I just came out of about 4 years of a pretty severe depression. When it started things were going really well for me, my volunteer work for the social work classes I was doing was extremely rewarding, my life was on a pretty good track. Then for some reason I just didn't care about anything. I completely ignored my girlfriend at a pretty major crisis point in her life, I stopped seeing friends and I dropped out of school.
I knew I wasn't the type to try suicide, but there was such a horrible feeling of hopelessness I was convinced that eventually I would do it anyway. Edit: Antidepressants worked pretty well for me at the time, but I just couldn't stand the thought that I wasn't happy (or at least wasn't over depression), it was just the pills that made me happy.
As to the anger in this thread, we should remember that people find these things funny because of ignorance. They haven't had to deal with suicide, and so to them is it simply a concept, and has not had a real-life impact. For example:
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My parents were raped by cats at a rave.
My last girlfriend was raped while she was about 6 and again when she was 20. She was just starting to see a psychologist about it when we started dating. It was horrible. Bringing back up all that shit and having to deal with it is a very difficult thing to do, I went to some of her sessions and we talked about it a lot. It's rough seeing someone you care about deal with that. In addition, because she was open about it, I found out that a surprising number of friends and acquaintances were also raped or assaulted. I've stopped using the word rape jokingly because I understand the actual impact.
Now, I'm not saying that these topics are out of line because this really is an anything goes board, but if you're gonna make jokes about these subjects don't whine when there is backlash, and don't balk at whatever negativity comes your way.
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The world does not stop for you.
If you do not like this thread, hit Back on your browser and mourn your friend in the private and discreet manner his dignity would deserve, not by whining to those who did not know him.
Completely uncalled for. At no point did she say that this thread need not to exist or specifically condemn anyone for posting here. If sharing parts of our personal lives means we shouldn't have posted, this board would be dead. I thought you were turning a new leaf?