Posted by ksvt on March 1, 2001, at 17:18:08
In reply to Re: Guns stuff... might be inflamatory, posted by NikkiT2 on March 1, 2001, at 16:41:13
> Nikki - I know this will really sound strange but I think your notions of killing yourself by gun are really a positive way for you to keep from doing anything impulsively. I too have considered shooting myself alot - no other method seems quite as fool proof. But altho I live in the US, I don't consider guns all that easily accessible particularly for someone who isn't familiar with them and has never been in a gunshop. I've tried to visualize myself alot going through the process of purchasing one, and I can never see it as easy. I figure that as long as i consider that to be the most feasible way, and as long as I don't have a gun at my disposable, I'm relatively safe. The most frightening time for me was the day I actually started thinking of ODing. It's like I lost my safety net. These are extremely difficult thoughts to deal with and not easily controllable. However, I think you may have established a system, however inadequate, to protect yourself, which tells me that this is maybe something you really don't want to do right now. If you feel that you can't control this or that you start giving serious consideration to other more accessible methods, then you should really maybe consider the hospitalization alternative. Keep posting. K
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