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angstlessk

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12. So you think every attempt is for attention?

Reply to Bayard (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 15, 2017, 10:36 PM

Oct 2017

I was in the bathroom with my wrists bleeding, though not fatally...and my sister had to break down the door, cause my mother dismissed my suicide attempt as an attempt for attention.

I admit I did not want to die...and I DID want my mother's attention...which she denied me.

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My mother said when I attempted suicide "she just wants attention" [View all] angstlessk Oct 2017 OP

I'm sorry shenmue Oct 2017 #1

That was when I cut my wrists...when I took sleeping pills.. angstlessk Oct 2017 #2

Everyone needs attention, especially from those they 'love,' elleng Oct 2017 #3

I agree, when a mother finds attention a way to abuse angstlessk Oct 2017 #6

Sounds like a heartless reaction to me. Kath2 Oct 2017 #4

I'm sorry your mom was like that irisblue Oct 2017 #5

You deserve major support for cilla4progress Oct 2017 #7

I used to visit her at my son's house (where she lived) angstlessk Oct 2017 #8

Woah cilla4progress Oct 2017 #9

I suspect??? angstlessk Oct 2017 #10

Typical Bayard Oct 2017 #11

So you think every attempt is for attention? angstlessk Oct 2017 #12

Not at all Bayard Oct 2017 #13

suicide attempts are not due to lack of attention Skittles Oct 2017 #14