Suicide Risk and Bipolar Disorder - Dr. Jim Collins
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- Bipolar disorder is characterized by experiencing mood swings from manic highs to depressive lows. Manic highs involve periods of high-energy, a reduced need for sleep and sometimes losing touch with reality. Depressive lows include low energy, poor motivation, and a loss of interest. Depressive mood is many times associated with risk for suicide.
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When I have been under the influence of a Bipolar episode I have had many suicidal thoughts. It's a terrible illness.
My son died by suicide Jan 30, 2022. He was 22 years old. Looking back, listening to this message, he had red flag after red flag, but, at the time, it just didn't register for me. He had Bipolar II w/psychotic features, treated with Seroquel and Lithium. I thought he was ok. But I just wasn't seeing the signs. It's so clear now, looking back. He was single, diagnosed at 17, isolated (had a job as a truck driver, big rig), had a break up with a girlfriend that hurt him a few months before, wasn't sleeping well. We just saw him on the weekends and he looked so tired. He seemed "ok". I wish I had paid attention more. I miss him so much. These risk factors are absolutely so true that he's talking about in this video. And he used a gun, so lethal means. But I believe I will see him again one day.
You will see him again one day, in another life, I guarantee it. My condolences and best wishes.
My grandpa who had bipolar disorder committed suicide, I have survived lots of attempts, stay strong
I’ve attempted and attempted and attempted a suicide attempt is scary but I’m glad I’m here
@@CamByrd sorry man glad you have made it though! 🔥🖤
It's never late to try again
@@andreiradu1945 troll
I'm 48, widow of 2 and a half years. Have two wonderful children. But I'm so tired of myself. So tired of being scared of facing the world, being around a group of people causing severe anxiety whereby i would become drunk just to get through it. I've actually planned and attempted 5 times to end my life. My last attempt was two weeks ago. But i didn't have enough sleeping pills and eventually woke up in bed. I'd written letters to loved ones. Even writing this in exhausted of my rapid cycling bipolar. I don't want to be in my head anymore. But i cannot seek oblivion because of my children which makes it all the worse and the horrific state I'm in increases.
I forgot to add. I've had bipolar all my life.
I was diagnosed (finally) at age 40 with Type II “light”. I’ll be honest - I have no prior attempts but have many of the risk factors. Despite being on a solid medication regimen, there are days I have no idea how I’m going to live into old age. I just seem like I’m not cut out for this world.
Hang in there. There is nothing “light” about BP2. BP2 suffers are typically depressed far more that BP1. People care. Please Stay strong.
@@cybercab Thank you. It is so hard for me when people just tell me to keep a positive attitude and to pray. They don’t realize that it is a chemically-based problem with my brain and I’m doing everything I can to stay strong. I usually do ok for myself, but then when something triggers me, it’s like going down the first drop on a big roller coaster at Six Flags (especially the incessant thoughts about death). I’ve been through so much in the last six years that I’m truly amazed that I’m still alive…
@@scottyb.8710 Yeah. Same boat. Such is life.
@@cybercab 🤣Yeah. The government. They won't be able to tax me anymore. Hospital will be all busted up too because the gravy train they've been raking in from my 6 or 7 suicide attempts(especially the one where I succeeded and the one where I shut down a couple organs. I can feel the love.
@@vincec.202 That sucks. Sorry.
I'm 43 years old. My therapist diagnosed me as bipolar and I also struggle with suicidal thoughts. I'm basically a ticking time bomb. The worst part is being bullied by family members and coworkers. At this moment I'm scared of myself. Who knows if I'll reach 44...fuck the world
I feel the same, fuck the world.
So based on the risk factors, I have about a 175% chance of milking myself. Great.
😂. Sheesh man, i think about it alot too
I just want to thank you
Living on borrowed time, ce est la vi?
Life is hard, at times it gets even harder, but we only have to live it 1 day at a time.
We make bad choices and pay consequences and learn from our mistakes and try not to make the same mistake again, but if we do, we get to try to learn the lesson again. I have learned that reading the bible, praying and going to church helps me a lot. We need to make an effort with whatever works for us, who said life would ne easy? You try one thing and see if you find enjoyment in it, then you try something else, but you never, ever give up cus when you accept that emotions are ok to feel and they do not last forever, then you can feel without being afraid of dying from feeling sadness, anger, loneliness, deception, rejection, etc.
