Resilience Training
I’m here to remind you of what resilience is, on the off-chance someone you know—a friend, a family member, a therapist, a doctor—is incorrectly setting the bar too high.
Topic: suicidal ideation
I’m here to remind you of what resilience is, on the off-chance someone you know—a friend, a family member, a therapist, a doctor—is incorrectly setting the bar too high.
When I wake up each morning, I am reminded of the chronic illness I face.
If I don’t present this way then I’m not depressed. If I don’t do this thing then I’m not anxious. If I don’t try to kill myself then am I really even sick at all?
Emotion, including sadness, is part of being human. Being sad doesn't have to be a bad thing.
I remember drafting an email to her and waiting three days because I was too nervous to send it.
Going to the hospital isn’t fun, but if it keeps you safe, it’s worth it.
Suicide, much like addiction, disease, and other mental health diagnoses can happen to anyone.
If I can’t trust my brain to keep me safe, perhaps I can’t always trust it to be honest about me either. Maybe some of the things I have tortured myself with over the years aren’t true.
Kiwi was my escape when I was feeling suicidal and didn’t feel safe in my apartment.
The most gutwrenching symptom of this disease is not the desire for death, but rather the fear of life.
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