(August 12, 2014 at 5:26 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: @OP - thanks for sharing, it's a subject that is very near to me. My own mother nearly completed suicide when I was 17.
Like Robin Williams did, I also suffer from bipolar disorder (though in my case it is co-morbid with PTSD).
The suicide completion statistics for those afflicted by BD are staggering: depending on the source, it's estimated that between one in five to one in three afflicted with BD will complete suicide, and a great many more will attempt. Compared to the rate for the general population, or even compared to the population of depression sufferers, it's a very sobering figure.
I have personally struggled with suicidal thoughts and ideation for decades. It's not something that's easy to live with, even when you're determined not to.
Bipolar can be deadly. I've read the planning for a suicide is rarely more than a day. Often, it's less than an hour. Really depressed people rarely have the energy. BD's do. Make sure your loved one's know. I have a BD daughter and I don't leave her alone on the downswing.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
