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I used to want to kill myself when I was a teenager (My favorite fantasy about it was that I wanted to cut open the side of my mattress, take out some of the springs and hide them, then get inside and sew it up from the inside and then stay there, and no one would know where I was) -- I think many do, because it's such an awful time in life for most of us, despite what the media is constantly telling us (and the images we see of perfect teens with perfect lives -- or not so perfect teens who always find a way to deal with things that allow them to come out on top -- probably make it worse). But I was too curious about who I would be and what I'd be doing as an adult to go through with it (along with other more obvious reasons). And I'm I glad I didn't do it? Absolutely -- being an adult is hard in many ways, but life is definately worth living. You have the freedom to be who you want and to make your own choices (of course, that does come with responsibilities). Besides, I was never one to shy away from a challenge, and that's how I look at life a lot of times -- as a challenge that I can attempt to "win" by taking it day by day and acting in the best way I can to "succeed." It's worked so far!
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Don't let that distract you from the legitimate discussion here.
A word of advice to the depressed: self-mutilation is completely unnecessary, I assure you. I highly recommend the following: - reading cheerful literature - watching movies (particularly musicals) - board games (you wouldn't believe how well this works) Having never felt suicidal in my life I can't entirely sympathize, but it might also help to remember that you have so much more to look forward to. Two more Harry Potter books, another Star Wars movie, another LOTR movie - and that's just for starters...
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i think anyone who's been here a while,,, came here when I used to come here has guessed my answer... mebbe lol
I wrote an interesting paper on teen depression (+suicide and self mutilation) for my school. Interesting stuff. men are something like 4 times as likely to kill themselves as women... but women make more efforts... ![]()
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Ahh depression. It's a hard topic. But I think everyone has their own individual ways of dealing with it. Mostly because everybody's idea of happiness is different. The only danger in happiness is if it's an object or a person responsible for your happiness and it goes away, then you are right back at sqaure one and probably worse off than to begin with.
It's hard to find happiness that stays, mostly because it has to come from inside, not outside. I hate to say this but it's true, NOTHING OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF IS GARUANTEED 100% PERMANENT. I guess for me it's not so much an issue about finding happiness but being able to accept things as the natural flow of life, realizing that there will be lows and doing all you can to prepare for them and riding the storm to its end. Argh, I hate to ramble about such a personal topic but this is how it is for me. I'm not asking you to agree, but this is how I view depression and my apparent distrust of happiness.
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Anglorfin- Really? I actually find it extremely easy to deal with losses and bad times and whatnot. I always ask myself "What are you gonna do?" in any situation. If there is no answer, if you can't do anything, then meh, no reason to fuss then is there? Problem solved. Trust me, I do know what you mean and I know my method is a bit abnormal and in some cases it seems socially unacceptable. Like if Dad died or something, I'd still have memories of him and I know it would suck that he's dead, but honestly, I wouldn't care. I couldn't, so I wouldn't. Either way I hope this helps people. "What are you gonna do?"
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thanx! it has helped slightly!
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it's a difficult discussion
I've been depressed quite often. Not THAT suicidal. Small things that people stopped me at, but I'd rather not get into talking about it.
I don't want to kill myself though. Too many things to like in my life. I just sometimes hate myself. I feel incompetent at whatever I put my hands to, even though people say it isn't true.
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Sminty, isn't that because men are more likely to use more effective methods, such as guns, while women usually choose pills, which often simply make you really sick? I remember that from my psych class.
Cheerful literature and happy sappy movies make me more depressed when I'm in an extremely low, dark mood. Being around certain people helps if they aren't trying too hard to cheer me up. If they try to hard I just get angry for some reason. A good thing I've found is turning up the radio extremely loud (I suggest Dashboard Confessional or Thursday) and screaming the lyrics. I think that in the past decade or so depression has become 1) more acceptable to admit to and 2) glorified and glamorized. Pressure on teens HAS become extremely high, and I can't stand the whole "this person isn't perfect but managed to get exactly what he/she wanted anyway", because it's so unrealistic. I've never been diagnosed with depression, but I have had what I call "episodes", and I've gotten into some destructive behaviors because of self esteem problems and the like. I guess I'm very good at hiding it, because people that don't know me very well think I'm very confident when that's a complete lie.
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I've been depressed before. I've had suicidal thoughts before. I've never actually done anything to myself, though. I can't willingly inflict that kind of pain on my body.
My depression wasn't about hating myself. It was life that I had the big issue with. I was pissed off with everyone else and hating everyone but me. I challenged and forsook all my beliefs and came out as a completely different person. I was quite self-destructive for about a year, though. I became an anarchist. Not exactly the best times of my life. I think getting caught breaking the law was a good thing for me, because that's what woke me up. If that had not have happened, I would have continued down that path and something worse would have happened to me. I think if you're doing something bad, you should be introduced to the consequences of it in a way that will scare the crap out of you, and chances are you'll come around. That's what happened to me. I'm well past my depressive state, and I honestly can't see myself going there again because I've faced most of the worst that life can throw at me already. And I'm only seventeen years old. I hope you can figure out a way out of it. Life will get better somehow. It always does. Most people just don't give it the chance. |
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