The interpretations indicate that teens needed to negotiate through their conflicted minds in order to recover from their suicidal self. Sharing their private struggles was imperation in order to recover,a finding that has multiple implications for nursing.Despite the fact that suicide has been called an action that involves a conscious process (Michel&Valach,2001),these teens did not necessarily understand the reason for their actions.The suicide attempt was not a cognitive,purposeful,help- seeking behavior though the attempt did result in ED treatment and subsequent psychiatric care.Rather,the attempt was a semi-conscious or subliminal help-seeking behavior and challenged the idea that suicide attempts are attention seeking,a common perception of adolescent suicidal behavior.