Suicide - Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings

• Low self-esteem
• Guilt
• Worthlessness
• Anger
• Feelings of not belonging in the world
• They can’t see any way out
• Shame
• Fear
• Rage and frustration
• Panic
• Self  pity
• Feelings of failure
• Feelings of being rejected
• Feeling hopeless as if there is nothing to live for
• Despair
• Not caring if they live or die
• Feeling life will never be satisfying
• Not liking themselves
• Feeling irretrievably damaged
• Feeling unloved
• Life seems more terrifying than death
• Ambivalence: Is a marked feature of suicidal people. It is the confused feeling of wishing to die whilst simultaneously wishing to live, so that they will continue to seek to live whilst also seeking to die. This will also mean that they will reach out for help but then say that they don’t want help.