Does anyone know if there are groups/support/helplines for people dealing with suicide??

[mosschops30]

Thats it really, just wondered if there was any help out there and if anyone could recommend anything TIA

samaritans

Was thinking of something more professional than a listening ear, dont get me wrong I think the samaritans are amazing and the work they do is exceptional but wondered if there was more specific help

I hope you don't mind me asking, are you looking for help dealing with feeling suicidal or help after someone close to you has been suicidal/taken their life?

I hope you are ok?

Dh lost his mum to suicide when he was in his teens.

Thinking of suicide? or dealing with the loss of someone who has committed suicide?

Sorry, no its not for me. My father attempted suicide on the weekend, and my mum is having a hard time processing what she saw and what happened. I think it would help if she could discuss it with someone, I took her to the GP but he said counselling services in their area were pretty much non existent and didnt seem to like the idea of counselling anyway.
He said they would eventually get help and support from the CPN, but dad is still not awake and theyre not sure of the extent of brain injury he has caused himself.
So I really feel mum needs something now, rather than waiting, and Im 300 miles away and have had to come home after being there for 4 days, so is difficult to give extra support on the phone, plus Im a nurse, so my view of things is not always 'normal' IYKWIM

Sorry that your dh had to go through that, especially during his teens, it mustve been very hard

have to pop out will come back to thread asap

So sorry to hear that Mosschops, it must be hard for your mum, i think Dh will always be angry at his mum for what she did but i think he is begining to understand why she did it as he suffers from depression too and has often felt really low. I hope your mum finds some help and i hope your dad makes a full recovery.

Thanks for that, I may phone them and see what they can recommend or they may be useful themselves.
I think my mum is going through so many emotions at the moment and they change so rapidly that shes meeting herself coming backwards IYKWIM