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Thank you for your response, Obayan. I've been on medication for nearly 3 weeks and, I can see now your position. I wouldn't have been able to before. I've ordered a book from Amazon called, "How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me". The author treated her suicidality as a t...

I read a book once where the author equated emotions to a big beach ball. Her theory was that most of us are taught to sort of hold the beach ball under water, which is exhausting. Given normal life circumstances, though, we manage. We get by, get through. However when the weather gets rough and the...

Hi Paula, I'm so sorry you're having such a rough time of it. Emotions can be like a wild horse, so I relate to your feelings. I admire your honesty - saying exactly what's on your mind. Unfortunately, our culture does not offer good training/teaching on how to process our emotions. Our parents do t...

I'm just wondering... There are 7 billion people on this planet; it seems absurd to make such a big deal about death. I realise that suicidal behaviour is frowned upon by white society...however... The Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese...other cultures don't get so histrionic about a person's choice to ...

I've been fairly depressed most of my life and spent most of it trying to fix it. The first time I thought about suicide was when I was 11 and I distinctly remember thinking, "If I don't kill myself now, will I be happy in 10 years when I'm all grown up?" I remember specifically because, a...