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Posted by EmilyAnn on July 13, 2002, at 18:16:05
Hi everyone. I posted something like this in other rooms and I figured I should here too, esp. after I read about self-mutiliation...I figured you'd all understand. I used to cut...I really want to now. Acutally I just want to die. I dont know what to do...I just hate myself and my life and want to die. I'm too afraid to kill myself, which really pisses me off. I feel no hope, no optimism. Please help. I've tried everything...counseling, all kinds of meds, inpatient, outpatient...it hardly seems worth it anymore.
Posted by Phil on July 13, 2002, at 19:24:56
In reply to I want to die, posted by EmilyAnn on July 13, 2002, at 18:16:05
Hi EmilyAnn, Will you give us some details about what's going on with you.
Your disease is what wants to go away. You aren't your disease and things WILL get better.
Will you talk to us?
If not, will you call a friend or family member for help? Or' call 911. I've ridden in those big white ambulances and it's great fun running everyone else's butt off the road.
Our lines are open...please chat some.
Posted by bookgurl99 on July 14, 2002, at 12:11:55
In reply to I want to die, posted by EmilyAnn on July 13, 2002, at 18:16:05
EmilyAnn,
Life can be worth living again for you. You're motivated to get better.
Is there anything you haven't done yet that you'd like to do? Visit the Eiffel tower? Go to the Amazon? Complete a degree or have a really nice house? Consider all those things that you would be giving up by dying right now.
What is going on that makes you feel this way right now?
Hope your weekend improves --
bookgurl99
Posted by Dinah on July 14, 2002, at 17:20:02
In reply to i defy augury. » EmilyAnn, posted by bookgurl99 on July 14, 2002, at 12:11:55
But thank you. I enjoy seeing a word I have to look up in the dictionary.
Wonderful post too. Certainly something to keep in mind when sliding towards the pit.
Posted by Dinah on July 14, 2002, at 17:38:22
In reply to I want to die, posted by EmilyAnn on July 13, 2002, at 18:16:05
Hi Emily Ann,
I used to be a cutter too. And the only reason I'm not cutting right now is a promise I offered to my therapist. I too still want to cut. Yesterday I was obsessed with it. Today I'm quite a bit better. So I do understand that. We all cope the best way we can.
Sorry if my last post was a bit flippant. I'm coming down from a nasty agitated hypomania from Effexor, and I'm a bit silly-giddy today. Sure beats agitated, but I don't mean to be insensitive.
Dinah
Posted by Phil on July 14, 2002, at 21:20:35
In reply to I want to die, posted by EmilyAnn on July 13, 2002, at 18:16:05
Just wanted to see how you were tonight? Do you feel the same, worse? Or is the demon backing down?
Please post when you feel like it.Phil
Posted by EmilyAnn on July 26, 2002, at 13:56:35
In reply to Re: EmilyAnn, posted by Phil on July 14, 2002, at 21:20:35
Hi Phil. Thank you so much for answering my posts. I didn't notice before. I was in the hospital for a few days, don't know if you got those posts. I'm feeling a bit better now...but still struggling. If you'd like to read my recent posts (like 3 of them:)...or I can just fill you in later.
Thanks again, I REALLY DO appreciate your concern and support. :) I really need it.
-B
Posted by trouble on August 5, 2002, at 11:17:06
In reply to Re: EmilyAnn, posted by EmilyAnn on July 26, 2002, at 13:56:35
> Hi Phil. Thank you so much for answering my posts. I didn't notice before. I was in the hospital for a few days, don't know if you got those posts. I'm feeling a bit better now...but still struggling. If you'd like to read my recent posts (like 3 of them:)...or I can just fill you in later.
>
> Thanks again, I REALLY DO appreciate your concern and support. :) I really need it.
>
> -B
Dear Emily Ann,I was struck by a thought when reading your message, it may not seem like much, but when i'm tyin the noose, the only thing that stops me is
knowing how much i am needed, despite being a total headcase twitch.
you help people more than you know, by telling
the truth as you do so simply and eloquently, and
by letting people help you.
this back and forth keeps alot of us going when going on seems like a pointless joke.
what else is there to live for anyway?
i am mad at my friends who left me.love,
robin
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