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creative_writerSenior Contributor
I have been struggling a lot lately with suicidal thoughts. It’s become a daily occurrence and it’s been really overwhelming to cope. I am safe right but having to fight this is very exhausting. I feel so trapped, I am tired of living in pain, fear and shame. I feel like a burden to people and unimportant.
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PaperdaisySenior Contributor
I'm sorry @creative_writer that sounds really painful. Is there anything that helps? Do you have people around you tonight?
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PaperdaisySenior Contributor
It can be difficult to talk to people close to us. Would it be helpful to contact a crisis line tonight or the Sane counsellors? @creative_writer Sitting with you 💝
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PaperdaisySenior Contributor
It sounds like you are doing everything you can to keep yourself safe @creative_writer 💝
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OggmoCasual Contributor
I hear ya. Sounds familiar. I've been nursing (hiding, mostly) suicidal depression for 46 years. Does it get better or easier? Well, the older I get (read: the closer I get to a possible natural death), the more I think about death: the more I think 'What's the point?'. I am loved by my teenage children. I am loved by my students and (some) colleagues. I find in relationships, partners start sensing the darkness in me, and eventually (or just quickly) leave.
One thing that has helped me... I'm overwhelmed by tears mostly every day and have been for some years now. I had a teenager hospitalised with psychosis and another alienated by depression in the last year or so... At some stage in my own blubbering fits of 'Why is this happening to me!? This can't go on!...' I had to stop intellectually judging myself as wrong... the crying fits are uncomfortable, yes, debilitating, yes, and exhausting... but they are not bad... When I finally convinced myself that: They are a gift, and I am fortunate to be a man in contact with his emotions... things began to shift a bit... After 46 years I am finally committed to no longer being slave to depression and anxiety (easier said than done, I know)... so why am I here, sharing this? Some days are easier than others...
Today... just getting through the day... wondering what impetus I can muster to justify my continued existence on the planet... until tomorrow... back at work... I'm much happier there at work. Loved and respected.Today just looking for ways to deal with what I'm going through...
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