I see a lot of young people posting on this site, venting their frustrations at the world that seems cruel and callous to them. I’m not much older, I’m only 21, but I’ve survived multiple suicide attempts and dealt with self harm issues both physical and mental.
It seems trite, especially when talking about suicide to say, ‘stick through it, it’ll be better soon,’ but often that is the case. Depression makes us myopic. Depression and dark thoughts stop us being able to see beyond the next painful day of humiliation at school, the next day of living without a recent – or not so recent […]