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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief
Speaking as someone who was suicidal during the teenage years and did attempt it at least once, I know for me there wasn't this grand plan about it. Something would happen and this switch would just flip in my head and I would think everything would be better if I was dead. It was almost a spur of the moment thing. At that point I wasn't thinking logically or in touch with reality where I thought death was the best option in solving whatever issue flipped that switch even though that issue was incredibly minor.
Thankfully, I have grown out of that even though from time to time the thoughts still creep in but I am able to dismiss them.
You have to understand that with people with the suicidal ideation when that trigger goes off in their mind, they aren't thinking rationally or logically.
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Dude, thanks for posting this and putting yourself out there. You nailed it. So many people posting in this thread that don't have a clue.