[puzzclar]

I just don't know what to do anymore. I"m in an Abnormal Psychology class, and I got triggered about suicide.... I just don't know what to do. I know we have to talk about it in the class but, what do I do to protect myself??? Any thoughts???

Does your lecturer know about your difficulties? You probably don't need to tell them but you could just say; look i appreciate we need to be taught about this subject but i find some of it too uncomfortable to deal with at the minute is it possible i could be excused when i find it a little too difficult? Perhaps your lecturer could do a powerpoint/draw up some kind of document listing the key points and send it to you so you can look over it when your feeling a bit more stable? Sorry to hear your still feeling bad honey, sending lots of hugs

[Sannah]

Yeah, this happens. I remember getting triggered in class.

Could you take abpsy another semester and in the meantime be working on this issue in therapy? By then maybe you'll be in a better place to handle what comes up?

Dunno ... Just a thought ...

Sincerely,
BC

[puzzclar]

Past the date that I could drop it without a W on my transcript. I will talk with a few friends in class and get notes from them If I have to leave.... I had to for a minite but then went back in.... really hard to do, but I know the topic is coming, and I'm just scared...

Thanks for you imput

[smmath]

i get that way too but i am only 14 and i read about psychology and when i read things about suicide i am always finding new reasons to feel bad like how men are 5 times more likely to end their lives. to me it's not fair, so i want to fix it and prove that i am just as strong as they are.

[puzzclar]

smmath,
Trying to fix the "problem" and proving something like that is not what life is about. Finding new ways to feel bad is not helpfull.

Take for example how a dog can learn helplessness. It's something that we do, it's a cause of depression. It's hard, especially when we learn it and become helpless. It's really sad.

I'm a Pscyhology major, and I read about topics all the time. I like it but, sometimes reading about suicide does trigger me, but I"m sure a lot of people have the same thing, but the real issue is, this is how all of this mental stuff started for me. I read about an attempted suicide, and became suicidal.... I had no idea of what I was feelling, and that's what I came up with, as a reason for what ever I was feeling.

Life's hard, and then try living it with being triggered. I have found drawing helps, and I hope it will help in class too.... **fingers crossed**