Hey folks. I know a lot of people want to post the suicide hotline and tell folks to get therapy and all of that, but if you have ever experienced suicidal ideation, my number one tip as someone who

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has been there is to have a plan to survive the night or moment of crisis. Doesn't have to be something that will fix your problems. If you can have a plan to do something that will help you pass the worst hours, you could save your life just by defaulting to that.

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For a while, my plan was just sleep. And if that didn't work, going to sleep at someone else's house if I could. Personally, I could never stand talking on the phone, so that was never viable, but I would get extremely high and let that put me to sleep. Masturbating incessantly too.

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I’ve always felt like sharing the suicide hotline is nothing but virtue signaling. Congrats you shared the hotline, you get your good person badge for the day.

I never called that number when I was suicidal. I honestly never called anyone b/c I was embarrassed.

The way I survive is to work out. It’s the only thing that makes the thoughts go away.

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I combat my depression with comedy, so thank you for "masturbating incessantly" :)

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Thank you for sharing this OP. I think I had something that unwittingly acted as a crisis plan for me. I have this intense desire that my daughter should be provided for if something were to happen to me. My daughter was a new born at the time I was first experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts. And whenever I was had a crisis moment, I would start looking into my paperwork for life insurance and last will. That was such a mundane task that after an hour of it, I would be over my crisis moment.

I am doing a lot better with my depression, but still haven't completed my paperwork. Partly because it reminds me of my dark days and partly because if I did complete it, I am not sure if I would survive my next crisis moment.

Your note has helped me make sense of this all OP. Thank you. I think I am going to put together a crisis plan and then finish that paperwork.

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I'm not trying to be funny, I'm just trying to say that sometimes you have a therapist and supportive friends and family and important work and you're still depressed. And you still hate everything. Have an emergency plan FIRST. work on everything else, but the plan is the fastest, easiest immediately implementable thing.

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I can relate to that ^. Thanks for your note!

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