The knowledge about care for suicidal patients is mainly based on perspectives from healthcare personnel. There is a lack of research based on the suicidal patients experiences of how they perceived the care that they are given. The aim of this study was to illustrate suicidal patients' experiences of nursing care. A qualitative literature study was used as method. The systematic search resulted in ten qualitative studies, which examined patients' experiences of nursing care. The analysis was conducted in line with Friberg's five-step method and with inductive analyze method, focusing both on the manifest and latent content. The analysis resulted in two themes and four subthemes: Space for one's life story; to be met with understanding, and to be met with distrust. Space for partnership; to be involved, and to be excluded.Results: The result shows that suicidal patients have a wish and longing to share their life story. The patients emphasized the importance of interactions with healthcare personnel characterized by space, time and understanding. To enable this, they expressed the need to be involved, which can be understood as the importance of partnership. Distrust and to be excluded increased suffering and feelings of hopelessness.Conclusion: To promote recovery and relieve suffering, the suicidal patient needs to be actively involved in their own care through person centered care and partnership with healthcare personnel and be given space to share one's life story.