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I have a keloid on left wrist and it hurts and feels like there is nothing underneath it and it affects my perception of temperature. Other than that I can move everything. Chris Reeve only could move one finger. How did Chris Reeve keep his spirits up to not feel suicidal while I cannot? Technology is at a point where in England they can transplant small patches of lab grown skin and also in Georgia they can start to connect peripheral nerves.
CR often stated that the work to find a cure for SCI, and his family were what kept him going and what made him decide to live when he was tempted to turn off the vent when he was first injured. Everyone needs to find a meaning in life for themselves.
If you are feeling suicidal, I urge you to call your physician, or a suicide help line NOW. Don't wait. There is help available. Suicide is NOT the answer:
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
I found myself feeling suicidal a couple of years ago...I got with my neurologist and we found out it was a new medication I was taking...don't delay ...if I had committed suicide it would have been for nothing as we changed the medication and I immediately lost the feeling of suicide, Take care.
Please call the Suicide helpline or visit www.hopeline.com.
The number is: 1.800.SUICIDE
You are not alone.
I felt suicidal till I got on anti-depressants. Now I don't have that urge anymore; so I'd recommend anti- depressants besides, a cure for SCI is coming!
I am a c 5-6 Quad that was injured in 1964. I asked the hospital staff to let me die and saved my sleeping pills when in rehab for a very long time because I felt I did not want to continue the fight. Now forty two years later I can look back and see that isucide was never the answer. All that I have achieved would not have occured.
I have always been challenged by and wondered what the next day would bring and suicide doesn't allow for that answer. For your sake and all those lives you will affect through the rest of your lifetime. Take the good advise you are getting from these messages and get the help you need NOW!
You will learn and recognize later on what a great decision it was! Anything worth doing isn't easy!
A week ago a very good friend buried her 35 y/o son who committed suicide. He had graduated 2 yrs ago with a masters degree in the chemistry field and could not find a job. He felt like he was a burden on his mom and a failure. The hurt that is felt by family and friends goes on forever. I know first hand the pain of the death of children, 2 of mine had died of other curcomstances. ALL epyleptics PLEASE take your medication, my daughter thought the meds were a crimp in her life, she had a seizure swimming and drowned. i plead with you and all others who have or thinking suicide, help is not far from you. I myself have been in counciling for 2 yrs, it feels good to have someone to talk to To take medication to help with depression is not embarressing.
Mysticmist
As a family member, I can't speak from what you are going through or feeling. I can only speak about what I would feel should my husband decide he could no longer go on. All of us who love him would be devastated. None of us can know his pain...but we know how much he contributes to our lives. Perhaps we need to tell him this more often! I don't know you...but I can only imagine that there are likely people in your life that love you and know that you provide something irreplaceable in their lives. And like someone else has told you already, each day brings a new challenge and a new reward (if you look for it). There are many lives you may touch.....you may not even be aware of this. Give youself a chance and know that you are valuable! Please get help. My husband, prior to his injury, had been suicidal...and it was one of the most difficult times in our lives. Following his injury, I assumed this would be his first course of action....however, I think his brush with death made him realize just how much he really wanted to live. I hope that you can find that place within yourself too!
You may want to look into some area support groups. Sometimes support and communication with others within the community is helpful.
NSCIA’s Regional Chapters, Support Groups and State Resources
http://www.spinalcord.org/chapters/
Take Care
JL
I too have gone through the feelings of wanting to commit suicide. Fortunately my husband called to check on me and when he realized the state I was in he got some people here quick before I did something stupid. I don't even believe in suicide. I think it is a cop out on life, but there I was wanting to do it. I am on anti depressants and they have helped. I can't say the feeling does not go through my mind, but it is not a tendancy to act on it. It is mostly frustration over the things I can't do or when I have to depend on someone else for something. I take my antidepressants, try to keep my mind busy. Find things I can do and try to improve on them. Then try to figure something else out that I have not been doing and start working on that. Your life is so precious. Especially to those around you. I am not yet in therapy but am trying to get into a local group where I live. I think it will help to have someone to talk to. You have been given alot of resources. Please use them. I don't know if you believe in God or not, but you are still here for a reason.
Marie
Hi all!
No suicide please! A small distance from here is the notorious Van Stadens bridge, which recently took it's 64 victim. Suicide is not the answer, not even for abled body people. God is not interested in the body, for nobody's body is perfect. It is the soul He is interested in. The soul is perfect, patience is a lesson we have to learn from our own man problems, it's not God given.
Keep up the hope guys!
saninja
Please get some help from doctors and support groups. Focus on the fact that you can move everything and what you can do. Suicide is never the answer, you would hurt your loved ones too much and there would always be an absence in their life. Life can throw a lot at us but I believe there is a reason behind what happens to us to make us the person we turn into. I sometimes think, what else can happen!! I get a lot of joy from the little things in life, A beautiful day with the sun shining, extra time with family and friends, helping another in need even if it is only listening to them. I find that because of the devastating events in my life I am more apt to smile and say hello to a stranger, let someone go in front of me and just be more kind than those that just have to worry about everyday struggles that some think are the end of the world. Look for the little wonders and focus on what you have and that may help you find some happiness in your life and maybe in return you can help somone else feel better. I may have had more pain in my life than most but I think I enjoy and am greatful for more than those that are fortunate to have little problems to worry about. So go ahead and make someones day that "seems" better off, I bet you are if you look within, that's what we have to offer the world and anyone no matter what their ability or disability can offer themselves to all around them. Hope this helps you realize you can have a wonderful impact on anyone you come in contact with and more on those close to you. Good luck
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