I’m beginning to feel as though the only people I can (or want) to relate to or get to know better, are people who are broken in some way. I guess you could argue that everyone is broken, and maybe that’s true eventually, but at 18 it sure doesn’t feel that way. There are times when it just amazes me how happy some people are. I can’t stand it. I mean, that’s awesome for them and I really am glad they’re happy, but I just can’t connect to them.
I saw this girl I knew in high school the other day. I had always thought she was extremely attractive, but just talking to her, realizing how different we are, it just made me not care. I don’t want to hook up with some hot girl I have no feelings toward, it disgusts me. I just want someone to be close to. I need that broken heart to help heal mine. It’s not perfect, but maybe two broken ones can make one whole one and that would be better than nothing.
I can’t stop thinking about my friend, Mac. I killed him. It eats away at me inside every second of every day. Maybe I didn’t tie the noose, but I didn’t pick up the phone and call. I didn’t invite him over to hang out. I can’t even remember the last thing I said to him. Can’t even remember the last fucking time I fucking saw him. No, because I was just too motherfucking preoccupied with my own little perfect fucking world with my perfect fucking problems. Well now I understand real problems. I do. Fuck I’m sorry.
I don’t know why, but whenever I feel alone, like I can’t connect to anyone, my thoughts go straight back to him. And I think it’s because I know this is my punishment for killing him. I’ll never have someone to make me feel better about it, to help shoulder the load. I suppose as a positive though, it’s really helped me to look inside at people more. To see the inner beauty inside everyone. I’ve got the most amazing group of friends, the most beautiful people there are. I love them all so much. I hate that it took this to make me understand that. It took this to bring us even closer together into this brotherhood. But I wonder if I’ll lose them. My parents don’t see their old friends often (if ever). I want to see these guys every week. But I know they’ll get married and have families. I feel like I’m destined to be the guy their kids call uncle Braden. I’ll come for dinner or a weekend once a year or so, and that’ll be it. I’ll act happy and funny but I’ll go home to an empty house. I’ll go home to my demons and sleep in my own bed. I don’t want that life. I don’t know what life I do want though and I guess that’s the problem.
Sorry to anyone who wasted their time reading my pathetic ramblings with no point. Just wanted to get it out of my head, if only a little.
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Can I know, what happend to your friend? I mean you were mentioning that you killed your friend. what happened did he commit suicide?
man I dated ‘broken’ women for a decade with the same logic. it’s shit. two neurotic people can’t complete eachother any more than two cancer patients can bump uglys and generate radiation for kemo- you’re more likely to end up in a worse situation seeking out women like that.
it’s arrogant to think you caused your friends death, quit giving yourself that much credit, he probly killed himself cause life sucks and you couldn’t have changed that.
Yeah he killed himself last June chamara. And it’s not that I want someone who’s a psycho that’s going to drag me down, I just have issues connecting with people (male or female) that can’t even come close to relating with me on that level. It’s like we’re starting to get to know each other, and I mention that, all they say is just “oh…I’m sorry, that sucks” and just move right on by. No one seems to be able to comprehend what it is. But of course when they do move on, I just smile and nod, pretending I give a fuck about whatever they’re saying now.
As for his death, I don’t think I’m the reason he killed himself, I know I was one of his closest friends. But I do know that I could have prevented it. There’s a difference, if I had literally caused it I’d probably be spread across fish creek park in a billion little ashes, where as just failing to prevent it I sit here depressed all day. Not really sure which would be better though.
I don’t know that you could have prevented your friend’s suicide ‘not here’. But his death has given you a gift none of us want but most would benefit from toward becoming a better person. You have felt deeply and from that pain comes compassion for others. I am that alone person in my life that you fear becoming, but this life has it’s perks too. I can do whatever I want, within reason, law and moral substance. So many of my friends now are losing that person they spent their life with and they don’t know how to be alone and appreciate the beauty of nature. I wish you well.
you could not have prevented it because you didn’t.
try to understand that.
When I read this, I had no words at first. Then I realized you just gave me hope, I’m not alone. Everyone has a different reason for being broken, it comes with being “unique.” You can’t blame yourself, I honestly believe everything happens for a reason and know how hard it is to find someone to relate to especially at such a young age. I’m 17 and I’ve been through enough to say things will get better. You may feel differently, but your words sound right. Right meaning you’re a good person, and you’ll find someone because (based on your post) you have worthy intentions.
One last thing, you know how they say, you don’t realize what you have until it’s gone? I don’t completely agree with that. I do agree with it because when you lose someone, it makes you rethink life, people, relationships, etc. However, when you rethink life, you won’t let important people go, and that is what’s important.
