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  Red Flag Expressions of Suicidal Callers/Chatters  
     
 

The following expressions are typical of those used by suicidal callers/chatters and should alert the counselor to the need to assess for possible suicidal thinking or planning.

  • I am probably just wasting your time
  • I don't know why I called, it's all pointless
  • There is no reason to go on
  • I just can't take it anymore
  • I don't understand why I am still here
  • It's hopeless
  • I feel so empty
  • I can't see any light
  • No one can help me with this
  • I have no one in my life who cares what happens
  • Every day is just so hard to get through
  • My life has no meaning
  • I have no energy for anything
  • I can't undo all the wrong I have done
  • I just called to say goodbye to someone
  • I feel so lost and alone
  • I no longer care about anything or anyone
  • I don't see why I should keep struggling
  • The pain is too overwhelming, I just want it to stop
  • I can't bear living like this anymore
  • Today is the one year anniversary of my loved one's death by suicide
  • I have committed the unforgivable sin
  • Do people who die by suicide go to Hell?
  • I don't know how to keep going anymore
  • I am so tired, I just want the craziness to stop
  • I am a burden to all my loved ones
  • I hope God can forgive me for what I am about to do
  • I have stopped taking all my medications, including my heart pills
  • I feel so disconnected from everything and everyone 
  • I have lost everything
  • No one cares if I live or die


 
     
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