Braham, I'm sorry to hear you're struggling so much right now
Why did you stop taking your anti-depressants?? If you're suicidal, it might be because you actually
need to be on meds at this point in time. It is really common for ex-addicts to experience depression and dispair after they've gotten clean, and this can sometimes last for years. But it
is manageable. Are you seeing a psychiatrist at the moment? It sounds like you really need some professional support and assistance, please seek it.
I also urge you to
please lock your gun away. Don't even give yourself the option of using it. I know you are going through a really hard time at the moment but no amount of emotional pain is worth ending your life, and the reason for that is that
emotional pain is only temporary. Suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems, why waste your life when you can put your energy towards finding a way to feel better and to keep living.
I know the pattern of thoughts that you're describing, that you're constantly beating up on yourself for the mistakes you've made and that you're stupid/worthless/etc. I know, because I do the same thing to myself all the time. But we are really just making things worse for ourself, and unnecessarily so! Are you scared to get better? Possibly. Sometimes if we've been depressed for so long it becomes like a security blanket, and it becomes such a habit to keep ourselves locked in that depressive state of mind. So yes it can be scary to open up and change that aspect of ourselves. I would really love for you to just try to think of ONE good thing about yourself, remind you that you are successful in that one aspect of yourself, and allow yourself to feel proud and happy about that. When we are depressed it is so easy to just focus on all the negatives, when in fact there are almost always MORE positives about ourselves that we totally ignore, because we're so stuck in the depression-rut at that time. You mentioned that you write songs, I imagine that you're pretty good at that man, admit it to yourself and feel proud for that

If you can try to do this at least once a day about some positive aspect of you, it will get easier to do (practice makes perfect

)
Please also remember that you are feeling suicidal because of the changes in neurochemicals in your brain, because you've just gone off your anti-depressants. This is a really common reaction when people go off their meds, and these feelings will not last forever. I know that might not make you feel better in itself, but perhaps knowing that literally millions of people have gone through
exactly what you're going through now and have all come out the other side for the better, without resorting to suicide, might give you some reassurance that you CAN and you WILL get through this.
Please PM me if you want to talk one-on-one. And please take care of yourself, you deserve it
