My dad just tried to commit suicide. What do I do now?!


Question: My dad just tried to commit suicide!. What do I do now!?
My dad took 15 sleeping pills!.!. and after a couple minutes he tried to shoot himself!. he is in the hospital now and when he comes home i dont think i can handle it!. I dont wanna see his face!. i dont trust him anymore!. any sugestions on what i should do!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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i totally understand what your feeling and going threw!. not but a month ago my husband tried to hang himself in the living room and failed!. i had to commit him and that didn't go over so well!. When he had found out what i had done he hated me (i know because he told me so) and made me feel about an inch tall!. I stayed with my sister-in-law and her husband!.I still dont know what i would have done without them!. the hardest part for me was trying to get my husband to understand how he had hurt me and how bad that i'm still hurting over his selfish act!. sometimes it is hard to look at him but its always harder for me to think about what i would have gone threw if i had found him handing from the rafters!. i still dont know how im supposed to feel or what i'm supposed to do!. all i can really suggest is take it slow, share your feelings, and take it one day at a time!. good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I suggest you ask to talk to a mental health counselor at the hospital!. On one side it is important to be supportive of your dad and his recovery!. Each case is different and a specialist can help decide what is best: see the family or not, talk about what happened or not, etc!. On the other hand, you yourself have suffered quite a trauma!. There is no easy way to deal with all of the mixed emotions you are probably feeling--fear, anger, confusion, abandonment!. You are probably rationally aware that it was not your "fault", but other parts of the mind may need time to work on that!. Counseling and being able to talk will probably help a lot!. In many communities there are support groups for families of persons with mental illness (and a suicide attempt is in that category)!. I hope that your community has one!. There is also Emotions Anonymous (this free mutual help group has many meetings around the world which you can find on their web page--excellent help group)!. At any rate, please know that you are not "alone"!. I wish you all the best!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Please talk to a social worker at the hospital and tell him or her how you feel!. You did not say how old you are!. If you are under age I would think the social worker could find you a place to live other than with your father!. He needs major help, and you cannot provide that!. He needs to commit himself to a mental institution!. You need to take care of yourself!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Drop to your knees and PRAY for your father!. This is a serious thing!. He needs help and he NEEDS God as well!. I don't know what your beliefs are or his, but this is not to be played with!. This can turn around to be promising and a life lesson for the both of you if you both ask God for forgiveness and pray for each other!. Use this as a testimony to others who are going through the same thing as you are!. Don't hate your father but forgive your father!. We all make mistakes no matter the extent of them so right now he needs to see your LOVE AND SUPPORT!. He is anticipating you not wanting to talk to him and not loving him!. This is your chance to make things better and turn it around!. Where you are is where you were meant to be despite the circumstances!. This is your chance to make a HUGE impact on another persons life!. Don't pass this by!. God Bless you and your dad!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

This is the time to reach out and love him!. Why worry about trust or yourself right now!? You have a 2nd chance now with him, thank God he did not die!. If you ignore it will add to him pain for heavens sake!.
Ask for some counseling and focus on your father!. This is time to be strong for him and pray for him!. Go to Church, talk to a pastor and go online and Google for some forums that may help you and him!. There are suicide support groups, go join and educate yourself!.
I wish you the best!Www@Answer-Health@Com

I would say give yourself a little vacation!. I think it will do you good to get away and clear your head!. Go be by yourself and think about whether you should go back to living under your father's roof, if he is obviously that unstable!. Do you have extended family you could live with!? I'm sure they will reach out to you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Step one: Get rid of any guns in the house!. They are the most frequent device used by men in suicides!. But reach out to him!. He needs you and family as a reason to live!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Maybe put him in a mental hospital!?Www@Answer-Health@Com





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