hello, fellow Sufferers!

Er, sorry I know you have good intentions but lets not have a conversation about strength and weakness okay?

Personally I think ‘be strong’ and ‘stay strong’ is not as different as you would like to think. A lack of strength isn’t the reason we are all here struggling, its because life is slowly and painfully taking the important things from us – hope, love, our energy. We gather here to make sure we fill each other with enough of it. It took me beating depression for the first time and sinking back into another episode to realise that.

I’d like to see people talking about our courage rather than ‘strength’ which has been used so often against us by people who tell us stuff like “You are making a big deal about this”, “Harden up”, “Stop being a baby” etc

I know I am being a picky ***** but I just hate a conversation that focuses on icky “lets stay positive” crap which just comes across as trivial and lacking in genuineness. I’d rather people focus on why someone is feeling the way they are and empathising, disclosing their own experiences if they are similar and relating to each other in that very human way. I’m more empowered by people who tell me their stories of courage that tell me to “be strong”

Its nice to see you sending out good vibes, but be aware that posts like this can be very annoying to some of our more actively suicidal members. It certainly would have irked me at my worst.