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It can go away. Depression may be something you deal with forever to some degree, but for many many people it's a manageable condition. My depression has improved and worsened many times, but my mother is a better example. She dealt with very bad depression when she was younger but is now doing far better and only has a short depressive episode maybe once every few years. Things can improve, and just because you seriously consider suicide doesn't change that fact. Your depression is telling you that just considering suicide means it is going to happen or that you will never feel any different. It isn't true, and there is hope for you!
My depression has definitely come and gone.. Even in December I was extremely morose and depressed, which sent me to the psych ward. But now with some different medications I feel emotionally better, however now that CTB is an option I have explored, it seems like the logical answer. Like, not in always in a "woe is me" fashion, but "it makes sense to end my suffering" type of way. Idk. I'm obsessing over it.
Hahaha great picture reference, you're totally right.
Asking this on a suicide forum, you're not going to hear from someone who has definitively gotten over suicidal impulses. Plenty of people have suicidal ideations at one or multiple specific points, then for whatever reason get over it and never think of it again.
This! I too have struggled since having PPD after having my second child 18 years ago. I can go for months without thinking about CTB however I find this time of year the hardest, which coincidentally is the time I got diagnosed. It's a constant battle with my mind. This week I've planned my departure. Next week could be different. It's exhausting
It really is exhausting. And I'm not sure where you're from, but this time of year in Canada is especially hard. It's cold and dark, and not often do I see the sun. Seasonal affective disorder plagues me. Thankfully spring is around the corner!
It's the hardest thing, having to battle with your mind.It really is exhausting. And I'm not sure where you're from, but this time of year in Canada is especially hard. It's cold and dark, and not often do I see the sun. Seasonal affective disorder plagues me. Thankfully spring is around the corner!
PPD is so unbelievably hard. No one really gets it unless you've been through it. It is debilitating. And I'm not sure it ever goes away. I live with it daily, and my daughter is 6. Something in me changed, and I think it's just who I am now.
I hope that next week looks up for you. I get so sad when I see parents at the end of their rope. It's hypocritical for me to say that, but I can't help it. But regardless, I feel your pain.
