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Anonymous
January 17th, 2018 4:02am
Thinking about suicide is a symptom of depression but you can be suicidal without being depressed. If you are mainly thinking about taking your life or planing to then you may only be suicidal. If you have other symptoms (linked to depression) besides that then you may be depressed. Unfortuntly there is a possiablily you can be both. Please get help! There are suicide prevention lines and support groups! Please do not take your life, there are people who you can talk to and will support you!
If you are suicidal every day, then it would seem that you would also be depressed. Often times, suicidal means that you are so depressed, that things seem hopeless and you want to end your life. Things can become so overwhelming that you just want things to end.
Just know there are other options, even if it doesn't always feel like that. There are crisis resources out there available for you. If you are in the US, you could chat to someone at Lifeline https://988lifeline.org/chat/
If you're international, then here is a list of crisis resources for each country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
I really hope that you are able to get the support that you deserve.
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