Welcome! This site is basically an outlet. You can post to vent or journal your anger, confusion, hurt, etc. Others on here are experiencing the same issues, to some degree. Some maybe more, some could be less.

We all have our good days and bad days. When you are having those bad days, come here to find support from others who are having their good days and can help lift you up.

Keep in mind, sometimes you may post and get instant replies while other times it may take days or even weeks for someone to comment. It is nothing personal, just a timing issue.

I myself have struggled with thoughts of suicide since middle school. I am in mg early 40s now and still struggle sometimes. I don't think these feelings will ever fully go away for me but I have learned to live with them and to manage them.

Being able to connect with people who can relate and understand is helpful.

Hang in there, life is worth living for, even though some days it feels like it is not.

I really don't know if it's worth living I have 2 beautiful reasons not to leave this world but one side of me knows this but for the broken side it's not enough and for my kids not to be enough to live is even more of a reason I don't want to how terrible of a person do you have to be for them not to be enough

Hi Abi. Welcome to dailystrength. This place is just what it is called, a place where you might find some daily boost from friends you will meet, and there are a lot, many who feels similar to what you're feeling. It seems ironic because how can people who are suffering help you? But you may know by experience that those who do not really know how you feel will always find it difficult to understand you, and so here, you find people who knows exactly what you're undergoing, and it helps not to feel so alone. It will help you also to get out of your self, by seeing other people here who have many problems and whom you can somehow help by a little encouragement. Helping is also healing.

I have no kids but I can imagine how terrible it might feel to not find even them as reasons to live. But feeling terrible is not the same as being a terrible person. Please try not to identify too much with how you're feeling. You are experiencing a problem, such as depression, I'm not sure, but IT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE. It is a sickness, a problem that you have, but again, not who you are. You can learn to manage this problem just like any other kinds of problems, you can develop the skill, maybe even overcome it eventually. It's not an easy thing. It's hard. But IT IS A POSSIBILITY. It CAN be done. You have that chance. Continue to reach out, because you're not alone. People are struggling, and many like you, can't even find a reason why to make any effort at all. But BELIEVE that the reasons will become clear to you while you are on the journey of healing. Hold on to that, even if you don't feel it is true. Just keep on going, because it is a fact that you will see those reasons. Good luck and I hope you find this place helpful. You can message me anytime if you want to talk. God bless you.

I had the pills ready, but the thought of my boys kept me from taking them. Today I come here to vent as well as on other sites. Just to get the words out helps. I don't understand why the hurt comes when I hear that I'm the cause of hurt on the other end. That really doesn't make sense to me, because I've shown nothing but love. Then I think maybe they will all be better off without me and the cycle starts. 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs." I must keep remembering this and focusing on how I can do this to others, not how they do to me. Know that we are here at times to listen and post. We understand.