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My son has just told me he's suicidal

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My son will be turning 18 next month. In 6 weeks time he will be finishing his college course and although I have been trying to get him motivated for the past year to decide what he wants to do after he leaves college, and make plans to make that happen, he hasn't and I think he's now starting to panic.

He's just come downstairs to say good night before he goes to bed and has told me that he just wants to end it all. He says he doesn't trust anyone and thinks that they are all going to bully him. He says he has friends but not like other people have friends as they are all quirky like him. He also said he hears voices in his head. I can't work out if this is just his conscience like everyone hears or whether this is something more serious.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows where I go from here? How do I get him a counsellor or therapist or some sort of support to help him through this? Do I take him back to the doctors and get him refered that way? Or is there an organisation I can go through? Is there someone specific that I can get in contact with?

Any help offered greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Fe

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    Hearing voices is actually fairly normal and does not necessarily indicate anything serious. If he thinks the voices are telling him to harm himself or others then that is another matter altogether.

    Suicide is frighteningly common. It is common in that age group and it is particularly common at exam time at the end of the academic year.

    He needs help urgently in my opinion. This should involve counselling/talking therapies that can re-establish some normal expectations and some normal social contact. Autistic people are often dangerously lonely and unable to work out how to fix that loneliness.

    Your GP would be a good place to start, there are lots of helplines and you could start with the mental health charity mind http://www.mind.org.uk/ There are urgent help sections on that web page that will get you started.

    I am writing this with a grief stricken son at home who has just been pole-axed by his ex flat mate who has just ended it all. No warning, noone suspected anything, everyone is absolutely traumatised. There is no sense to it and it just makes me sad and angry and helpless when it happens. Please don't ignore it.

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    Hearing voices is actually fairly normal and does not necessarily indicate anything serious. If he thinks the voices are telling him to harm himself or others then that is another matter altogether.

    Suicide is frighteningly common. It is common in that age group and it is particularly common at exam time at the end of the academic year.

    He needs help urgently in my opinion. This should involve counselling/talking therapies that can re-establish some normal expectations and some normal social contact. Autistic people are often dangerously lonely and unable to work out how to fix that loneliness.

    Your GP would be a good place to start, there are lots of helplines and you could start with the mental health charity mind http://www.mind.org.uk/ There are urgent help sections on that web page that will get you started.

    I am writing this with a grief stricken son at home who has just been pole-axed by his ex flat mate who has just ended it all. No warning, noone suspected anything, everyone is absolutely traumatised. There is no sense to it and it just makes me sad and angry and helpless when it happens. Please don't ignore it.

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