How do you prevent a friend from committing suicide?

Answer 1

Suicide Help

We care about you and we want you to seek help if you or someone you know or love are possibly contemplating suicide.

It is not the answer to anything. It only causes grief, will affect the mental health of those close to you, and may increase the likelihood of their considering suicide themselves.

You can call people for assistance.

• In the US you can call 1-800-784-2433 (toll-free)
• In the UK you can call 08457 90 90 90
• In Ireland you can call 1850 60 90 90
• In Australia you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (local call)
• In Australia you can call Kids Help Line on 1800 55 1800 (toll-free)

If you are asking a legitimate question because you are planning to kill yourself, call 911 in the USA, 999 in the UK, 112 in Europe and UK, or the emergency number for the country you are in, right now, and tell them that.

Worldwide NumbersCall one of the Suicide helplines. The following site has numbers in the United States and worldwide:

• http:/psychcentralzperiodzcom/helpmezperiodzhtm

and this site lets you find a phone number in your own country:

• http:/wwwzperiodzbefrienderszperiodzorg/support/helplineszperiodzasp

Please talk to a counselor about your problems, nothing is bad enough to be worth taking your own life.

If you are at the point where you really feel it's better to die than to go on living, then you have hit bottom, and once you hit bottom, there's really no place else to go but up. So what have you got to lose by staying for the ride back up? You have far, far more to gain by going up, and absolutely nothing to lose by taking that trip back up, to the place where your life can be happy and fulfilling.

If your life is at a place where suicide seems better than going on, think about some very important things. Life can turn from horrible to wonderful in a very short period of time. Your life, whether you know it today or not, has a positive impact on someone. It might be your family, your friends, your co-workers, your neighbors... there is someone that knows you in a way that you can't see.

Suicide is permanent... there's no turning back. The deep feelings you have today will be different tomorrow; regardless of how down you feel, you'll have something tomorrow that can, if you let it, make you feel better. Our problems are often so great, so real and feel so devastating that leaving life behind seems like the only answer. But it's not an answer. It leaves many, many questions for anyone we leave.

Please sleep. Please cry hard, if you must, and talk to someone who loves you. But please, also, put the idea of making a permanent end to what could be temporary problems out of your head. Every life has purpose. Every single life. Please try to find yours before thinking about killing yourself.

No matter how bad it is right now, it can only get better- when you are down try doing something nice for someone else. It sounds a little lame but it works, scientifically it's called a helper's high. It gets your mind off depressing things and helps you add value to society and confidence for yourself.

Suicide is illegal in many countries (WikiAnswers cannot facilitate the commission of any crime) and besides we care about you and want you to live.

Call your suicide hotline immediately and speak to someone who will understand.

National Suicide Hotlines USA

United States of America

Toll-Free / 24 hours a day / 7 days a week

1-800-SUICIDE

1-800-273-TALK

1-800-799-4TTY (4889) Deaf Hotline

In the UK you can call 08457 90 90 90

In Ireland you can call 1850 60 90 90

In Australia you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (local call)

In Australia you can call Kids Help Line on 1800 55 1800 (toll-free)

You can talk to any counselor, or anyone that you trust. Plus there are help lines depending on where you live. You can call them and ask them for advice on how to help your friend.

Your best bet is talking to someone face to face and confiding in them about your friend.

Answer 2

If you're worried a friend may be suicidal, it's important to take their feelings seriously and encourage them to seek help from a mental health professional or helpline. Stay connected with them, listen without judgment, and offer support and reassurance. Help them to create a safety plan and remove any immediate access to means of self-harm.

Answer 3

Unless you are a mental health professional, about all you can do is be there for them. Let them ring you at virtually any hour of the day or night (if you think they are serious), ring them sometimes, hang out with them... listen to what they want to tell you, because often that helps, but don't pressure them to tell you anything they don't want to. Don't try to guilt-trip them out of doing it, but make it clear that it would devastate you and other friends if they did it. Try to encourage them to seek professional help, but don't do it too much because they may then close down on you, thinking that all you ever say is 'see a therapist.' Be non-condemnatory, but don't let them think that you condone committing suicide. If they attempt to do it or you are sure they are going to, call someone they live with and get them to check up on your friend. If that is impossible, call emergency services. The first method is preferable if the person agrees not to say you told them to; that way your friend will not blame you for stopping them 'escaping.'

This is an incredibly hard task, and one that will tear your own emotions to bits; whatever happens, do not let it get too much for you. If you can't cope, don't do anything stupid; call another friend or a free helpline and talk it over. If you are trying to do it, I wish you the best of luck.

Answer 4

There are hotlines in any phone book. You need to call one