how does it make you feel when someone tells you that you should really regard every moment of your life as precious because it might end at any minute?
I get really annoyed when someone tries that one on me, because I've been suicidal and I know how it feels, and regarding every minute of my life as special was not the thing which prevented me carrying out my daft plan to end it all.
What actually stopped me was being put on the right drugs to lift my spirits from the doldrums and having someone to talk to, a therapist in fact, who took me seriously, and was there, for me, for two hours a week. Plus, there was having my mental illness properly identified for what it is.
I'm still on the drugs, and they're still working.
Oh, and having a cat. Smokey has helped immensely. There's a lovely little picture here of a cat's gravestone, which expresses what many people think of their pets and what I think of Smokey.
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Date: 2017-03-10 09:43 pm (UTC)I get really annoyed when someone tries that one on me, because I've been suicidal and I know how it feels, and regarding every minute of my life as special was not the thing which prevented me carrying out my daft plan to end it all.
What actually stopped me was being put on the right drugs to lift my spirits from the doldrums and having someone to talk to, a therapist in fact, who took me seriously, and was there, for me, for two hours a week. Plus, there was having my mental illness properly identified for what it is.
I'm still on the drugs, and they're still working.
Oh, and having a cat. Smokey has helped immensely. There's a lovely little picture here of a cat's gravestone, which expresses what many people think of their pets and what I think of Smokey.