
LongTimeComing
I'm a saint, got a date with suicide
- May 23, 2019
- 58
Hello everyone, I doubt anyone remembers me and the members that joined after I left definitely don't. Last May I made my attempt, failed obviously, and took a trip to the ward. I'm a sweet little lady, just turned 21 last year, and I'm not looking for advice or anything, just posting about my leave and return. After I left (and not because I left) life was pretty great for awhile! I was diagnosed with BPD and but on Wellbutrin, found a wonderful new job, made some great friends, went through a hoe phase, and got my creativity back! I was pretty normal, never stopped being suicidal because I'm one of those people that would always rather be dead, but I wasn't planning any more attempts. While things were going great, I decided to stop taking my meds; I did so gradually to avoid withdrawal. They did the job of not letting me be sad, but I also couldn't be happy and was constantly disassociating; my emotions and mind felt foggy 24/7. It was fine for a few months, then around January of this year my job started to suck and it made me not like my wonderful coworkers. (It still makes me miserable, but I'm still with the company). I've begun to feel emotions again over the past few months and it's definitely hard; constantly battling mood swings, especially anger. Forward to this last month: my job shutdown on March 15th or so, luckily I'm still getting paid, and I was excited to not have to go into a job I hated AND get paid for it. However, I am an extrovert and the shutdown is making everything unbearable. I use people and places and parties as a distraction from my mind (hedonism has been most successful in my survival). I'm getting back into my old habits of getting FPs (favorite person: it's an obsessive BPD trait) and I'm feeling so alone and angry and just obsessing over people that don't have as much free time as I do now. I'm not actively suicidal and plan to keep living for a few more years, I just need human connection and a sense of community again. I've browsed through some of the threads and see a lot of new members and wish to find more friends in these forums. I've definitely missed this 