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255), contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, or seek help from a medical or mental health professional. To locate a mental health professional near you, visit the Psychology Today Therapy Directory. LinkedIn Image Credit: Phat1978/Shutterstock Facebook image: Manuela Durson/Shutterstock

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It's been three years coming, yet on Tuesday night, thousands of us had spent too long chillin and chattin to get registerin for #votin; the government's online voter registration site for the EU referendum crashed as midnight approached, leaving many unsure whether they would have a say on 23 June.

Like a kindly but not disinterested teacher in need of good results, David Cameron has extended the deadline, allowing the mainly youthful (and, he might quietly hope, more EU-friendly) late surge to register. It's safe to assume most of them were aware of the deadline but had just put things off.

Procrastination can feel like a self-destructive compulsion, but a lot of research suggests it can be a good thing, whether or not your deadline gets moved. Professor Adam Grant, an American psychologist and author, says we should make time to procrastinate as a way to fuel creativity. In his book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, he argues that creative people tend to procrastinate more.

Anna Abramowski, a British psychologist who studied the construct of procrastination at Cambridge University (and she handed in her masters thesis on time), says people who "actively procrastinate display a certain level of self-reliance, autonomy and self-confidence because they are aware of the risk of subjecting themselves to last-minute pressures and still consciously decide to. That can be a good thing, because it stimulates creativity and enables them to engage in multiple tasks at the same time."

Other suggested causes include a strict upbringing, in which putting things off till the last minute becomes a form of rebellion, inherited personality traits, and a fear of failure or even success. Do something too soon and too well and you risk getting saddled with more work and responsibility. Or, put something off and do it worse so you get to blame the failure on procrastination more than any other shortcoming.

There is a simpler reason which may apply in the EU referendum case: the illogical perception of time, which we tend to see in terms, semesters, seasons or quarters. In a study devised to show how this works, 295 people were told to open a bank account for a charitable fund. They would be rewarded if the fund accumulated a certain amount in six months. But those who were given a December deadline in June were much more likely to open the account sooner than those who were given a January deadline in July. Much like the EU referendum - it just felt too distant to worry about.
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It's been three years coming, yet on Tuesday night, thousands of us had spent too long chillin and chattin to get registerin for #votin; the government's online voter registration site for the EU referendum crashed as midnight approached, leaving many unsure whether they would have a say on 23 June.