“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise. Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows. Their terror of falling from a great height is still just as great as it would be for you or me standing speculatively at the same window […]
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missmisery
ive had bouts of depression before but never so severe as this. ive been tagged as bipolar and am on meds which i think are destroying my body and mind. ive been drinking steadily for a couple months now to dull the pain but of course it is not a solution. my husband abandoned me while i was in psychiatric care and i cant seem to get past the loss. i lost my significant other, my job, my pets, my apartment, my independence, my everything. im developing severe anxiety issues where im scared even to take the bus now. the only thing really stopping me […]