[quote author=FemmeFatality link=topic=1527.msg66903#msg66903 date=1160125409]
[quote author=futureCRNA link=topic=1527.msg52004#msg52004 date=1158592491]
I refuse to have sympathy for them, I feel sorry that their life ended the way it did, but I will not have sympathy.
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I do.Â* I know what they went through and how bad it gets to want to take your own life.Â* You don't really want to die, but you can't live anymore.Â* One sign that a person who is severly depressed is seriously contemplating taking there life is that they seem to get better.Â* They are happier.Â* You know why?Â* Because they have finally figured a way out.Â* I was lucky, I was allergic to the pills I took and threw them up and then found a WONDERFUL doctor who actually gave a shit and understood my disease.Â* When I was too old to be on my parent's insurance and the waitressing job I had didn't offer insurance, I slipped back into a depression and tried it again.Â* People can say what they want about state mental health systems, but I say they suck.Â* The only thing that brought me through that time was supportive family and friends that never once yelled at me for putting them through hell.Â* (well, I take it back my mom did, but she's another story)Â* I now have a beautiful son and want to live more than anything.Â* I still have to treat the depression though, because it can get away from me.Â* It runs in my mom's family.Â* They are very successful people, but are on meds.Â*
I have sympathy because these people didn't find the help they needed.Â* I have sympathy because I now know that suicide is not the answer and they don't.Â* My family and friends all thought that I was doing better right before I attempted suicide.Â* They thought I seemed happy.
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Depression is NOT a disease. It's an infliction. An infliction of utter fucked-up-ness placed on us by others or by events.
Meds are only a temporary analgesic....don't fool yourself....
If suicide has knocked on your door once, it'll surely be back again - meds only prolong the time in-between.