Guyana has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, recording an estimated 40.8 deaths per 100,000 population, with a higher prevalence rate among Indo-Guyanese. What accounts for this? This is a question still to be fully investigated and has in fact prompted this study. The hypothesis of this study is that the nature and quality of interpersonal relationships has an impact on suicide ideation and people’s willingness to seek psychiatric help. Therefore, using a phenomenological approach, the study interrogates the lived experiences of 15 people from the East Canje, Berbice area in Guyana who attempted to end their lives or know someone who tried to end their lives by suicide. The findings reinforce the impact of the absence of family and community support on people who have suicidal thoughts. The absence of family support also leads to strain on interpersonal relationships within the home and society. The study therefore reinforces the importance of support systems at the family and community level as a critical intervention to reduce suicides. In particular, the decentralization of psychiatric, psychological, and psychosocial support services is recommended to increase access to effective services for people struggling with suicide ideation.