I Hate Myself, I want to Die

Dear Friend: You are overwhelmed by classic symptoms of depression — anxiety, despair, everything looking negative, anger, frustration —

Have a little mercy on yourself. If no one else is listening, listen to yourself.

Your deeper, wiser self is telling you that you need to get help. Have you contacted a therapist — or a counselor — or a friend? Or a family member, if you have a sympathetic family member?

Also beware of thinking that any form of suicide is the final end. Lots of times all kinds of suicide methods fail, and people are left alive and badly injured — and still feeling depressed — that’s a bummer!

Preserve your body’s health and try to get help for your ailing mind, which is waiting for you to take care of it.

Everyone who gets a bad depression thinks the world would be a better place without them — but it’s the (temporarily) depressed brain talking — not reality.

You wouldn’t shoot yourself because one foot was broken — you’d go to the emergency room, right? So don’t use a gun because your brain is (temporarily) dark — search until you get a good therapist and some meds that work.

Be kind to yourself, and the craziness in your brain will gradually calm down.

Cordially,
Struggling to Survive (been there)