Subj : Re: mental health
To : apam
From : mary4
Date : Wed Dec 25 2024 03:34 pm
ap> Yep, I am sure you would. I was saying it more generally, sometimes
ap> people (especially those who haven't experienced it), can be a bit nasty
ap> about it.
ap>
ap> > i dont want to sh or s or si because i am in a pact with my lover...
ap>
ap> Great, some people say there are good ways and bad ways to manage, but I
ap> say what ever way keeps you alive and through it is the good way.
ap>
ap> > thank you for listening to me <3
ap>
ap> :)
ap>
ap> > anyone is welcomed to share experiences of stories if they are
ap> > comfortable doing it
ap>
ap> I've been on anti-depressants and anti-psychotics for most of my life.
ap> Starting from when I was in high school. I moved to perth when I left
ap> highschool, by myself. Made some great friends and fell in love with a
ap> girl. She was a really beautiful person, so caring and always put others
ap> before herself, so cute and funny. I adored her. She died - suicide. I
ap> was broken, and drank for a number of years 6 - 7 to deal with it. Most
ap> people would frown on drinking, but it got me through. My medication got
ap> increased too around that time, and actually just got reduced a bit again
ap> a month or two ago, and things are going good. Although it happened 20
ap> years ago and I've since got married and have a son now (plus two
ap> daughters who didn't make it) and although I am happy, I still to
ap> sometimes wonder what life might have been like.
ap>
ap> So thats my story, I say time can heal all wounds, but it doesn't erase
ap> them. There's always scars.
ap>
ap> So yeah, keep your pact, and do what you can to keep going - life always
ap> has new things to throw at you and they aren't always bad :)
ap>
ap> Andrew
i have a friend who actually did commit suicide.. they where just like me...
and dang... your gf from those times REMINDED ME OF MY SELF ....
