When I sat in a support group while IP that my counselor made me go into (at the time, I thought she was just being over dramatic) and during the support group I finally decided to speak about what I was feeling. Everyone in the room looked at me like I just had an eyeball burst or something. All of these people began to tell me how sorry they were about what I was feeling. Then what was supposed to be a seventy-two hour hold became a two and a half week stay. By the end of that stay, I realized I had some serious problems that needed to be addressed. Before that, I really thought it was normal for people to get suicidal every now and then.

You should be proud of yourself for realizing it on your own. That's actually really impressive from my standpoint. I couldn't have done that. You're also strong for willingly getting help after that.