Suicide - xoJane

It Happened To Me: I'm Surviving The Suicide Of My Boyfriend Of Eleven Years

Andrea Blan — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400

He left the bedroom calmer than I'd seen him all night, walked into the backyard and ended his life.

I Can't Support Assisted Suicide Until the Right to Live is Equally Valued

s.e. smith — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0400

There are a few topics that, as a general rule, I just refuse to discuss on the Internet. Assisted suicide/right-to-die is usually one of them.

xoJaners: Meet My Suicide Scar, Suicide Scar, Please Show Yourself, and Then Go Away

Caitlin Thornton — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0400

As if the headline didn’t say it all: TRIGGER ALERT! TRIGGER ALERT!

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Mother Killed Herself Four Years Ago -- And Maybe She Did The Right Thing

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0400

She killed herself in 2008, but I think she would have done it a lot sooner, were it not for her unabashed love for me.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Saved Myself From Suicide, But I Couldn’t Save My Brother

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400

I think about my brother all the time, question how I could have acted differently, what I could have done. Was I too selfish?

I Don't Want To Die Yet But I Need To Know I Have The Option

Fem Korsten — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:30:00 -0500

There are days that the pain is so bad that I pray for sleep and I pray that I never have to wake up again.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Brother Tried To Kill Himself And I'm The Person He Called

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:00 -0500

The summer he was 11, my brother started throwing up. And yes, I feel directly responsible for his bulimia.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Dad Committed Suicide And Then Was Accused Of Being A Pedophile And A Murderer

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Local gossip mongers flooded message boards to debate my father’s character. He was a weirdo and a creep, they claimed, always driving around in his van checking out children.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Best Friend Committed Suicide

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:30:00 -0500

As the “It Gets Better” campaign becomes a movement, my feelings are bittersweet. Would Rone have taken solace in messages of hope from others?

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My First Love Killed Himself

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:30:00 -0500

It has been several years now since Mark's death. I think about him every day. I wonder what would have happened if I had gone to his house that day.

Stop Looking For Answers: Suicide Is No One's Fault

s.e. smith — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0500

In the wake of any suicide, but especially a very public and prominent one, there is a rush to attribute reasons, and there is a collective sense of panicked guilt as people struggle to understand what happened and why.

It Happened To Me: My Best Friend Committed Suicide

Melissa — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:00:00 -0500

Today, or sometime around today, is an anniversary that I felt in my body before the why came to mind. Around this time, in 2010, a good friend of mine took her own life. She was 27 years old.

Jim Florentine On The 6-Year Anniversary Of His Girlfriend's Suicide, And How Seeing Her In A Dream Changed His Life Forever

Jim Florentine — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:30:00 -0500

I was on stage headlining a comedy show for a thousand people when my girlfriend took her life 6 years ago today.

It Happened To Me: I Had My Husband Commited, And It Cost Me Our Marriage

Daleen Berry — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:00:00 -0500

I take mental illness very seriously. So I’ve never regretted having my second husband committed to a psychiatric ward -- and would do it all over again, if need be.

It Happened To Me: I Called The Suicide Hotline And Was Placed On Hold

Spoken Pandora — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500

My race of women are supposed to be strong. But the truth of the matter is that black folks battle with suicide just as much as the next person. We just don’t talk about it much.

It Happened to Me: I'm Being Held Hostage By My Brother's Suicide Threats

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0500

While normal families call each other because they love one another, my phone calls are to ensure my brother is still alive, to make sure he hasn't taken the pills or put the gun in his mouth.

If I Ever Get Raped Again, I Will Probably Kill Myself

Emily — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:00:00 -0500

A nice cheerful post for a Thursday morning!

Plagiarising Virginia Woolf: Why I'm Glad That I Outlived My Suicide Note

Olivia Singer — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:00:00 -0400

I hadn’t remembered writing a suicide note -- I didn’t remember very much of the 24 hours surrounding the overdose. My handwriting made me cry, it was clear I had written it just before I lost consciousness, it was jagged and pained, on the back of the envelope of a bill I hadn’t paid

10 Years Later: What My Father's Suicide Has Taught Me

Savannah Dempsey — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:30:00 -0400

Most of the time, I feel like I'm getting ready for another gunshot in the night, another life-changing morning when I'll have to figure out how to pick up the pieces and stand tall in the sunlight of my own, personal, post-apocalyptic world.

It Happened To Me: I Almost Lost My Sister to Suicide

Jessica Katharine Murray — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:00:00 -0400

My sister decided to kill herself in Spanish class. The decision was detached and absolute, like it got wired in from Moscow to a remote Soviet outpost.