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re: Dark Topic: Ever thought about suicide?
Posted on 4/2/13 at 11:29 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Posted on 4/2/13 at 11:29 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Shame is the word.
People are ashamed to admit they need help or are struggling. Men are especially susceptible given the expectations often placed on us.
That's why I go out of my way sometimes to talk about my experiences with depression and with therapy and personal growth. If me telling one person IRL about my experiences, without shame, inspires that person to reach out for help, then I've helped.
People who stigmatize mental health problems make me crazy.
People are ashamed to admit they need help or are struggling. Men are especially susceptible given the expectations often placed on us.
That's why I go out of my way sometimes to talk about my experiences with depression and with therapy and personal growth. If me telling one person IRL about my experiences, without shame, inspires that person to reach out for help, then I've helped.
People who stigmatize mental health problems make me crazy.
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Posted on 4/3/13 at 12:54 am to RebelFreeze48
proverb---"It's always darkest before the dawn."
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So many times, the discouraged and depressed wait around for the dawn, rather than finding some kind of light switch to turn on instead.
So here’s another axiom: If you want it to be less dark -- in other words, if you want to seek the dawn -- look for some light.
Do you have challenges? Address those challenges! Challenges are made to help us become greater!
Depressed? Hey – everyone is depressed some times in their lives. Did you know that Churchill fought depression? Did you know that Lincoln was described as “melancholy?” Did you know that many of the other great people who have graced life’s highway with their names and deeds have fought depression, some of them for much of their lives?
We all have problems! What you need to do is to let a little bit of light in your life, and quit sitting there in the dark, waiting for the dawn.
How do you make a little bit of light in your life? Learn something new. Help someone else. Challenge your beliefs. Challenge yourself. Change your habits. Change your mind.
And if you can do nothing else, ask someone else to lend you a little bit of their light -- ask for their help.
This post was edited on 4/3/13 at 12:59 am
Posted on 4/3/13 at 12:58 am to RebelFreeze48
Meh I can remember times under very strong stress it may have crossed my mine but never seriously. I could never go through with it.
I have had 1 friend who shot himself and another who attempted to OD. Luckily the one who tried to OD was revived in the hospital and sought professional help, he is ok now.
I have had 1 friend who shot himself and another who attempted to OD. Luckily the one who tried to OD was revived in the hospital and sought professional help, he is ok now.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 4:11 am to RebelFreeze48
I've had a long history of depression/anxiety, and if not for my young daughter I would seriously consider it.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 5:39 am to JombieZombie
"Death is so final...yet life is so full of possibilities."
-Tyrion Lannister
-Tyrion Lannister
Posted on 4/3/13 at 5:52 am to RebelFreeze48
I overdosed on pills once and had to have my stomach filled with that nasty charcoal stuff because of money. I hurt my back and needed two surgeries and the company dumped me so now I've gone from 15 dollars per hour to hardly making it. Low point of my life.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 6:26 am to CrimsonChin
I taught Sunday school to a group of kids for about 3 years. Came in from their 6th to 9th grade years and had a lot of fun with those kids. A lot of them were like little brothers.
I left that church when I got married and about 2 years later one of them committed suicide. Not unhappy. No depression. The kid struggled with a doctrine issue and didn't want to deal with it any more.
Took himself, a Bible and a gun to a field, read, wrote a not and ended it.
Still makes me sick to think about it.
I left that church when I got married and about 2 years later one of them committed suicide. Not unhappy. No depression. The kid struggled with a doctrine issue and didn't want to deal with it any more.
Took himself, a Bible and a gun to a field, read, wrote a not and ended it.
Still makes me sick to think about it.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 6:34 am to 3nOut
That is terrible.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 6:49 am to RebelFreeze48
I have never seriously considered it. Depression and bi-polar disorder runs on my mom's side. Her sister has been hospitalized a couple of times.
