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[quote=Anonymous]As a former teen who often contemplated and twice attempted suicide, I really echo what the social worker parent said above. My loving, involved parents did not take this seriously - I suspect they just thought it was a plea for attention. I would have answered like op's daughter, that I had no plan to kill myself but often wished I was dead. In retrospect, I think that my suicide attempts were actually driven by a desire that someone could see how unhappy I often was. Also in retrospect, I couldn't see the permanence of suicide - I acted/reacted in the moment, and even if 99.9% of the time I actually meant it that I didn't want to kill myself, every so often I acted on the impulse. That's why you have to take a teen's statements seriously. Please get your child an appointment with a counselor stat, op. Can you pediatrician recommend someone? Can someone on this board? My kids are you ger but we've used the Stixrud practice for therapy for anxiety. [/quote]
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