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Jun 17, 2016, 01:45 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,103
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posted by DechanDawa
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This is really interesting and eloquently written. I just finished reading a book called "The Suicidal Mind" by Edwin Shneidman. He wrote that people become suicidal because of a psychic ache, from thwarted psychological needs. You write that when you are suicidal you want to die, and I was wondering if you have identified the why behind it.
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I believe my suicidal wishes had several sources. In part I was in an abusive marriage, but thought everything that was wrong was because I was such an effed up B. In part I'd learned some ugly depressive ways of thinking. Finally I needed meds. Whether depression is caused by problems with brain chemistry or not, I don't want to get into that debate with people, I have to have meds to function. I need meds to not be depressed. Years ago my pdoc and I tried weaning me off my meds. We did it the right way. I used a gradual step down method. One day shortly after I was off the meds I realized that I was making plans to kill myself. It scared the holy bejeebers out of me. I called my pdoc that very day, got in to see him
ASAP and got back on meds.
I don't know if I agree with the author you read saying psychic pain comes from unmet psychological needs, but I do agree that suicidal urges come from psychic pain.
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