When I was 16 years old I tried to end my life by overdosing on medication, mixing alcohol, and also cutting in one night. Well, I was young and underestimated my body's resiliance. So I lived through it. The mental recovery took years. I was hearing voices and constantly paranoid. Even after admitting my suicide attempt to family members I went still untreated. And to this day have not had any medical attention.
I am 22 years old now, and I can honestly say my mental condition has recovered. I spent a lot of time coping and learning to love life. Although I have never felt the same physically. I can't eat normally, I've developed lactose intolerence and acid reflex, I get chronic numbness in my extremities, I faint frequently (at least monthly), I see image trails frequently, along with spaciness, short term memory loss, visual and auditorial hullicinations, and outter body expirences. Now maybe these symptoms are related to something else but I have never seen a doctor or therapist for any of this. So I figured I'd ask you guys and see,
Can living from a suicide attempt cause neurological brain damage?