Teen Suicide Rates

[*michaelsean*]

(02-22-2018, 04:13 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: I attempted it once.


March 1993. Bad day at school, bad week at school, bad year at school led up to it.  Depression, and that worthless feeling got to be too much. Got home from school that day.  no one was home at the time.  went into the bathroom and took a handful of pills. i don't remember what i took. laid down in my bed to go to sleep.  But I woke up.  went downstairs and ate supper with the folks that night, and went on with my life like nothing happened.  I don't know?  I've never told anyone about that.  neither my sister nor my folks know about it.  My wife doesn't know. 


everyday I look at my son and i try to figure out a way to make sure he doesn't go down that same mental path.  I know life is going to get him down, but if I can arm him somehow with the ability to rise above it all and make him see its going to get better eventually, let him KNOW that what I did was NOT right, was NOT the right choice to make, I'll have done my job as a father.



 

He's not necessarily seeing life as you did.  Everybody experiences anxiety, but it's a completely different experience for people who actually suffer from anxiety- depression.  I pay attention to my children (21 &16) and I don't blow off anything that sounds like it could be trouble down the road.  

It's all about brain chemistry.  I've had anxiety/panic attacks for my whole life.  Been on paxil for 20 years maybe.  The last year or so I've had much more anxiety.  Not general, but acute but based on overblown fears.  I had my Paxil increased from 20mg to 30mg and within two weeks I was back to normal.  What I'm saying in general is that it's chemical, and people shouldn't be afraid to treat it.  The  side effects are small in comparison to waking up feeling normal every day.