What would this called? Obviously it's rooted in some sort of depression, but is there a specific name for it?

[Hellion]

I call that feeling like its not worth it, but not having the energy to even bother actively attempting suicide...don't know there is a specific word for that though. But I certainly do feel like that fairly often and other times I actually do consider suicide and have attempted.

[namastewoman]

I understand what you two are talking about. Like, I would rather be dead, but I am not going to do anything about it and I am sure not reading those articles about how to live longer!

No no, not quite that way. I mean more like if your life was at risk you wouldn't do anything to stop it.

For example, I have congenital heart issues, but for years I put off getting it checked out. I won't have any more operations even if it was life or death.

I'm not suicidal, but I'm not willing to put up a fight to remain alive. If that makes sense?

I'm just wondering if there's any special name for that state for when I next talk to my doctor.

[smmath]

I think that is a minor level of suicidality. I mean, you don't want to go do something directly dangerous, yet you don't have drive to live. Which isn't the best, so I think it is on a level of suicidality, but not severe enough to where you need to be hospitalized.

I remember when I was at school in sociology we studied suicide. And there were four different types, the only one I remember the name of was altruistic suicide. I also remember one of the suicides is where you'd die saving someone else but I can't remember if thats what altruistic suicide is or one of the other ones.

Sorry, I'm not much help...but it was about 6 years ago when I learnt that

[tigerlily84]

I would call it being passively suicidal. I don't think being "passively suicidal" is an actual term though. But I certainly know how you feel. For me it's this level of apathy that I reach when I don't care if I die but I wouldn't do anything to prevent it. In a way it feels like it isn't really suicide because if you die because you didn't do anything to stop it, then it can always be blamed on that outside force. I did this, and I refused to think of it as an actual attempt for years afterward.

For your sake, I hope that you tell your doctor at your next appointment.

[Nammu]

Perhaps a sense or type of fatalism or inevitability?

Originally Posted by Trebyn

No no, not quite that way. I mean more like if your life was at risk you wouldn't do anything to stop it.

For example, I have congenital heart issues, but for years I put off getting it checked out. I won't have any more operations even if it was life or death.

I'm not suicidal, but I'm not willing to put up a fight to remain alive. If that makes sense?

I'm just wondering if there's any special name for that state for when I next talk to my doctor.

That makes complete sense, since I've experienced that. Not so long ago I was having chest pains with heart attack symptoms and I seeked no help for it because I thought I was going to die, and it's what I actually wanted. But, they went away again and I survived. What's the worst is the disappointment I felt when it didn't kill me. So, I don't know if this is what you're maybe referring to, but, yes it's definitely that feeling of letting yourself die - maybe a lack of "sense of self-preservation".

I think the other one where you want to die, or even think of suicide, but never carry it out and rather leave it over to some freak accident is suicide ideation.

[PoorPrincess]

Quite simply it could be termed simply Acceptance.
American culture is not big on that.

Originally Posted by sidestepper

Perhaps a sense or type of fatalism or inevitability?

Yeah, there probably is some nihilism in there.

Though I remember in my late teens I turned into a bit of an adrenaline junkie for a while. I went skydiving, would ride on the exterior of vehicles speeding around, etc. The reason I did those kinds of things was because it was only when there was a risk of dying that I would feel anything at all - yet even then I remained mostly numb. My reaction to skydiving was "Yeah, that was all right" whereas the other people who had jumped were hooting and jumping around after.

Originally Posted by PoorPrincess

Quite simply it could be termed simply Acceptance.
American culture is not big on that.

That is certainly something to think about as well. I would wager it's because people in the Western world are always living for the future, and so put off living in the present. But then that future either keeps getting delayed, or never comes. They grow old or die before getting a chance to live, and so are not at all ready when it comes.