Posted by emmanuel98 on January 18, 2012, at 19:11:31
In reply to Re: Suicidal but not depressed - whats going on? » icubaby, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2012, at 13:14:19
I also generally experience SI with a lot of agitation. That's why I take a strong AAP to try to control it. But the idea of observing it, treating it with curiosity rather than agitation is what my DBT therapist has been trying to teach me and I have been trying to learn.
> For me, suicidal ideation comes more from anxiety and agitation than depression.
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feelings.
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> With the second I treat it like any other obsessive thought. I externalize it by telling myself "I'm having thoughts about wanting to kill myself." instead of "I want to kill myself." I try not to fight the actual thought, but to observe it. To find it "interesting".
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