If you think someone you know might be thinking about suicide, ask them compassionately, but directly. I feel like stating it like that helped me open up a bit.” - Yoeli C. He and I always talk about my depressive and manic episodes, but it’s still really hard for me to open up about my suicidal tendencies, even to him. ‘Life is my trigger.’ It wasn’t subtle, but it wasn’t harsh either. “I recently told my psychologist the best metaphor I could come up with. “In any sort of situation, instead of complaining, I say things like, ‘In the big scheme of things, this doesn’t matter’ and I mean myself.” - Sherry L. “‘I don’t want to be alone.’ I say that because I’m scared I might hurt myself and I don’t trust myself in that moment.” - Tash R. I feel they just wouldn’t understand if I really told them.” - Jaime E. “‘I’m just not feeling good’ or ‘I’m not having a good day.’ I would rather not worry people if I don’t have to, so I just tell them this. “‘This isn’t worth it.’ This = life, but people assume you are talking about whatever the inconvenience of the moment is.” - Trinity A. “’I can’t do this anymore.’ People don’t understand that I can’t tolerate or cope with the overwhelming emotions.” - Amy B. But there are also rough times I’m thinking so much of that.” - Alicia O. “‘No one cares about me.’ ‘I’m just a heavy burden for my family and my boyfriend…’ It’s getting better with time. “When I start canceling plans a lot saying, ‘I don’t feel well’ or ‘I have a headache.’” - Zach B. Everything becomes too much for me and it’s not that I want to die, I just don’t know how to handle everything and I just want to stop existing for a while.” - Brittany W. “Another thing I say is, ‘I want everything to stop.’ When I say this I am basically trying to tell those around me that I need help. Related: Evan Rachel Wood Shares She Voluntarily Checked Herself Into Psychiatric Hospital 7. “‘Can this be over now?’ I say that often, referring to chronic illnesses - ‘I’m done’ when I’m frustrated and out of options - ‘I just want to be medicated and thrown away.’ I said this to my therapist after saying everything else.” - Veronica N. “‘I don’t care.’ Sometimes I just really don’t care, about anything.” - Shayna K. “‘I don’t want to be here.’ But it is commonly mistaken for the current location and not life.” - Elizabeth T. “‘It’s been one of those days.’ Totally goes over their heads.” - Bea H. I always feel like I’m guilting people into interacting with me if I just say, ‘I’m suicidal.’” - Isaac H. “ People think I need to sleep, but I really mean my mind is tired, my body is tired, I’m tired of trying.” - Lacie H. Here’s what our community shared with us: 1. Sometimes, one word can mean the world to someone feeling suicidal. If you can, please take a moment to share a word of support or encouragement to someone struggling by clicking the image below. Right now, there are people contemplating suicide. To find out what people said when they were struggling, we asked members of our Mighty community to share one thing they said that really meant, “I’m passively suicidal.” Below you can see what they had to say. Talking about these phrases can help us identify loved ones who are really struggling and get them to the resources and support they need. No matter what reason someone has for using “code words” to hint that they are feeling passively suicidal, it’s important we talk about what kinds of phrases to look out for. Related: What It's Like Loving Someone Who Wants to Die Sometimes, these are the people we need to reach out to most because they don’t appear to be in “immediate crisis.” It’s important to remember that just because someone doesn’t have a plan to carry out suicide doesn’t mean they don’t need help.
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