I wanna thank everyone for their love, support and concern. Things are getting better, I finally got info out of people and date was changed so I can go. It's been really hard as we were really close and miss him to pieces.
I also want to say as dark as things get suicide is never the answer I know i people hear that every day and it takes so much strength to keep going especially when it looks like things are never going to get better. I say this as someone who has walked the path, as someone who years ago attempted to take my own life. It failed, and I'm grateful I failed especially now I know the pain I would have inflicted on loved ones if I had died that day.
I have bipolar disorder, it's not something like to talk about cause of the stigma around mental health. I am medicated and stable but it's still a battle. It really doesn't take the pain away from you, it just passes the pain to the people you love and I know that is not something I would ever want to do no matter how dark it gets for me, I know I will find the light again eventually during the time I relapse and fall.
You can think of some mental health conditions like a cancer (for a lack of a better comparison) There are good days and there is bad; you can be fine for a really long time and relapse and another episode starts. The fight begins again. It's a battle. It's an illness like any other. People with mental illnesses need as much love and support and to not be treated like they are crazy and no one. That is the worst thing someone could do.
Depression is a serious thing and can be fatal like cancer if left untreated and the person is left alone without help. If you suspect someone you know is having a hard time don't judge them, support them instead. You could save a life.
Mystik Rave Calm
- 8 years ago
