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Originally Posted by francisR
I do believe that like myself a lot of depressed people have thought about suicide. However, for me with a strong religious belief it is never an option. It simply destroys the lives of the loved ones who never recover from the bad feelings.
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Not to be mean or rude but religion has done far more harm than good in my life. In fact I believe that my anxiety and depression are in a large part due to my upbringing in a strict, fundamentalist religion where I had to hide my disbelief and lie for decades just to get by. Whenever someone tells me to go find Jesus or find God I seriously feel like punching them. Again no offense to you, it's just how I feel.
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Originally Posted by notthisagain
I can understand why someoone would want to sui because I have ideations myself. What I do to protect myself is eliminate things from my house that I would potentially use. For example, I refuse to own a gun.
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This is also the sole reason why I don't own a gun. Personally I believe in the right to bear arms and think that having a gun is a great way to defend yourself in these crazy times. But I can't trust myself with one. It's frustrating.
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Originally Posted by jo_thorne
Can you remember a time in your life before you ever thought of it as an option?
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Yeah, my childhood was awesome. I was so carefree, sheltered and loved. It wasn't perfect but it was good. Then I hit puberty and everything went to ****. I was bullied to the brink of suicide, my emotional growth was stunted and I gradually isolated myself until I had no friends left. It's been almost two decades since then and I'm sick of having to talk myself OUT of suicide every few months. I just want to get it over with already; my life isn't getting any better.
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Originally Posted by jo_thorne
Here's where the boilerplate message about seeking meds and therapy goes. (I do think they help.) Hugs.
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Unfortunately meds didn't do much for me, and therapy didn't work because I can't bring up my main concern, because it's something that nobody can know about. I need it to be a secret that I take to my grave. The plain fact is that I'm a broken person. I don't believe I can be "fixed" or "cured" at this point; it's been too long.
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Originally Posted by ManOfConstantSorrow
We used to execute lots of people in Britain (often the wrong ones) but only for the very worst crimes, murder, treason in time of war, double parking, are you certain you have done something so awful you should be killed? It seems a little improbable.
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Yes.