Braden, Don’t you dare blame yourself for something that was not close to being your fault. You had no way of preventing it, no matter how you try to convince yourself otherwise. It was just his time to go, it was what he thought was best for him. It doesn’t mean you have to do the same.
Losing a friend, a brother almost is not easy. It won’t be something you’d easily forget either. He’ll always be a part of you. No one who hasn’t gone through the same would be able to understand just how hard it is. Ignorance on the matter to them is bliss.
You can continue to grieve for your buddy love, but it doesn’t mean that you should just up and stop your life. You’re still young! Live your life, I’m sure wherever he is right now, he’d want that for you.
The thought of being with another broken woman sounds grand till you realize the weight of baggage you both have is bound to weigh you down.
It’s only a myth that you need a body to live.
Go on and live in the spirit of him.
Email me at (filamagnus@gmail.com) if you need a distraction or just another friend. 🙂
@not_here:
Hi,
Like the others are saying, you cannot blame yourself for his death. We always feel like we could have done something more to stop them, but there is only so much you can do. When that grip of wanting to commit suicide takes over you, there is very little anyone can do. Only that person can calm them self down.
I am sure your friend was very fond of you, and he would not have appreciated you letting your own life down for him. He would have wanted you to continue living and to remember him fondly.
Your idea of being with women who are broken themselves is noble, but are you sure it’s something you want to handle? I used to date a guy who was also severely depressed. At that time I was not clinically depressed and suicidal, like I am now, but just a little blue. But being with him made me feel a hundred times worse. We both let each other feel even more depressed. I started hating other people because of him. I’m not sure, but he might have been a psychopath too (trust me, I am not using the term lightly here), because he manipulated me and then left me heart broken.
Hey, we all get these pessimistic ideas that we will end up forever alone and depressed. I always think about my future, after university, and I always imagine the same things as you. But I guess we will just have to see where life takes us. I won’t say that things will be a bed of flowers, because that would be a big lie, but things will not be a monotonous plane of loneliness either.
it’s good that you have friends that support you, man. i know a lot of us probably don’t have that. i’m sorry about what happened to your friend. we all blame ourselves when the worst happens but it happened, we can’t change it, and it wasn’t our fault. you didn’t know he was going to do that. sometimes its hard to pick up on the signs until you look back on them after it happened. i’m 17, and i can’t relate to anyone either. i don’t want to change myself in order to. i just wish there was an easier way of finding people that know what its like to be me, i guess.
@not here: your friend would not want you to feel responsible.
As far as ‘broken’ goes, I think what you’re really talking about is depth. You need a certain amount of depth to connect to people, I dont think that means they are neccesarily broken. They are just experienced with the bad and the good.
Yeah. Depth would be a better term I think. I seem to have riled a lot of people up with broken haha. That wasn’t what I meant, but I think you come pretty close to explaining it there.
i sujest u watch this movie called to save a life. its almost like u and the main caracter could be like the same person. its about this basketball player he has it all a hot girlfriend[who hapens to be VERY sexual] he has a hot ride and rich parents. what more could this guy want? well his perfect life went down the drain when a boy he used to be friends with walks into school with a gun and comits suicide. that boy saved the main characters life now he wants answers to questions he put away along time ago. one bad thing after another happens to this guy his girlfriend gets pregnant his parents get a divoirce. and a whole bunch of other stuff like i said u should watch it its a good movie. just a sujestion though
@not here: someone who didn;t know me very well once asked me if I ever thought about suicide. I told them, it would be fair to say that anyone with a reasonable degree of depth and awareness would have at least considered all their options.
We’re not broken. We’re not wrong. We’re just a bit more open, more aware, more sensitive, so we feel more, that goes for both love and pain. Has it’s pros and cons.
