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Old Mar 26, 2016, 05:27 PM
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Where would you be if you didn't seek professional help?

I had suicidal ideation for many years, but I never had the guts to actually end my life. So, I don't think I would have ever ended my life, but I would have been miserable and probably wouldn't have a job. I also think I would have pushed away my entire family, all my friends (I kinda did that already though), etc..

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Old Mar 26, 2016, 05:28 PM
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I wouldn't be here or I would of been sectioned years ago

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Old Mar 26, 2016, 05:54 PM
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 06:05 PM
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I have mixed feelings on this. Somedays I think psychiatry caused me more harm than good. Right now I feel differently. I clearly see that while sometimes my theatment was less than ideal, it did save my life on few occasions over the decades.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 06:35 PM
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I wonder sometimes if it has done more harm than good, but I was going way off a cliff. So close to losing everything.
But now I struggle harder in different ways?
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 08:48 PM
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I don't know.

But sometimes I really do feel it has done more harm than good.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 09:37 PM
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Where would you be if you didn't seek professional help?


I had suicidal ideation for many years, but I never had the guts to actually end my life. So, I don't think I would have ever ended my life, but I would have been miserable and probably wouldn't have a job. I also think I would have pushed away my entire family, all my friends (I kinda did that already though), etc..

Id be dead or in a gutter with a bottle in my hand

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Old Mar 26, 2016, 10:15 PM
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Not sure I would have made through the last few years with out it.
I can also see how sometimes we question if it is good or bad.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 10:33 PM
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I'd probably be dead. If not be pretty miserable sad and hopeless. One thing I definetly have gained back is hope. My place may still be a mess I may have some depression episodes, and I may sleep all day but I do have hope now.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 10:37 PM
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 10:56 PM
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Had a failed attempt years a go. I'm sure I would have tried again. had a lot of doubt since my "crack up" 3 years ago. But after falling into the "darkness" last fall I am scared to not have help, I never want to go there again. I will do whatever I need to not be in that "pit" again .... Tigger .
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 10:56 PM
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I'd still be here. Without the financial loss.
Can't really say it helped at all
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 11:40 PM
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I only had my first, noticeable, manic episode a few years ago. I was a bit psychotic. I would have been hospitalized, I am sure. But I tried meds and have avoided the hospital.

I have seen my p-doc a lot for therapy and she keeps and eye on me. Also my teens do.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 11:42 PM
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I'd probably be in jail or homeless.
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 03:19 AM
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I'd be saving the world like Superman ... I once truly believed I was an angel sent to earth to save us from all the evil. I was manic *cough*
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 06:10 AM
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i'd have been dead before my childhood had even ended (so, so long ago. lol)
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 06:29 AM
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 06:32 AM
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 01:54 PM
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 02:03 PM
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 02:50 PM
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I'd be long gone.
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 06:58 PM
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 07:26 PM
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I would probably be tactless. I have learned a lot about how people see me and how i am not the best at maintaining relationships.
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Old Mar 28, 2016, 12:27 AM
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Without a doubt, I'd be dead or so completely insane that there'd be no bringing me back to reality.
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Old Mar 28, 2016, 12:32 AM
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I would have either killed my self, contracted HIv, or gone to jail. Also alienated from all my family and friends and jobless

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