Another night here, lying in bed. Feeling how the life goes on, feeling how the time slips throught my fingers like water. Soon I’ll become 35 and there is nothing in my story more than two sheets of paper that say that once I went to college, a long time ago. No achievements, no relationships, no friendships, no job, no travels, no hobbies, not even a day in the park. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
I’m still here, trying to keep standing on my feet, in this life, because there are people for whom my no-existence would be painful. I’m important to them, and I know that this idea should make me feel better, but this is not the way it is. So I’m still here, existing for them, not for me.
Meanwhile, I see everyone else achieving their goals, going further, evolving, or just living their fucking lifes, suffering and and failing, but still trying. I’m still here, seeing how the life goes on and I’m not part of it, becoming every time more a stupid piece of shit, finding new ways to feel like a failure, barely waking up from this bed until the day when I can not do it anymore.
Many of you are dealing or have dealt with hard and painful situations that have made you consider ending your lives, I understand that. After my time in the psychiatric ward, I realized that this is not an option for me, because I must never express the way I feel, because the way I feel does not matter.
And I feel that I don’t know if I really want to die, because I have never been alive.
Otra noche aquí, recostado en la cama. Sintiendo cómo la vida continúa, sintiendo cómo el tiempo se escurre como agua entre mis dedos. Pronto tendré 35 años y no hay nada en mi historia más allá de un par de trozos de papel que dicen que fui a una escuela hace ya tiempo. No hay logros, relaciones, amistades, trabajo, viajes, hobbies, ni siquiera una salida al parque. Nada. Nada. Nada.
Sigo aquí, tratando de seguir de pie en esta vida, porque sé que hay personas a las que mi no existencia les haría daño. Soy importante para ellos, eso debería hacerme sentir mejor, pero no es así en realidad. Así que sigo aquí, estando para ellos, mas no para mí.
Mientras tanto, veo cómo todos los demás logran sus propósitos, avanzan, evolucionan, o simplemente van y viven la puta vida, sufren y fracasan pero siguen adelante. Yo sigo aquí, viendo cómo la vida pasa y no soy parte de ella, convirtiéndome cada vez más en un estúpido pedazo de mierda, encontrando nuevas formas de sentirme un fracasado, a duras penas levantándome de esta cama, hasta el día en que ya no pueda hacerlo.
Muchos de ustedes pasan o han pasado por situaciones difíciles y dolorosas que les hacen considerar acabar con sus vidas, entiendo eso. Después de mi temporada en el pabellón psiquiátrico entendí que esa no es una opción para mí, porque no debo expresar lo que siento nunca más, porque lo que siento no es importante. Y lo que siento es que no sé si quiero morir, porque nunca he estado vivo.
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All I can say is I’d much prefer nothing to what I have on my list. Since becoming an adult all that has happened in my life: I have been put in mental hospital 5 times, put in jail 5 times, and raped in my sleep 170 times. Nice, I guess? I mean I’ve been a homosexual woman since 1998 and I’m usually raped by heterosexual males 9/10 times.
I was also going to say I’m sorry you have been put in psychiatric hospital, hopefully you can forget all about that. That is no place anyone should EVER have to be forced into.
Oh and last thing, I have no one in my life AT ALL, so my existence would be painful to no one. My only problem is I can’t figure out how to commit suicide or I would have committed 14 years ago….. I work on it every day though.. it’s only so soon before long. Right now, I just have to pull a few strings and then I’ll be in a much better place in a much nicer position.
I’m really sorry for all the bad things that have happened to you. As I said, there are many people this site with sad stories, and I can understand their reason for wanting to end it all. I wish there was something I could do to make people like you feel a little bit better. I think that in some way the purpose of this kind of site is people helping each other and stop feeling so alone.
I don’t know what else to say, I admire people like you, that have been put throught all that shit and someway are still standing on the best way they can do it. Thank you for being here and being strong.