In my know-it-all youth, I used to make those judgements that suicide was selfish. After staring it in the face personally, I dont say that anymore. Unless youve felt that level of darkness for years with no end in sight, and fought against the inner whispers that people would, in the long run, be better off without you, you dont get to say its selfish. Your brain is physiologically sick. But, unlike an illness that people can relate to, this sickness asks you to suffer in silence and pretend to be normal - which is about as exhausting as running a marathon daily on a broken leg. Its not the oh, lets bring her a crock-pot dinner kind of illness. This ailment makes people uncomfortable. I am a survivor. By Gods grace (and a doctor who finally discovered absorption issues blocking vital nutrients to my brain... causing years of debilitating fatigue, foggy thinking, anxiety, and depression), Im healing every day. Maybe someday I will have the courage to tell my own story. But, for now, this guy sums it up pretty well.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:21:17 +0000
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