Here I am again.
It happened again.
The sudden flash of the reverse of a lightbulb (whatever that may be) that whispers,
“You can kill yourself.”
And my eyes roll, uncontrollably, toward the drawers where I keep my large stash of acetaminophen, ibuprofen, gravol, and other unknown compounds that I accumulated over a sickness.
And the inevitable imagination of the Scene comes. Somehow, some time, I break.
Madness consumes me, and I consume each and every pill in a maniacally efficient manner, managing not to throw them up in the process.
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Fun Interactive Story of Possible Outcomes
I consume each and every pill in a maniacally efficient manner, managing not to throw them up in the process.
A. Nothing happens. (proceed to C)
B. The pain hits. (proceed to D)
C. Proceed to B.
D. I scream in my room but no one hears. (proceed to E)
or
I scream in my room, and someone hears. (proceed to F)
E. I die a slow and painful death. The End.
F. Someone comes in and is horrified. They bring me to the hospital. (proceed to G)
G. I manage to throw up the pills with activated charcoal and purge the toxins out of my system. (proceed to H)
or
I manage to throw up the pills with activated charcoal but my liver is already severely damaged. I die a slow and painful death. The End.
H. I survive and have to live with the repercussions of shocked, grievous and fearful family and friends. I live a slow and painful life.
The End.
or
live like this.
take everyday one day at time- eat, sleep and worry.
cry when I remember something that I lost
and dream of stories like the one above
and barely talk at all in real life
dreaming of the day I escape university
and enter the workforce
and dream of escaping the workforce
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I dream that I can scream at my flatmates. ENOUGH. ENOUGH. ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT. FUCK YOU. YOUR DEBAUCHEROUS DRUNKENNESS IS DISGUSTING AND DOWNRIGHT DISTURBING.
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I dream of dreaming of nothing
for once.
That is what death means to me.
8 comments
Small step: find better flatmates.
Also, learn pole dancing.
Why pole dancing of all things?
I can belly dance. At least I think I can.
Pole dance, belly, stripping, whatever – anything involving dancing that’s primarily of interest to women that is taught in a body positive way. Because it’s fun, reduces stress, builds confidence.
For guys I recommend ballroom dancing.
Suggest you get rid of your stash of meds, unless you desperately need them right now.
More importantly, what have you lost?
University can be hard, especially if it feels like you’re the only one not out having fun. But somewhere on campus there’s likely someone else feeling something similar. Maybe you could have interesting conversations?
The workforce can be difficult, if you have no passion for what you’re doing, and little in common with your colleagues.
But there’s other stuff, too. I still believe that, no matter how cut off from it I feel. Find those other things – places, people, passions, projects – that make you feel more in touch with yourself. That make you feel more alive.
The most likely outcome is H, so yeah, you’d better get started on that pole dancing.
No, but seriously, the workforce isn’t all that bad, and you can work your way around it. I hated the workforce and everything it stands for, but it can be a way of doing whatever you really want to do (and can’t atm due to circumstances, lack of money, etc). Hey, you’d even be able to buy a baseball bat and kick the crap out of your lousy flatmates.
I am intrigued by this workforce concept. American reemployment basically involves throwing shit at a dartboard and hoping some sticks. There is a particular Irish teacher in England I’m sweet on and she moves from teaching job to teaching job as it suits her.
Not much different here, if you can land a job you’re lucky, but the resources you get by said job can help you do what you want in your free time (that’s if you get decent free time, and if you get a decent salary… which is kind of difficult but not impossible). And damn, guess i should become irish and move to england, because that sounds a heck of a lot better than the situation around here, lol.
Went through the whole med overdose with everything you’ve got listed up there and then some. You’ll keep them down for a few hours before you puke most likely. They’ll be dissolved by then. Then you go to he hospital where they likely won’t be able to pump your stomach or give you the ol’ charcoal purge. But they’ll give you other things to try to counteract the liver damage. Then you’ll be in a horrendous amount of pain for a week or so, depends on how your body reacts to the medicine they give you vs what you took. Then one of three things happen. Your liver shuts down, you go through worse pain, you die. You get a liver transplant, you live. Or your liver recovers. The last two result in a nice stay in a psychiatric ward. Then H happens as you stated.