Suzette Suicidal Ideation And Suicide Summary

The repeated pattern to use suicidal ideation as a coping mechanism started when she was a teenager. For example her automatic negative thought, “I feel so disconnected from my children and too tired to care for them.” These thoughts lead to her feelings of guilt about her parenting. Then, finally she uses a compensatory strategy to try to feel better by trying to “eat to fill the void.” Suzette’s negative views of others is exhibited by when she points out that her previous therapist were unhelpful, because even though they would be helpful at first eventually they would make her angry by judging her, so then she stopped going to them. Suzette’s negative automatic thoughts about herself and others continue to lead to negative coping behaviors, such as suicidal ideation and