I walk whenever I feel good or bad, take vitamins to give me a boost, have a yummy morning coffee, watch movies, call someone when I am in the mood for it, read, journal, it all depends on the day. Some days are better than others and it is all good when you know that you just have to live 1 day at a time, 1 minute at a time. Try it. Begin living, no pressure needed.
my aunt is very depressed and bipolar she has a beautiful house and a family, she still thinks about offing herself and it’s hard to get her out of it. shes mostly depressed because she can’t loose weight.
I'm currently homeless, but no matter what beautiful house I lived in, or how much money, it always comes back to wanting to die.
All but one...risk factor. I guess I came here for something different. I learned something(statistics) and that's important too. The rest is all a bunch of verbs and adjectives describing the worst case scenario. Coincidentally, they also describe me to a 98% tee.
If I could bet money on my own death it would be suicide even though now it’s not a thought
Totally understand. When you have to tell this to someone they just look horrified.
I have tried 3 times and have failed.
What is non lethal means of suicide?!
Im living on borrowed time too. Exit date in 2022.
Becky. You don’t know me but I want you to live. You are too important. Hang in there.
I hear yah. Please stay around. Maybe we can chat.
You can get through this, Becky. I have Bipolar too. I understand your pain.
I think about ending my life as well. 😔 I will never find love again and I feel like I’m a burden.
She already dead, she cannot answer us
10% to 30% squad where ya at?
Oh . . .
here with u bro
I only have my sorrows to give anymore
Bipolar 1 here, I'm over 50, will grease myself as soon as my mom dies... I will have discharged all my responsibilities. No kids, friends, or family really. Life is profoundly pointless. It is less than a bad joke, sure our bodies are fancy and complex machines, but I don't want any awareness and before i was born trillions of years went by and it was great. Bipolar can help wake you up as you quickly realize you are a machine and it is all just random evolution and selection. The only point is that there is no point. It is not sad, just true. Lying and pretending is really not ok. There is enormous freedom and calm when you finally realize that being dead is like before birth... it all is erased, thankfully, and at that point all your problems utterly vanish and you are free of all obligations and stress. The BEST possible vacation. Strange that when severely bipolar, erasure of mind and self is like a golden glowing award waiting patiently for you to simply embrace it. It is a growing process to achieve that awareness and belief, and honestly things got WAAAY better than ever.
When people tell me they want to die, I adopt a George Carlin sort of posture... It is very easy to die and probibly the best choice, just don't screw it up, if you fuck up killing yourself, you are a weak stupid person who is more than likely crying out for a "poor me" moment. Pathetic. So think it thru, and either just do it or don't. Either way, deletion is coming for you eventually and you may not like the "game".. Life is different for different creatures, I'm sure the chimp in the zoo has a very different outlook from some Emo teen cutting their skin very shallow to deal with some anguish. I say, once you learn to NOT fear death, seeing it as a reprieve, and that enduring pain is fine and has no downside as you die soon enough no matter what you do... If you are smart and can joke about it or somehow learn some shit and laugh it off, then there is at least some entertainment value. I used to spend a huge amount of time volunteering and helping people... trust me that is a dead end... most people are shitty leaches. Best thing to do, live, learn, don't pollute or be a typical POS. Enjoy the immersive game that is sentience, minimize your bad choices and suffering as much as you can, but know that there is always a emergency way out and it is OK to take it. No foul. The ideation goes away when you go to this perspective as killing yourself requires only a dollar store bottle of aspirin a large pitcher of water (stay hydrated) and a decent pointy sharp knife. The skin feels pain, open up the bottom of your feet and take a little walk after downing 20 asprins and as much water as you want. Flush that nasty blood out. and when you feel faint, just open an artery so you don't get found and fixed... Take a little walk in the woods. Bring your fully charged cellphone and make sure you have some note so somebody don't get blamed for your death wrongly. Not so bad actually.