Thanks for the movie suggestion, I’ve actually been on a big movie binge lately haha. Just watched Paper Man last night, and it’s awesome. I am in love with Emma Stone though, so maybe a little bias there 😉
We’re two broken people now. You’re not_here with me, and I’m not there for you. It’s my fault, but life goes on. We were good in the beginning because you weren’t broken. But I was, and a lot of shit went down before you came to the same dark place. ÂÂ
Broken people should never try to be together. They’ll have intentions of fixing each other. They’ll both expect to be better with each other, but when that stops being enough it’s just a constant comparison between them. Each has separate fears and needs, and when you add in depression and being broken, it turns into a hypocritical blame-fest. They’ll both end up telling the other to get help because they’re past the point of normal sad, and they’ll both say that they don’t want help because it makes them uncomfortable and it won’t work anyways. It will be frustrating for all.ÂÂ
You know this. Two broken people together either ends with broken hearts, or creates a broken family. Nobody deserves that. The only way to get past something like this is to see a better side of life, and when you can’t do that naturally, you have to change something. A lot of people are afraid of change, but you need to embrace it because that’s the only thing that will make this better. If one change doesn’t work, keep changing it up until something makes sense. Keep your routine fresh.ÂÂ
When somebody commits suicide, it’s nobody’s fault. I know it because I’ve almost gotten there a few times. Nothing anybody said or did in the days leading up to it would’ve changed anything. It was me who had to change and just take a moment to chill out and rationalize. There’s nothing you could’ve done differently. If you called him and asked to hang out, he would’ve said he was busy. His mind was made up, you know that as well as I do. He had his plan. Last words aren’t important. The things you do remember are the only important things. The happy times and the precious moments, happy or sad, are the only way to measure your relationship with him.ÂÂ
It’s not just ugly girls that have depth (I’m feeling like I have to choose between ugly or shallow here). Hot girls can have depth too. Most people hide some of what they are. If you take the time to uncover that special part, it’s always worth it. Just because they don’t have deep conversations with you off-hand, it doesn’t mean they’re not capable of it. And you don’t need to be intelligent to have a certain view of the world. Everyone has seen darkness before. Although I get where you’re coming from (and I know it’s frustrating). It’s hard for me to relate to people who can’t possibly grasp what I’ve been through. But maybe that’s a good thing. If they don’t understand that, then they’re more of a person than I am. Maybe they’re more likely to be good for me.ÂÂ
I am so sorry for dragging you down with me. You weren’t this way before we were together, and I was. Now you’re this way and it’s probably partially my fault. Actually, I’ll go ahead and take full responsibility for this. I showed you my kind of thinking, and then you lost a friend and went away to a uni where you were alone most of the time. And then things got rough for us because we were both only half-people. We thought we completed each other because it was the only way life was worth living/made sense. I am so sorry that I left you in the worst time. But it wasn’t going to get any better. We were going downhill and it wasn’t going to stop. It was selfish of me to show you ways of making everything negative, and then leave you in the time that you absolutely needed someone who understood what was going on. But that says nothing of you getting better. On the depressed side of things, my feelings are no more valid than yours, and you’re going to ignore me when I say this, but please try to fix things. Try different ways of approaching life and you’ll see it gets better.ÂÂ
its a fantastic movie but im more of a tim burton fan nightmare before christmas corpsebride edward sissorhand well all those movies have johnny dep in them hes sexual eye candy
I get what you’re saying, but I don’t plan on changing who I am to be happy, because that wouldn’t be real, and would just make me more depressed in the end. I want to be me more than I want to be happy. And I have been trying new things and changing it up a bit. I haven’t had a buffalo chicken wrap at brewsters. But there are only so many things you can change I guess.
I think you’re wrong that two broken people can’t be together. You can’t view our one failed experience and extrapolate that to everything. Sometimes it takes someone else being down with you to help bring you (both) up.
It was my fault. You’ve been close, but that’s not the same thing. He was there, and now he’s stuck there because he’s dead. If I was a real friend, maybe he’d be in the same boat as you. I don’t expect he’d think “hey, he was slightly nicer to me the past 2 months, I bet that’s the reason I’m alive”. No, he’d have no idea, but it could have made a difference. I didn’t mean call him up that day, I meant before. Going back, if I would have just been better, things would be different. I know last words aren’t important, but you have no idea what it means to not have them here. I don’t remember my last words to my grandpa, and I couldn’t care less. But with Mac it’s different. I feel guilt stemming from my neglect of him in general, and not remembering the last time I saw him or the last words I said to him just further enforce the fact that I’m a piece of shit friend.
I know girls can be attractive and good people (you), I was just thinking of one person in particular who I happen to not enjoy very much beyond appearance apparently. But someone not having had trouble doesn’t make them more of a person than you or me, just luckier maybe.
You didn’t drag me down. You can’t just say I wasn’t before but I am after. It changed in the middle, and you know it, so stop blaming yourself. Honestly, if it weren’t for you I think there’s a good chance I wouldn’t be here today, so thank you. I don’t know what you mean at the end there, but yeah I’m trying to fix things. I don’t like it this way.
@lost tears I’ve always thought of him the exact same way haha
yeah
but not even johny dep can save me now
Well I was actually joking (I’m a straight guy…) haha. What happened that he can’t save you now?