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I want to remind you all about something. (Trigger Warning)
a year ago
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Recently, I had a close friend who said in their recent journal entries that they had thoughts of taking their own life. I'm not going to say exactly who because I don't want to put them on the spot. They may have made a follow up entry that they're better now but even still, I was worried all day at work for them and I feel it wrong to continue focusing on my usual content and just let it slide without making this journal to remind everyone that suicide is not a permeant answer to a temporary problem but that it's never the answer to any problem at all, whether temporary or not.
It is a serious problem, not just here in the US but all over the world. If you or someone you know is struggling with dark thoughts, just know that you're not alone. I'd even be lying if I said I never attempted suicide. (Twice by trying overdose on alcohol poisoning.) In fact, not even a year ago, I've been having dark thoughts of wanting to take my own life after staying at this low rent, run down apartment. I know I have goals that I want to pursuit which stop me from going though with it but I also know I have people in my life who love and care about me and their lives would be utterly destroyed if I took my own life and your loved ones' lives would be destroyed if you went through with it too.
We only have one chance to live on this Earth and when you take that only chance away from yourself, you leave behind a huge mess that nobody can clean up. Not your friends, not your family, not your significant other, nobody. I know times are tough right now. With You-Know-Who in office and the economy getting worse and worse, it can be very easy to want to give up but from what I know from experience emotions come and go. It may get worse before it gets better but it will get better. If you're reading this then you already know that because you've made it through all the bad days in your life and you can make it through the bad days ahead. All you need to do is keep picking yourself up, be grateful for what you still have without clinging to it, keep enjoying what you enjoy doing (long as it's not hurting any one) and talk about your issues with someone trust. That last one is definitely something that I still struggle with but I know the rest of you are still brave enough to. As Luis told me after I came out to him about almost taking my own life, "There is always light at the end of the Tunnel."
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
800-273-TALK (8255)
It is a serious problem, not just here in the US but all over the world. If you or someone you know is struggling with dark thoughts, just know that you're not alone. I'd even be lying if I said I never attempted suicide. (Twice by trying overdose on alcohol poisoning.) In fact, not even a year ago, I've been having dark thoughts of wanting to take my own life after staying at this low rent, run down apartment. I know I have goals that I want to pursuit which stop me from going though with it but I also know I have people in my life who love and care about me and their lives would be utterly destroyed if I took my own life and your loved ones' lives would be destroyed if you went through with it too.
We only have one chance to live on this Earth and when you take that only chance away from yourself, you leave behind a huge mess that nobody can clean up. Not your friends, not your family, not your significant other, nobody. I know times are tough right now. With You-Know-Who in office and the economy getting worse and worse, it can be very easy to want to give up but from what I know from experience emotions come and go. It may get worse before it gets better but it will get better. If you're reading this then you already know that because you've made it through all the bad days in your life and you can make it through the bad days ahead. All you need to do is keep picking yourself up, be grateful for what you still have without clinging to it, keep enjoying what you enjoy doing (long as it's not hurting any one) and talk about your issues with someone trust. That last one is definitely something that I still struggle with but I know the rest of you are still brave enough to. As Luis told me after I came out to him about almost taking my own life, "There is always light at the end of the Tunnel."
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
800-273-TALK (8255)
Dialganite
~leonidas4life
Yeah, all suicide will do is possibly cause an eternal problem for all we know. It's never worth it to take your own life. There's so much more to live for despite the hardships
Lunar Gryphon
~thelunarrainbowgryphon
OP
Yeah, I feel the same way but sometimes you just need to learn how to be your own friend then you won't have to feel lonely.