My grandmother (mom's mother) jumped off of a bridge when I was 6 months old. She battled mental illness all her life from what my mom has told me. I didn't know about any of this until I was out of high school. I was just told she was sick and she died. I never thought to ask what the cause was.
I have seen the hurt that still causes my mother. Anyone that contemplates suicide is not thinking rationally. They think they are a burden to the family and don't realize the real harm of their actions.
My grandmother (mom's mother) jumped off of a bridge when I was 6 months old. She battled mental illness all her life from what my mom has told me. I didn't know about any of this until I was out of high school. I was just told she was sick and she died. I never thought to ask what the cause was.
I have seen the hurt that still causes my mother. Anyone that contemplates suicide is not thinking rationally. They think they are a burden to the family and don't realize the real harm of their actions.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 11:33 am to RebelFreeze48
Everyday for the past year. Nobody would ever guess that either. I not for my son who knows what I would do.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 11:45 am to Requiem For A Dawg
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Damn. What is there to be suicidal about when you are 12?
Unfortunately I've known kids that age that have had to deal with more in that short span then anyone, child or adult, should ever have to deal with in a lifetime. And kids especially have a hard time seeing that it can get better down the road.
As for the OP, yes I've thought about it. I was in a pretty dark place when my brother died. But if I hadn't of seen what my family went through during that time I may have gone through with it.
My best suggestion is to talking to someone about it. Preferably a counselor or psych. The source of your sadness could be one out of your control (i.e. chemical, physical).
Posted on 4/3/13 at 11:49 am to 3nOut
Jesus that's terrible, 3nOut.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 11:50 am to BluegrassBelle
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My best suggestion is to talking to someone about it. Preferably a counselor or psych. The source of your sadness could be one out of your control (i.e. chemical, physical).
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Posted on 4/3/13 at 11:50 am to RebelFreeze48
Every once in awhile I'll ponder what life would be like without me around but I don't seriously consider it or anything of that nature. I haven't had anything happen to give me any reason to ever ponder something like that.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 11:56 am to Rig
life without riglet isn't life at all
Posted on 4/3/13 at 12:17 pm to BluegrassBelle
I guess so.
When I was 12 the only thing I got upset about was when my baseball games got rained out.
When I was 12 the only thing I got upset about was when my baseball games got rained out.
This post was edited on 4/3/13 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 4/3/13 at 12:22 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
You have to also account for physical/chemical reasons for depression at that age too. It also doesn't help that anti-depressants have been pretty touch and go for kids either.
I see people say suicide is a selfish way out all the time but they often don't account for the fact that it may be deeper then just an emotional response to a bad situation.
I see people say suicide is a selfish way out all the time but they often don't account for the fact that it may be deeper then just an emotional response to a bad situation.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 12:36 pm to RebelFreeze48
never. I'll just deal with 1st world problems.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 3:15 pm to BluegrassBelle
Chemical imbalance depression is real.
I get it every year in the winter. This year was especially harsh. Actually being aware of the source is 90% of the battle won, IMO.
I don't have a "good reason" to feel depression, but each winter it comes on until I don't feel like getting out of bed. I can't say I am particularly negative, or close to suicidal when that happens. I just acknowledge it, medicate through legitimate means, and move forward.
Our present-day nutrition is so far out of whack that I personally believe a large percentage of chemical imbalances result from chronic improper nutrition over time.
I get it every year in the winter. This year was especially harsh. Actually being aware of the source is 90% of the battle won, IMO.
I don't have a "good reason" to feel depression, but each winter it comes on until I don't feel like getting out of bed. I can't say I am particularly negative, or close to suicidal when that happens. I just acknowledge it, medicate through legitimate means, and move forward.
Our present-day nutrition is so far out of whack that I personally believe a large percentage of chemical imbalances result from chronic improper nutrition over time.
Posted on 4/3/13 at 3:21 pm to Roger Klarvin
How about DON'T DO IT <period>? Seriously though, talk to someone with experience and expertise..a professional.
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