Do you believe that only mentally ill people commit suicide?
January 4, 2014 at 2:37 pm
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2014 at 2:39 pm by leodeo.)
I get frustrated a lot by this thing, I spend a lot of time in the mental health scene both for my own issues and I do a lot of peer support groups. One thing I don't like is how whenever someone kills themselves everyone automatically says they had a mental illness.
IE: Recently my friend ended her life, she lost her job and was in huge debt, homeless, and was in a very tough situation. Everyone I talk to just says "oh she must have had an underlying mental illness otherwise she wouldn't have killed herself..." but I think its BS because I knew her for many years and she was a very healthy and positive person, and there is no known history of mental illness in her family! I wish I could have helped somehow but I live in another state now and haven't talked to her in a while and didn't know she was in this trouble.
I think that anyone would kill themselves if things got bad enough, it's just that everyone has different tolerance levels. There are people who have gone through what she has gone through and didn't end their lives, some got back on their feet, some became homeless.... So does that mean she had a mental illness??
IE: Recently my friend ended her life, she lost her job and was in huge debt, homeless, and was in a very tough situation. Everyone I talk to just says "oh she must have had an underlying mental illness otherwise she wouldn't have killed herself..." but I think its BS because I knew her for many years and she was a very healthy and positive person, and there is no known history of mental illness in her family! I wish I could have helped somehow but I live in another state now and haven't talked to her in a while and didn't know she was in this trouble.
I think that anyone would kill themselves if things got bad enough, it's just that everyone has different tolerance levels. There are people who have gone through what she has gone through and didn't end their lives, some got back on their feet, some became homeless.... So does that mean she had a mental illness??