Good checklist! Been waiting for my mother to die or an opportunity where it's "clearly an accident". I realize I'm not going to make it that long. The idea of another day isn't something I'll be able to tolerate much longer.
@@vincec.202 I hear you. Just remember sentient life is like a old time video game where you put quarters in to be entertained. Outside of that I'm not sure what it is good for. I just pump my brain full of information and try to eat well and avoid stress and the time passes easily now. Death should hold no fear, and is a welcome reprieve to the pain of living. I also struggle with the fact that I'm a bag of blood and guts and looking in the mirror is literally confusing. My solution to that is to just let it go and not look anymore. What we ARE is truly gross and horrid... we consume other living creatures and are energy parasites off of plant photosynthesis. Bags of watery guts with some calcium internal shells for support. I don't think that sentience of this kind is welcome in any universe and is perhaps an abomination.
I’m 21 I don’t want to die but I’m in so much pain. It haunts me every day this idea of ending it all. I only just found out I am bipolar and it makes so much sense…What is all of it for? Why should I even go on? I just don’t want to disappoint my family and friends. But they don’t even know me for who I really am and all the shit I deal with…it’s hurts so bad. I’m so confused
@@jamartist5435 Yeah., Bipolar is a shitshow. just don't bring anyone decent to it. Keep child free and know that you will hurt everyone around you no matter how hard you try. Avoid helping TOO much and making yourself a human sacrifice. Find something to entertain yourself and live awhile if you are healthy and able to. When shit gets too awful, there is always the the off button. no matter what you do in 80 years for sure it will get pressed. Just acknowledge the ease at which the end can be met and if there IS some entertainment value to living in a way that does not hurt others... then play the video game a bit till you are sick of it.
when you are 45 and have sat through the first half of the movie of life... if it sucked ass and is on a downhill... then ending it is a good choice. If you are healthy physically, i'd get a vasectomy (i did) and entertain yourself for a bit. Eat good food, watch movies, read, befriend a dog (*not a human). It will get better once you learn that we are not compatible with the normal ones.
If you are financially set. Move to a legal state and start putting saliva and indica strains into your body. I have all this around me. Suicide. My 16 year old daughter. Friends. Your outlook on life will change I guarantee. If your going to do the deed and break bad. What's a year or two blasting yourself with something that brings back a zest for life. And I don't want to hear any of your sh*t. I've had to listen to this in AA for 12 years. You do that and all its going to be a mind is game that you just lose. Nothing more or less. And your right. It will make no difference. Except to you. After you pass because it doesn't end. You've come to far. You're just not in the know to know it.
My watch seems to get Louder everyday. Must mean my time is running short
Same here.
I wish I wasn't born like this 😢
may Allah swt help us all and keep us busy 😊
AHHHHH I love the *KISS band* framed art print! Aaaaand I have Bipolar 2 as well as BPD, my anxieties have anxieties and the list goes on....but hey, again, the awesome KISS print. 🖤🤍❤
Whoever wants to get out, ignore what society says and just do it. But quiet and isolated so no one knows. I can't afford to do it cuz first I have kids and second I'm afraid of death. Also if there's a God, it would suck to go to eternal fires just cuz I was an idiot thinking he wasn't real.
It would be great if all of this wasn’t scripted and you actually knew what you are talking about v. Reading word for word off a script
Your numbers very inaccurate. You say 20% of people with bipolar commit suicide, and you also say that the suicide risk for bipolar sufferers is only about 20% higher than average. The national suicide rate in the U.S. is about 1.8%, so your claims don't add up no matter how you calculate things. Did you mean 10 to 30 times the average rate instead of a 10% to 30% increase?
I have seen relevant articles that it is 20 to 30 times higher. You should be right
Solution just keep breathing . The spirit of suicide is a liar pushing you into the abyss . I passed decades with this spirit pursuing me . I tell it to go to hell .
what honestly is the point of living if you constantly feel chased by the feeling of wanting to end it?
Jesus please help us
I am suicidal because of the forced medication - my only son was taken away and I was force to take antipsychotics for my underbite. Psychiatrist is not a maxillofacial surgeon. Psychotropic drugs are not pain killers. Basically you torturers abusers and rapists you were killing me slowly.