Wtf ??

intheknow

Was walking today up near Hueston Station and got this awful urge to top myself. No reason, just came upon me like a huge wave and lasted only a few minutes. Had the Luas, The liffey, and traffic to do it if I wanted to.....Then the urge passed as quick as it came.. How many people act in those few minutes ? Frightened the bejasus out of me afterwards...WTF ?

intheknow

Dudess wrote:

This is very serious so it should not be in After Hours, but Personal Issues. You might get advice there, but you might also be told to go to the doctor if it is considered a medical issue. Then the thread will get closed.

Didnt know where to post it...Grand now...Every thing cant be pigeon holed..ie, this should be in personal issues etc !

Binomate

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Peyton Manning

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Terry

Moved from AH.
Didn't get to delete all the posts.
Binomate posted while it was still in AH.
I'll assume the same about the next couple of posts, before people see it has been moved.

intheknow

Jesus, sorry now for posting...I dont analyse everything and then decide where to post, Just something that happened...thats all.

Supercell

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intheknow

WTF ?? I was only saying.Moved from after hours in 2 mins.... Are you guys real ?

dudara

If you post in AH, then you're going to get a very varied selection of replies, all the way from the obscene and idiotic through to the helpful and useful. Boards takes suicide threads very seriously. Hence the moving to PI

PI regularly features threads on the topic of suicide and maybe someone else here has experienced what you did.

intheknow

JESUS you are all so pc. Dont matter forget this post....gone , bye

Dudess

intheknow wrote:

Jesus, sorry now for posting...I dont analyse everything and then decide where to post, Just something that happened...thats all.

Longfield, it's no longer in AH. God, the tactless crap people have posted on this thread already - even when it was in After Hours - is just uncalled for.

intheknow, what's with the defensiveness? Boards.ie comprises a huge number of specific forums. Bemoaning the fact that you can't post such a serious thread in After Hours is akin to posting a surfing thread in the Literature forum and then getting annoyed because a mod moves it to the Surfing forum. And when it comes to a personal issue, this policy is going to be particularly stringent. People were recommending it be moved to Personal Issues as this would be a help to you. As you can see, After Hours wasn't much of one. Terry, as an After Hours mod, just put up that post as information for the Personal Issues mods.
You appear to be overly sensitive right now, which is understandable as you've just had a scary experience. It sounds like some form of panic attack, or maybe a momentary mental breakdown (don't get freaked out by that, it's just a term). Is anything stressing you out at the moment? Do you take drugs? Do you overdo the caffeine and/or cigarettes? All of the above contribute to anxiety disorders. I'm not attempting to make a diagnosis, but just trying to ascertain whether there is anything going on in your life that could be a contributing factor to what happened to you today.
I would definitely suggest you visit your GP.

intheknow wrote:

JESUS you are all so pc. Dont matter forget this post....gone , bye

JESUS, we are trying to help you!!! Or did you just post it in AH "for the laugh"?!! I don't think so. You seemed bewildered by The Bollox's alcoholic beer comment.
You said you had suicidal thoughts - of course it's going to be taken seriously. Would you not agree that suicide and anything related to it is serious?
If you only posted it on AH for a general discussion, well you saw where that got you.

Peyton Manning

intheknow wrote:

JESUS you are all so pc. Dont matter forget this post....gone , bye

Dont do anything stupid now.

Basq

Archimedes wrote:

Dont do anything stupid now.

Too late... his attitude was stupid enough!

"Don't matter, forget this post" sounds like a desperate cry for attention.. and i'm being perfectly honest!

dudara

Archimedes, Basquille - please refrain from commenting on his actions, however they may seem to you.

OP, you may be embarrassed by having these thoughts. The weirdest thoughts fly in and out of our heads all the time. The difference is that we don't pay attention to the more bizarre ones.

Whe I was younger, I used to have similar thoughts as well, but I think it's just part of growing up. Deep down you KNOW you won't act on these urges.

It only gets worrying if you feel the urges are very strong and are becoming irresistible, then seek professional help otherwise don't worry.

Zen 2nd

intheknow wrote:

Was walking today up near Hueston Station and got this awful urge to top myself. No reason, just came upon me like a huge wave and lasted only a few minutes. Had the Luas, The liffey, and traffic to do it if I wanted to.....Then the urge passed as quick as it came.. How many people act in those few minutes ? Frightened the bejasus out of me afterwards...WTF ?

For a sane and healthy person I think it just boils down to curiosity. Since it is unknown what happens to a person after death we do get thoughts in our heads just maybe we'll take an early peak.

popebenny16

For some god knows reason about 18 months ago I developed vertigo. This despite that fact that I was born and brought up in a tower block.

Relevence to this thread is that whenever I'm presented with a verigo situation I am convinced that I am going to fall to such an extent that i nearly feel a compulsion to doing it. This is fairly serious, the last occasion was driving on the Fermoy By-pass over the big bridge on the Blackwater where it took all my concentration to keep my eyes stright ahead, not looking either left nor right. Nearly collapsed afterwards with dizziness.

Stark

I always feel the urge to jump if I stand at a balcony on a tall building.

whiskeyman

I have mad urges sometimes too... to throw myself into a river, in front of a bus... on electrical track on the underground (go to London a fair bit). I can actually visualise myself doing it. It's damn scary, but I'm used to it now and I'd know I wouldn't act on it.... I hope!

intheknow

intheknow wrote:

Was walking today up near Hueston Station and got this awful urge to top myself. No reason, just came upon me like a huge wave and lasted only a few minutes. Had the Luas, The liffey, and traffic to do it if I wanted to.....Then the urge passed as quick as it came.. How many people act in those few minutes ? Frightened the bejasus out of me afterwards...WTF ?

Sometimes in a quiet room/lecture hall/whatever, I get this urge to jump up and yell really loudly
it just passes
I wouldn't say you should worry about it

BaZmO*

bluewolf wrote:

Sometimes in a quiet room/lecture hall/whatever, I get this urge to jump up and yell really loudly
it just passes
I wouldn't say you should worry about it

I think everybody gets those urges. Watched a program about Tourettes a few years ago and the guy was saying that his lack of control over those urges was what his Tourettes was.

Stark wrote:

I always feel the urge to jump if I stand at a balcony on a tall building.

Again, apparently a lot of people get those urges too, along with the urge to throw one's self into water especially if you're afraid of water. Probably comes from some deep rooted nihilistic urge that's inside everyone, or probably not.

Kazobel

Stark wrote:

I always feel the urge to jump if I stand at a balcony on a tall building.

I think thats a normal urge for everyone, I know a few people - myself included - that have just felt that urge for even a second and then it passes, maybe we're actually evolved from lemmins or something to the op I wouldn't stress about it to much, there's a big leap (no pun intended) between getting a brief urge and acting on it. I'd say if anything it's some latent pre-humaniod instinct we all still have IMO