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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: Has anyone ever contemplated committing suicide at any point in their lives? |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I should add, Mods if this poll is considered out of order or whatever |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. It's a touchy question ... and a serious one. However ... |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. It does need more specificity, but I wasn't sure |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, I've had some pretty rough times in my life |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:10 PM Original message |
In the past I have thought about suicide, I will admit |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. You are right. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I planned my suicide weeks in advance, I researched methods of suicide and everything |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. wow |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Aw |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. My attempt left me with the opposite impression of people and hope. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Sounds like you need a |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Thanks. I am getting gun shy about sharing anything online, |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. I find it hard to believe there are people who have not. -nt- |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Most people have. I am happy to report I was highly unsuccessful... |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm glad you were highly unsuccessful |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. My dad and my brother both have... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. ..... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Thank you. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, several times during my childhood. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thank you for asking. We should do everything to break the taboo of talking about this topic |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. If I was President I would put for starters $500 million into suicide prevention programs |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had a tough second marriage and felt stuck |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "Mostly helping people feel like they have a choice in their life and are not stuck will help a lot" |
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XRubicon (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Watched The Bridge last night on IFC |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Perhaps this is neither here nor there, but this passage came to |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. What is the actual definition of your question? |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I mean has anyone thought about actually DOING it, going through with it |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ah ok that's different. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I will amend my OP to clarify it |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Koo. Thanks for the clarification. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yep. |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. World's BEST procrastinator :) |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I'm glad you changed your mind Mr Tom |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yep. But, I just had to stick around to see how the drama turned out. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Lol! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. That can be a Catch-22, can't it? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, only crazy people keep flying the missions. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Tried it once and spent a month in the hospital. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Tried. Failed. |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't think anyone alive can answer that question. |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. I've been through some pretty deep valleys in my life, but I never seriously considered suicide. |
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Frosty1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. An interesting fact |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. By whom; parents, clergy, or others in their age group (peers?) |
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Frosty1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. If you are asking who perpetrated the abuse |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. I was partially paralyzed, the paralysis was very painful. I was only getting |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. I love myself way too much for that. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. You mean today??? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. I agree with you that we should increase funding to prevention programs. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. Took 80 aspirin once. Nearly made it. |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes... on more than one occasion |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hope is powerful. It means everything. Having been severely depressed |
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easttexaslefty (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. Something I struggle with every single day |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. No |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. I had real plans |
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TripleKatPad (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've thought about it since...forever. |
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southernleftylady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
54. yes two years ago.. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. It's one of the mysteries of life how |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. A guy on another forum I frequent just killed himself. :( |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes |
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