How Do I Ask For Help If I’m Thinking About Suicide? (feat. Shani Tran) | Facing Suicide | PBS

I’m soo exhausted with my life… i feel like nobody truly understands me… i been in soo much pain since last 2 years.. i dnt even wanna talk to anyone.. all i had was my bf .. now it seems like even he doesn’t care 😭 all i can think of is an easy and painless way to leave this world behind

I feel so much pain it's depression and anxiety and anhedonia 😭

I don't really know what else to do. What exactly is the point? I struggle, I've achieved a lot, I still don't feel like it's worth it and I have no one. What exactly is the point of living day to day if there is no milestone that makes me happy?

Society wants to punish suicidal people so that when they actually attempt suicide they know they'd better succeed. Reaching out for help does nothing, it just shows society they haven't punished you enough for you to actually mean it. Society wants you dead. Don't expect them to actually help you.

Not many pple will admit it . .it is too personal

Cannot afford healthcare.
No free healthcare, no free help from anyone esp the US Government.
Advertised suicide agencies ONLY care about ARRESTS or 5150 committals.
The INLY way to get so-called help is to lose job and income, lose family, give up ALL personal freedoms and ALL civil liberties
Therapy does NOTHING.
5150 asylum does NOTHING.

thats been my problem. i am nothing but an obstacle for everyone else and i am nothing in return, just get rid of me, a waste of space😔

988 didn't help. They just repeat back what I said...

I dont understand why nobody wants me.

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I just cant see a way through this ...

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30).

If you have no friends, you cannot call one.

Suicide is selfish they say...isn't sayin...the hurt ity would cause...SELFISH??? whos helpin who??

People lie!!!...ur just a thing in this exsistance

Cannot trust mental health professionals 😂

As always, no one offers practical help, such as paying peoples' bills while they get better. It's always suicide prevention - and then you're on your own. Stop being heroes.

I have not slept for 27 months, I feel suicidal everyday it’s torture.

"I'm a she/her and I've brought together these people with lived experiences..."

OK, you do you by all means but that's definitely not the way I wanted this to start.

Everybody thinks of this , I think it's normal

What if you asked and no one wants to help? They just stopped contacting you after they knew that you have that thought?

Too real

I don’t want to ask for help because not sure if I need it and I don’t want people to think of me like this

I have been suicidal for 9 years and I have only ever verbally admitted it to four people: two therapists, my mother, and my boyfriend. It is a hard thing to talk about and I have always felt so isolated. Thank you for making this video.

When you live a dishonarable life. People around you care so much that your life has become so unreal and fake they push you away from your dreams and want to control you like a puppet. The only reason i still live is my father. Because i don't want him to pay for me or have any grief. But when he dies i shall follow. After my fathers death my life on this planet becomes obsolete. I lost all grip with the world as nothing drives me anymore to go ahead. Everything gets harder overtime to maintain,build ... And all this withouth purpose with the death of my mother i saw how fake relationships are and how vultures fight for there place. Nothing we do has meaning to any of us. Its one fight to survive. And i lost the will to thrive to be first,better,know more. I want this fake world to end asap.

There is no help. No one cares. It’s all about making money off people.

I am a small adult and I am being bullied.

I want to know why ppl shouldnt have right to die if thats what they chose, for whatever reason, someone pls tell me why we ahouldnt be afforded that right to chose

All 4 stories involved calling a friend for help, what if you're alone in the world? Or what if you're only friend contributes to the pain in your mind, then what?, call a stranger ?

My first try i was saved, i don’t know the next

There not really. They are preparing

I can't help but wonder how many people that have left comments here are still alive.

For me it's I'm scared to die. Do I over come that fear om conditioning myself. Like say i want to bake a cake, Day one, I set all the icons on the table. Day 2, I repeated day one but mixed the dry ingredients. Day 3, I repeat days 1 and 2 and mix all the wet ingredients. Day 4 I repeat days 1-3 but mix all ingredients and preheat the oven. Day 5, which is where I'm at, I've mixed everything together and put into a baking sheet. I'm just pulling together the last of my strength to put the cake in the oven.

Im so low right now, over a year no job, been applying, have so many bills and all i keep getting is rejected 😢

I just have to try and be normal the whole day and then i come home and cry and cry and try to convince myself not to die im so sick of feeling like this

The sad truth is I feel like it's impossible to prevent suicide completely, it's sad but some people have no choice but to commit suicide. How can you save people in such situations? And really not many people want to talk about suicide coz it's a iffy topic, I get it.
So the answer I found is that you need to surround yourself with trustworthy people who care about you, then you will always have someone to count on.

I agree, I believe in Nietzsche. There is no point to life or living. But Jordan Peterson says, the only thing that gives life meaning is responsibility. So an excellent example is when Shani Tran, tells that she wants to be there for her daughter, coz she can't bear the thought of her daughter growing up without a mother. In that sense, she felt responsible for her daughter and that's what gave her life meaning to live. It's my deduction from Nietzsche and Jordan Peterson's works. However, this is not the only answer I think. There might be other answers too. But "you are loved" is religious from Christian faith, and I don't have anything against Christians. But, it's hard for atheists to comprehend this.

It’s a male epidemic!

They love and cherish you when you don’t need their help. The longer you need help the less they care.

My job pushed a packet in front of me and I used it. Therapist kept trying to make assumptions about what I'm feeling and what I actually need. Didnt help me and I cant afford the bills anyway to try with a new one.

I feel like the kind of help I'm searching for doesn't exist in this world. That's why I feel so sad and lonely and wanting just to leave this world. I don't feel like I fit in this world, like there's no place for me in this world.

I never thought I've been depressed, until I noticed something was wrong. It all started when Covid-19 started.

I should already be dead

I want my husband of 28 years to be my safe place and he’s not. I struggle when I crash

This isn't helpful. Helpful would be explanation of painless methods. This is a guilt trip made to keep ppl around so they can suffer. Shame on all of you.

I just want the pain to stop! I want to stop feeling like im drowning all the time 😢

idk if anyone cares to read but i'm 16 years old and i've struggled with suicidal thoughts since i was around 9. my father emotionally, physically, and sexually abused me and my mother since the age of 6 and when i grew older i realized something was wrong. my parents would often fight all the time, and i would intervene just to get beat. i would cry in my room wondering why or how this has happened and why all my friends dads acted so differently. the aftermath definitely broke my mother because she now puts the blame on me and shifts her beliefs to it being the devil trying to curse our home. when i first opened up
to them, she sent me to a hospital for 2 months and i saw no one else but my social worker. when it didn't work (obviously) she was frustrated and decided i was just a defect to her life and shut me out. being alone for so long i attempted once, but i'm very glad to be alive still. i've realized that although there's no one in my close family who loves me, i have a life to live and i want to grow up to be a social worker. i want to help kids like me. it pains me to see my little self cry in her room feeling like she did something wrong.

I can feel their anxiety so much. Does anyone feel it? It makes me relate to them. It makes me feel human. People hide their anxiety so well and sometimes I wonder why I’m not able to hide it so well? I start to kind of ramble and hold my breath when I talk and they all kind of did it. I also fidget and swing my legs like the girl in the sweater. I wish I could find more videos of people genuinely being anxious and not being ridiculed for it because this made me feel less isolated.