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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
I do remember when I was not at all in a depression thinking....what if I just drove my car off the side of the road or into incoming traffic. Just a passing thought. Maybe that is what happens to normal people once in a great while.
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Happens to me alot... but never when I feel well.
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Originally Posted by birchtree
I thought it was normal to think about and plan, but when I finally admitted to someone else and they freaked out I realized it wasn't
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The thing is...even if it was common... would that make your friend calm? If a friend told me he/she has a lifethreatening disease and did not know or thought about it I would probably freakout even if it was a common one ..right?
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Originally Posted by jesusplay
When are suicidal thoughts considered to be abnormal? I have thoughts, sometimes a plan, but 99% of the time no will to act on these thoughts. Is this normal?
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Everyone gets suicidal thoughts once in their life. In my hospital (and I am quite sure they do the same in the whole country and most hospitals in eu and na) they rate depression in this way..
1. Thinks about suicide once in a while..
2. Thinks it might be nice to not live but doesn't actually want to die.
3. Wants to commit suicide.
4. Have plans to commit suicide.
The backside of this method is that I don't think everyone who do commit suicide ever plans it... cause I've never planned but I do get impulses to jump out the window or such in certain periods... But essentially everyone here including me are sick you know..
If any of the 2-4 best correspond to your feelings you should get proffessional help imo. If 3-4.. consider a suicide hotline.. if 4... please call a suicide hotline asap...I personally beg you.
Hope my comment doesn't affect anyone negatively.