WAIT WUT

I was surprised too, given that the biggest Pinterest user base is women on a household income of $100k a year. Hmm maybe I should work for them.

There needs to be a Gawker/Jez dating forum. Because I would date most of you. lol

I have a feeling it’s partially because men are groomed/raised to be “nice” to “get stuff” or “shut her up, not to just be nice - you know - to be nice for the sake of it.

But life IS all we have. It sucks. I still don’t really care much for it, to be honest. I wish I could say those platitudes like “things get better” - but there are no guarantees there either. But what you DO have is... breathing. Seeing. Heartbeat.

Oh yeah, mine was to take 4 packets of Mersyndol (Paracetamol, Codeine & Doxylamine). I was rather unwell & didn’t think it through all that well. Wouldn’t recommend it.

Please don’t. I have been there. And I am still wading through it. But please... just... one foot in front of the other. Message me anytime (you can google my username) and you can talk to me.

Am I the only person who secretly has a little hope that he wins? Because... well... misanthrope comedy and he can’t be any worse than Bush Jnr, right?

Oh the “people would love your life” argument huh. So on top of everything else, we are also ungrateful and selfish. Goodness me, some therapists have no idea. lol.

Wow. Just... wow.

Absolutely. CBT & DBT exercises are the greatest, to the point where I have gone from a suicidal mess to walking away from a destructive relationship with someone who is also depressed, but won’t seek help, 6 months later. Well that and Lamictal, but mostly therapy.

“My fish are dead” - this is always something I share to give people some understanding (if you haven’t seen it, it can help:

You are 100% right. I think people don’t realise that depression is all-consuming, and self-absorbed, and nothing else can get in.

Yes, I have tried to explain why it is triggering upthread. Reality is that most people WILL TL;DR, and some vulnerable people WILL see the headline and it might just be enough to rationalise suicidal thoughts.

Yes. There is a difference between wanting to die... and not wanting to live anymore.

When I attempted, it was with 3 bottles of wine and a fucktonne of pills. I think people are forgetting that if you are suicidal, you will find way. I am all for gun control, as an Aussie, but I think it’s important not to conflate access to one readily-available means (guns) to suicide rates, when there are just as…

Also, those who are suicidal don’t go “oh, but I am pretty, and popular and smart!”. That is PRECISELY the self-talk that depression takes away.

As someone whose life is frequently distorted through the lens of suicidal depression, my initial reaction to that headline was “meh, even in death I’d be a loser”. Even if I know I am very much not. I think it is a silly, irresponsible headline.

Yeah, me too. I have learned not to react to the Jezebel headlines without reading the article, but I did get a little bit triggered by it... as somehow it matters more when you are beautiful, popular & talented.

Isn’t that just synesthesia? I have it and I didn’t think it was a mystery.