Introduction: Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among youths meanwhile qualitative study focusing on this population are insufficient in Mexico. Therefore, this study explored the psycho-contextual stressors of suicidal ideation among survivors.

Method: The study selected nine (9) respondents (five males and four females) from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Mexico, with age ranged between 18–30 years old (mean age (x̄) = 25.22; SD = 4.66); an in-depth interview was used to gather data and it was thematically analyzed.

Results: The findings showed that academic pressure, academic burnout, inadequate social support with derogatory comments, negative student-teacher relationships, and the difficulty in balancing academic demands with personal life all interconnectedly contributed to emotional distress that exacerbated suicidal ideation.

Conclusions: The study concluded that academic stressors, low social support, negative student-teacher relationships, and study-life imbalance contributed to the increased the suicide ideation.