People with traumatic brain injury rarely commit suicide. However, many people go through times when they think about suicide or feel like suicide after their injury. For the person with traumatic brain injury:
* Remember that it is normal to feel this way after a traumatic brain injury and many people feel the same
* Tell someone how you are feeling
* Don't rely on drugs or alcohol to try and deal with bad feelings
* Tell yourself the huge majority of people get through these bad times For family members
* There's nothing wrong with your relative - suicidality is one of many reactions to a brain injury
* Listen to your relative
* Let someone who has experience in suicide know about how your relative is feeling
* Don't panic yourself because the huge majority of people get through these bad times
Last modified: Thursday, 20 April 2006