Question Posted Wednesday January 12 2005, 6:29 pm
Ok.. My friend wants to kill her self and when we were at a party she locked her self in a closet and tried to find something sharp to kill her self with and I am really scared for her!
1) Why would she announce this at a party? Answer: ATTENTION
--Does she get any attention at home? If not, this is probably her attention "Trump Card"
2) Did you warn her you were going to tell someone? If so, what did she say? If she said something like: "No, no one needs to get involved," it is yet another cry for attention. She wants to be noticed, but doesn't want it getting back to her family.
3) Did you tell someone? If you didn't, you HAVE TO DO IT!!! I personally don't think she is serious, but if she is she needs help. If she isn't, having a nice long talk with the guidance counseler will wake her up to the fact that a suicide threat is a very serious thing, not to be taken lightly.
4) If you want, here is a site about how to talk to a suicidal person: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
And the number for the national suicide help line is very simple: 1-800-SUICIDE.
kevin1986 answered Thursday January 13 2005, 1:20 am: If she wants to do it,you really can't stop her. But you can tell her to see a doctor. Then you won't feel guilty when she ends it all. [ kevin1986's advice column | Ask kevin1986 A Question ]
JadedinNowhere answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 9:21 pm: Comfort your friend as much as possible. Tell her you love her and how hurt you would be if she died, and tell her how sad everyone would be. Tell her that life will get better and that you will always be there for her. Don't give up on her and be there for her whenever she needs you to talk. I'm sure this will help at least a little bit. update me if you need anymore help with this. :) [ JadedinNowhere's advice column | Ask JadedinNowhere A Question ]
elmo answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 9:03 pm: My friend has tried to kill herself a number of times and ended up in the hospital. Time is of the essence, trust me. If this person actually wants to kill themself they are unstable and need to be in therapy, or admitted to a hospital immidiatley. You have a responsibility to inform her parents of what she tried to do. You can not take ANY chances with this. [ elmo's advice column | Ask elmo A Question ]
GoTyOuRbAcK answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 7:55 pm: That is so inredibly extreme that you need to get her some help. Although it seems bad cause you are ratting her out but you need to tell someone about it. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT TELL YOUR FRIEND THAT YOU ARE GUNNA TELL! That will make her commit suicide faster... she could even run away. Tell me how it works out!
sweet'n'spicy answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 7:28 pm: WO if ur friend is trying 2 kill herself DON'T KEEP IT ON THE DOWNLOW!!!!!!!!! TELL TELL UR MOM A TEACHER A COUSILOR ANYONE YOU ARE SAVING YOUR FRIEND!!! tell her life ain't that bad.
YOU ARE SAVING HER LIFE BY TELLIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [ sweet'n'spicy's advice column | Ask sweet'n'spicy A Question ]
S_C answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 7:16 pm: Teen Talk... if you don't have the number let me know. I'm sorry I'm not of much more help, there is a lot I could say, I'll tell you right now I was at one point suicidal, but I got help by myself... well I asked for help is what I mean, I went to a teacher. But if you want to elaborate on the situation either use my inbox or e-mail me, Maniac_Munchkin@yahoo.com Just let me know that you're the person that asked this question, and tell me what all happened, or what makes you think she tried to commit suicide. I mean, how do you lock yourself in a closet? I've never heard of a closet with locks. Well, if you want the TEEN TALK number then let me know. I think it's 1-800- TEEN-TALK, but that's most likely wrong, so just let me know if you don't have the number and I'll get it for you. But PLEASE e-mail me or leave one in my inbox with information or some type of elabortaion on the subject. I don't really have much info here, so it's harder for me to help. Sorry, E-MAIL ME!! Or just drop one... if you don't want to e-mail me or anything like that, then here's what I did when I found out a friend cut her wrists. I e-mailed a teacher, told her my situation, didn't use any names. I just told her that I was one of her students and that a friend and another one of her students cut her wrists, I left some detail, asked her what I should do, and she e-mailed me back. I never signed my name at the end, and I never used any names... well not up until a while ago. I e-mailed her about a lot of crap in my life and it turned out she was a lot of help. Just seriously e-mail me with more elaborate information, or just more information then you gave, let me know about her life at home, and then I can really respond to you from personal experience. Good luck with your friend! Please, my e-mail adress that I check frequently is Maniac_Munchkin@yahoo.com and my one that I check almost as frequent is Bull_Dawg_Babii@yahoo.com <3 :) Kate (: <3 [ S_C's advice column | Ask S_C A Question ]
Carebear221 answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 7:14 pm:
NikNik answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 6:40 pm: Ok, This is what you have to do....You have to tell someone, her parents or a teacher or someone who can help her and talk to her and see why she wants to kill herself be there for her and tell her your there for her and tell her that has to be a different way to handle whats going on then killing herself theres always another option, and I can see your a good friend because you are asking for advice on what you should do...ok, just be there for her and talk to her tell her to talk to someone about it who may can help her and just let her know that no matter what she has you and that you dont want her to do a stupid thing like killing herself, I hope this helps you out if you need anything esle then you can ask me, I know alot about everything!...-Nikki
P.S.*Feedback is greatly appreciated* [ NikNik's advice column | Ask NikNik A Question ]
Sherry answered Wednesday January 12 2005, 6:36 pm: Maybe you can give her a suicide hotline to call and like you know so she can talk to someone about it. Or get her into therapy...something like that. Tell her parents, whatever it takes to get her help! [ Sherry's advice column | Ask Sherry A Question ]
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