So I went for my weekly visit to speak to my psychiatrist, and did he ever have the greatest advice ever….
“What’s the rush in dying, we all die anyways”
Thoughts? Anyone and everyone who has ever been told that or felt like this, please respond.
My mind is still trying to wrap itself from figuring out what I am supposed to do with that oh so helpful quote.
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Yes, we all die. It’s just a matter of whether you want to keep that from happening for as long as possible or bring it about much sooner than it should have came. We all die, for some it’s too soon, for others it’s not soon enough. The fact that death is inevitable changes nothing in my mind. The question still remains…do you truly want to live?
i can’t explain why that statement would be useful… but it’s pretty good. I think it was designed/intended to stop you in your tracks and spend time questioning it. He’s a psychiatrist… he’s going to “mind-hack” you if he finds useful ways to do so.
Aye, we all die. But when is truly in YOUR own hands. I know nobody here on SP but I think of you all as friends, all beautiful. We all die but I agree: Why rush it? Enjoy the little things as they come along. Songs, sunlight, moon light is a favourite.
I think when he told me that, I was just in a really dark place. Sometimes I find it so dark it’s hard to see the other side. But you’re right, it is MY choice, OUR choice. And I guess for him to say it the way he did, ( He kinda make a joke of, which is what upset me), it didn’t make me feel very happy to be alive. It actually made me quite mad.
“What’s the rush we all die”… yup, typical psychiatrist talk, he’s right tho, since he’s looking it from the good side, if we all die anyways, what’s the point in ending it early? better try to make the best of it… the prob is when you don’t see that spot of light shining. Or when nothing can make you feel like it’s worth enduring with the pain anymore. It never hurts to give it a bit more time tho (specially if the pain is due to something recent).
your therapist needs a therapist.
I’m trying…Hope is all I have