It's like your bank charging you an overdraft fee, deducting it when you don't have enough in your account to cover it, and then charging you another overdraft fee for the payment of the first overdraft fee.
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Third point: this one is just for people also struggling with suicidal impulses. I can't, and don't, say that this will work, only that it worked for me and might be worth a try for you.
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When I was hitting my lowest points: lonely, not sure if I was gay, bored out of my mind, and literally not able to speak to anyone but my (deeply homophobic and in at least one case emotionally abusive) immediate family for months at a time?
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The thing that kept me going was considering that nonspecific other people were alive just out of inertia and decent luck. They were alive because they simply hadn't died yet, they had food and shelter, they hadn't gotten sick or had an accident, they hadn't been murdered.
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The choice hadn't, and in most cases would never, present itself to them to... be not alive anymore.
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But in my case... I was alive, and am alive today, because I chose to be.
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And that made it, and still makes it, much easier to remain invested in that choice.
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NONE OF WHICH IS TO SAY that you shouldn't use therapy, medication, any and all resources you can! Here, here's some right now: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
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It's only to say "here is another strategy. It saved my life. Maybe it can help you."
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With respect to
@FilmCritHULK, for being a lot more vulnerable than I am, and probably more insightful too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread
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