Ignoring Someone Suicidal

If you feel someone is considering suicide don t ignore it.

Ignoring someone suicidal. Mandated reporting laws often keep those experiencing low level suicidal thoughts from sharing them with professionals in fear of being hospitalized and the fear of seeming ungrateful weak or causing worry often prevents sharing suicidal thoughts with coworkers friends or family. Ignoring this experience lets so many fall through the cracks. If someone says he or she is thinking of suicide or behaves in a way that makes you think the person may be suicidal don t play it down or ignore the situation. There are people who take the silent treatment to extremes.

Suicide doesn t end the chances of life getting any worse. No one should ever be treated this. But i m writing this because it s so so important. It is for what every troubled person is looking.

Someone who s suicidal may be tempted to bottle up feelings because he or she feels ashamed guilty or embarrassed. It might be hard to read what i have to say based on my own experiences and some research on the various effects of the silent treatment. Don t worry about straining your relationship when someone s life is at stake. Many people who kill themselves have expressed the intention at some point.

Instead find connection helping them know they aren t alone and open up communications to be a sounding board of reason and concern. According to the music. Hope can never be stressed or repeated too much. You may worry that you re overreacting but the safety of your friend or loved one is most important.

The band good charlotte had a song called hold on which came out in 2002 about suicide. Be supportive and understanding and express your opinions without placing blame. Better to be safe than sorry.