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The 37 Cent Goldfish Redemption

by Hazy Day Sunflower 4/25/2016

written by Hazy Day Sunflower

Fist things first. Since this is a tale of redemption it needs a soundtrack. What better than Cordless’s ode to HDS:

http://suicideproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hyper-Haze.mp3

Now for the tale…

Last May I was at the pet store buying kibble or something related to cats when I found myself staring at the feeder tank. For those folks unfamiliar with feeders they are these little goldfish that are sold to feed to other fish. They are considered throw away fish. I stood there for fifteen minutes watching these little fish swim around, crowded, frantic. They didn’t know their own fate, they only knew the tank they resided […]

4/25/2016 19 comments

I miss them (and it) so

by Greenz 3/14/2016

written by Greenz

I miss them so. All of them. The place, even. Cold at times, warm at times…Inviting. A place of growth and happiness. I wish, more than anything, that I could be back there. A student. Or an instructor – for youth or (preferably) adults.

But…Nope! Probably not to be. I’ll just sit around here, going to college, bored, sad, lonely and depressed…Disinterested in everything. I swear I’m so fucked up.

Hasn’t anyone else felt like this? Surely so.

3/14/2016 3 comments

Paradox

by ashley68@q.com 3/12/2016

written by ashley68@q.com

It seems an interesting paradox that people who kill themselves did not choose suicide.
I say this because anyone who is at the end is only there because they feel that there are no other options. At any moment if someone came along and proffered a better alternative, the person would choose life.
Life does not have to stop here, and it does not have to stop today. Alternatives exist, one merely has to turn around.
When one door closes people often stare so long that they miss the doors that have opened behind them. These are similar to the wise words of Helen Keller, […]

3/12/2016 2 comments

Impaired and Destructive

by brodie3750 8/17/2015

written by brodie3750

…or at least that’s how I think I feel

I’m so worn down and tired all the time now. I’m not usually one to commit to displaying how bad I feel but recently I just had at It on social media (Instagram, snapchat, etc) Eventually people took notice and started worrying.

My boss called me in for a chat recently to see if I was alright. She looked at me funny when I couldn’t give her a reason as to why I feel so horribly bad. People who don’t actually suffer depression don’t seem to understand that it’s not necessarily a combination of negative things that make […]

8/17/2015 5 comments

by Dorothy Gale 7/16/2015

written by Dorothy Gale

I liked to dream that I would wake inside my self ten years younger
with eyes that would blink hope towards the morning sun
without cinder blocks of fatigue or the fine lines of age
I wished against rationality that my decade of torrent and
grievous joyous decadent nothing and destruction and debt and
discovery and growth
could be whisked away for a swift return
to be hugged again by a shell of ignorance
I don’t even remember shedding.

7/16/2015 2 comments

What I wished I Never Had…

by theunknownxx 7/15/2015

written by theunknownxx

So I guess on this post ill tell you about something that has been wrong me for years. I was diagnosed with cancer at age 7, for about two years I was on radiation and it was hell. I puked alot, I stunted my growth, made me really skinny, and I’m small in body size and it stopped me from doing things I wanted to do. I got picked on for having cancer through my life up until now (18yrs)
Each time I think of it an how it affected me makes me cry so much because I wish I was normal. It’s even hard […]

7/15/2015 3 comments