Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

Just had someone have I known since highschool kill thenselves. You just never know! By all outward apperiance she was doing fine.
Kids, gandkids, an a husband that was seeming devoted to her. No one saw this coming. Why do we hide this so much!!!! God I dont know! Why cant we reach out when it hurts so much? I was not in contact with her all the much, but I know she was a good person.
I am crying right now and I dont know why, because its not going to change . People will hurt and no one will listen, and it will end in tragetly, thats just how it is!!!!
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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Years ago, I won a mirrored armoire from my job. It's in my bedroom but I rarely stand in front of it. Yesterday, I had to have a dexascan done so I had to change into a gown. There was a full length mirror in the changing room. I'm aware that I gained 5 to 7 pounds over the last year from cheating on Keto but I didn't know what it looked like. It was a reality check.
I would have helped her, Maybe thats why I feel so bad!!!! If I had known. If I did not isolate myself so much, if I had been more involved in life, maybe I could of helped her! I feel so bad! I just wish I could of helped
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I could of been more of a friend. If I did not isolate myself so much I could help people I feel like such a failure. I could do more!
But please understand that the reason people contemplate suicide is because their pain is so intense, they just want it to stop. They see two paths 1) Continue with unbearable mental anguish where there is no way to solve or stop 2) Stop everything.
Think about if people were torturing you. When would you say that the tortue is so unbearable that you'd want it to stop by having the torturers kill you. I hope no one every experiences this.
People that contemplate suicide are suffering from mental pain and hopelessness so unimaginable that an average person can't contemplate it. Please be sympathetic to how excruciating their life must be even to consider it--way way beyond anything we've experienced.
I'm not proud to say I've thought of it, but there was enough in my life to pull me back. Some don't see anything to pull them back to the a world of constant hurt.
I'm sorry if you blame yourself for a person's suicide. It is a terrible burden, but people's minds work in ways we can't see or contemplate. I'm very sorry for your loss.
Just a few thoughts.