Cloudburst
Bluelighter
It is very brave of you to post this despite your insecurity of it being corny and not helpful. It was not corny because it came from the fucking heart, and it was helpful because it got me (and surely dozens if not hundreds others) to look at the relationship between unique painful experiences and suicidal ideation via a different perspective. It did at least affect one suicidal person - it makes me see how there can be so many sources of pain I am not aware of because I'm too absorbed in what is currently causing me pain. Perhaps planning for worst case scenario situations such as what has occurred to you would help drastically. It'd take a lot of forethought though. I also feel great gratification giving advice as well, so feel free to ask some from me, although you have drastically more life experience, maybe my relative naivety (only 20) will offer some kind of help if you catch my drift.I've been reading this thread for the past several hours and don't really know how to respond, yet I want so badly to say something that will make all the pain, loneliness, and heartache go away. I just want you to know that I am thinking of each and everyone of you who are going through this at the moment.
I've also been there, and one day was actually riding around and calling some people to borrow a gun as I had made up my mind to do this. Only problem was that I could not find or contact any of 5 or 6 people I was looking for. After that I realized that maybe fate was the reason? My depression came about from the drugs I took and how they affected my family. I am older than most of you posting here, just turned 54 in March, so I ended up losing my wife of 25 years because of the drugs,and went into debt $40,000 buying drugs over the internet, for which I am still paying for even today. I also have a 24 year old son who's respect I also lost. I remember it like it was yesterday. I cried constantly and comteplated suicide from July of 2005 to February of 2008. Work was utter hell as I did not want to be around anyone, but everyday I faced 30 middle school students, and everyday thought about saying fuck it and quit, just walk out, get in my car, get on the hwy, and crash my car into a bridge abbutment, even had the one picked out I was going to use. But everytime I thought to take action and finally do it, I would think of my son and the total devastation it would cause him, and I could not do it.
It has been over 2 years now and I finally snapped out of the depression/funk I was in and set about repairing the relationship with my son. Today we are closer than ever.
I wasn't going to post this at first as it sounds corny and probaly is not helpful at the present time. Then I thought it couldn't really hurt anything, and it would hopefully demonstrate that things can get better if you hang in there. Also that the things affecting you, and causing you to consider suicide are no respecter of age, since I thought these feelings were not what someone my age should have, that I should be more mature about it. Well fuck that! When I finally accepted myself for who I was and accepted the feelings, I was able to go on and get to where I am now.
Again my heart really goes out to you folks and if ANYONE wishes to pm me just to talk, I will gladly listen.
Was the past mention of your previous problems catharsis and is currently resolved (which seems to be the case), or would you like some observations on them? I'd be glad to if that is the case.
Don't be afraid to post here. No assholes in this section, this is literally a support group and internet support groups have been proven to be just as effective as a standard sit-down type. And they help a lot, believe me.
Giving advice and getting advice are both equally beneficial. I'd like to see you around here more if you wish and/or have the time. Don't be insecure, everyone here is sincerely nice (this isn't the lounge or whatever). I wish you the best of luck and keep in touch.
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My situation, dire and very scary, would appreciate some feedback:
Everyone around me has been mentioning that I have been experiencing noticeable mania, just mania not mixed. I've done an unbelievable amount of ridiculous shit (though I don't remember most of them) and I am having perceptual distortions if not outright visual and auditory hallucinations, I can at least acknowledge that. I've long passed the euphoric phase and now this is a complete living hell. Mania, contrary to "common knowledge," is not fun and games. I've been profoundly suicidal every night (does not seem to occur during daytime though, but regardless I cannot sleep - this is day 5) to the point where I plan it out, research most effective possible methods, decide where to do it, my thoughts absorbed in these demonic gory scenes behind my eyelids and dark black lines distancing myself from the outside world, laying ruin to self-awareness and thus placing myself at a higher risk. It is so strange that I am so deeply suicidal during a manic episode (I tend to be mixed), has anyone else had similar experiences?
I really do fear for my life at the present moment. Every night I ask myself very seriously, "am I going to survive tonight?"
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