Subj : Re: mental health
To   : apam
From : mary4
Date : Wed Dec 25 2024 03:34 pm

 ap> Yep, I am sure you would. I was saying it more generally, sometimes
 ap> people (especially those who haven't experienced it), can be a bit nasty
 ap> about it.
 ap> 
 ap>  > i dont want to sh or s or si because i am in a pact with my lover...
 ap> 
 ap> Great, some people say there are good ways and bad ways to manage, but I
 ap> say what ever way keeps you alive and through it is the good way.
 ap> 
 ap>  > thank you for listening to me <3
 ap> 
 ap> :)
 ap> 
 ap>  > anyone is welcomed to share experiences of stories if they are
 ap>  > comfortable doing it
 ap> 
 ap> I've been on anti-depressants and anti-psychotics for most of my life.
 ap> Starting from when I was in high school. I moved to perth when I left
 ap> highschool, by myself. Made some great friends and fell in love with a
 ap> girl. She was a really beautiful person, so caring and always put others
 ap> before herself, so cute and funny. I adored her. She died - suicide. I
 ap> was broken, and drank for a number of years 6 - 7 to deal with it. Most
 ap> people would frown on drinking, but it got me through. My medication got
 ap> increased too around that time, and actually just got reduced a bit again
 ap> a month or two ago, and things are going good. Although it happened 20
 ap> years ago and I've since got married and have a son now (plus two
 ap> daughters who didn't make it) and although I am happy, I still to
 ap> sometimes wonder what life might have been like.
 ap> 
 ap> So thats my story, I say time can heal all wounds, but it doesn't erase
 ap> them. There's always scars.
 ap> 
 ap> So yeah, keep your pact, and do what you can to keep going - life always
 ap> has new things to throw at you and they aren't always bad :)
 ap> 
 ap> Andrew

i have a friend who actually did commit suicide.. they where just like me...
and dang... your gf from those times REMINDED ME OF MY SELF ....

shit....

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