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- vespa0
*hugs thread*
righto i'm off to write a Poptimistic tune
y'all take care of yourselves xxx
- pascii0
*hugs all too*
- ********0
well thanks vespa. warm words they are.
i have been getting pro help for years now.
i had a dip yesterday, today i feel slightly better.
its really not always as easy being single and alone for many years. and i am not looking for sympathy. perhaps i simply needed some warm words but i did not get them here or elsewhere.
i guess i am a burden in that sense.
i am sorry.
- ********0
Janne,
Now I am pissed.
You need a fucking beating and your colon scorched by a fucking machine of interactive german spam.
Do you think you're alone in this mess? Do you?
I'm personally mailing you now, and that's the most terrible thing that could ever happen in your life.
You have 5 seconds to say: please don't.
- ********0
oh. the 5 secs are gone.
- monkeyshine0
I have to say, having gone through the loss of an uncle and a friend to suicide, I totally disagree that suicide takes courage. I think it's the other way around...and what a f*cking cruel sucker punch to those of us left behind.
But I also think that our culture, at least American culture, likes to romanticize depression and suicide.
- ********0
having read through these posts, I have to say that it is a personal matter and the monkeyshine continent theory is utter fucking bullshit.
sorry man, but there is not a rule for this - and not only american culture romanticizes depression these days. I see your point, but you don't have a point either - it happens elsewhere frequently.
- Jaline0
I agree with Witt. I tried to rationalize and think about it all and come up with whether or not it is a "courageous" act, but it's not possible to come to any conclusion, in my opinion. Everything is a case-by-case basis.
- vespa0
well crouwel i guess this is what i mean by newstoday not being the right place - you've misread some negativity into my advice to seek professional help.
i'm very sorry you're depressed. none of us here are professional counsellors and i don't know you very well, so i fear that you may misinterpret well-meant advice.
i feel quite protective of the people in here who started this thread as a positive attempt to get through real loss.
i think you need more attention than an internet forum can give, honestly please seek help by speaking to a real human being.
- lowimpakt0
yesterday i was reading about Trigeminal Neuralgia - look it up on wikipedia. It is like an intense form of migrane and because it's so severe it's know as the 'suicide disease'. Because there is no cure and the pain is so bad lots of people have killed themselves.
Not many people who take their own lives do so for the buzz or to make other people feel bad - especially friends and family. As difficult as it is for some people to understand - they didn't want to or couldn't live anymore.
I still think my mate just had a very bad day and make a mistake...
- barbtastic0
it's not for any of us to say why or judge what suicide is... it's personal thing for each person
i can guarantee it's not about you or anyone else, however that's who it end up hurting....
- -sputnik-0
i used to get very angry when i heard that someone took their own life...especially those with kids. i still feel that in a small way it's a cop-out and it devastates families, but i have also since learned that true, clinical depression is a medical problem that is very difficult to diagnose and control.
it's usually difficult for people (like me) who don't suffer from it to understand what they go through, but having learned what i have i can at least appreciate that i simply don't comprehend everything entailed and that i probably shouldn't judge so harshly.
- barbtastic0
sputnik, i'm glad you were able to see it's not about being selfish :D
the point is, you never rly know what is going on inside another person's mind, and you never rly know when something similar could happen to you...
the human brain is a very complicated thing, there are SO MANY things that can affect the way it works, most of the time out of your own control
- barbtastic0
sputnik, i'm glad you were able to see it's not about being selfish :D
the point is, you never rly know what is going on inside another person's mind, and you never rly know when something similar could happen to you...
the human brain is a very complicated thing, there are SO MANY things that can affect the way it works, most of the time out of your own control