If you tried to commit suicide but were not successful, what could a friend do to make you feel better or help you?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Males don't "try"... males do. Because when men want to die, they actually want to die.
On average, there are 117 suicides per day in the US.
White males accounted for 7 of 10 suicides in 2014.
2 out of 10 are other cultural males, and approx 1 in 10 are women.
Because women don't "commit suicide"... they "try" as a means of attention. Opting for less instant methods like taking pills. While men opt for hanging and shooting themselves in the head.

If someone "attempts" suicide in a way which isn't instant... then they don't want to die. They want people to think they want to die so those people will reach out to them and ask them why. So generally it would make sense to ask them why they took this road and then try to get them help.

[JenSCDC]

You're either a moron or a troll.

[Opinion Owner]

@JenSCDC I appreciate the attempt at an ad hominem attack but I am neither.
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/

Suicide statistics are not hard to find. So before you simply disregard fact because it doesn't suit what you want, maybe you should do 5 seconds of research.

[super147]

Sometimes not very much. The best that you can do is to be there to listen and to intervene if there is an immediate emergency. Intervention should come in the form of calling the emergency services and/or the person's next of kin.

You should be careful about taking on too much of an advisory/counselling role because you can end up heavily burdened and out of your depth. The best help for a person trying to commit suicide is professional help. Professionals are trained to deal with the situations that arise without getting personally attached. If you get too close to a person then you can struggle to help them in an objective manner and your own interests can start to come into play.

[shadowlegend]

Nothing. A person dealing with suicidal thoughts and tendencies has a deep psychological problem that they alone need to deal with. No one else can do anything to change that for them, it is entirely up to the person and only they can change their state of mind.

[JenSCDC]

Be available for them -for absolutely anything- 24 hours a day and make sure that they know that.

[rubyrose83]

Get you some actual help