Thread: Urge to die?
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Old Dec 16, 2015, 10:07 AM
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I'm not bipolar, but when I get the feeling that I want to kill myself, it is just the need to avoid something very frightening -- in particular the feeling that I will be very severely punished for something, and i have to avoid that at all costs. Clearly comes from childhood.
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