Posted by sar on November 24, 2001, at 12:50:36
In reply to Suicide, posted by Cass on November 23, 2001, at 23:57:55
Dear Cass,
how are you today?
mostly what i can do is echo what the other folks posted...you wrote "sorry to lay this on you." that's what we're here for, we lay heavy psych issues on each other all the time! this kind of anonymous support group can be so good...
it's a dark secret to carry, isn't it? i know from personal experience how much it hurts. the first time i tried to kill myself (after a bad acid trip) i was absolutely frantic, hurried, elated, and terribly sad. and empty and full.
do you have a therapist? what is hurting you the most?
late one night when i was feeling particularly bad, i called a suicide hotline, partly out of curiosity. i wondered what they could possibly say. an man answered and there was old-timey music playing in the background...i told him of my problems and he reciprocated, we really got on very well, and in the middle of the night it was so nice to hear the radio over the phone.
like Shar said, i'm no pollyanna myself. i can empathize, and that is all.
but i want to hear more from you.
poster:sar
thread:14247
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