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If you take these points together, you’ll see that if the person can survive the most intense moments of their suicidal crisis, their chances of long-term survival increase a great deal. In fact, of all the people who attempt suicide but don’t succeed, 90 percent do not go on to make another attempt. Remember: people who attempt to take their own lives are usually ambivalent . They don’t want to die, exactly—what they want is for their overwhelming pain to end, and they have started to believe that suicide is the only method available.

A suicidal person just wants their overwhelming pain to end.

Teen Guides to Health & Wellness: Suicide and Self-Harm

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