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by This Daley has a new bundle of joy on June 24th, 2008
Suicidal tendancies, as an aspect of mental health and mental health afflications, such as depression, schizophrenia, borderline personality, manic depressive etc can run in in families.
Suicide itself is just an act and if it is found as a pattern within a family, it is likely because there is a commonly inherited mental health issue or chemical imbalance.
by shortie on October 27th, 2009
I have always wondered that myself. I have been "on the suicide train" since the age of 13. I "got off the train" a few years ago. Curious because my mother attempted suicide when she was 16 and now at the age of 39 her death is unknown and my father did commit suicide. Coincidence or just a messed up family.?
by DreAnna on July 4th, 2008
It did in my biological mothers family. Her and a sister a few aunts and a great grandmother all had commited suicide. :)
by pandora is holding hope on July 4th, 2008
Yes. My boyfriend committed suicide about a year after his older brother did so.
by GreenFreak on June 24th, 2008
Well, hopefully suicide in the mid teens doesn't.. older than that, it might be possible. Mentality and certain types of moods are certianly carried in your genes, my dad is also very dysfuntional when it comes to communicating when other people, just as me. Some of these types of mood and behaviour patterns might spur suicide
Is suicide nature's way of showing mercy? Knowing that if things get truly unbearable that you can just end the pain in an instant?
by KDP on October 13th, 2011
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Have you ever wished someone would kill you? If so, why?
by AnonymousGirl on December 9th, 2011
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"Can I just die right now?" Have you ever felt this way? If so, why?
by AnonymousGirl on December 9th, 2011
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What about suicide?
by ErgoStep on November 18th, 2011
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Be honest, would you rather have a privileged life in a world rapidly falling apart around you(but not close enough to effect you), or
by Have A Nice Day on November 6th, 2011
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imbalance is based on a belief that there is a norm
by technios on June 24th, 2008
opposing view points are tough situations because nobody wants to be skeptical of their own faults
by technios on June 24th, 2008
Hey Good Morning :o) I am not talking about an imbalanced life. I am talking about actual, measurable chemical imbalances in the brain. They are real. That was part of my field of study. Yes, you are right - we have to be careful to suggest there is a "norm", but brain chemistry is measured in ranges and if someone is outside of that range, they are imbalanced. Some imbalances can be corrected without medication - they can be corrrected with adjustments to sleep cycles, diet etc. Others NEED meds and others still can not be corrected. Our brains are really the last frontier of science and there is so much we don't understand where actual science and the art of psychology cross.
by This Daley has a new bundle of joy on June 24th, 2008