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Jesse Eisenberg just read my mind.Thanks a lot to ~B4lthasar for the awesome photograph [link]
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Then what do I say!? I'm at my wits end...She's not suicidal, but...I feel like every time I open my mouth to try and help, I just hurt her further.
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*relieved sigh* Reading this really really helps.
It kinda put into a more natural/positive frame of mind what I've been dealing with. I DID always wonder WHYYYYYY that niggling edge, that undercurrent, that WANT to just LEAVE this life and world so bad, why that KEPT STAYING ALL THESE FUCKING YEARS???!!!!!!?!?!? *groans and shakes head* When I do my damn best to live my damn life, to find fulfillment, to achieve my dreams and goals... Even through my fucking childhood, teenage years, and NOW... its still there... waiting... and surges up in the off-moments, in my quiet moments, when I've thought too long and deep, and when I come face to face with the shadows again, when I think in any way about suicide... it's there. It reminds me that it's there.
So to read that its more a chemical imbalance, SOMETHING off with the body's chemicals and wiring and functioning... is a HUGE relief for me. It explains why even when I do my DAMN BEST to ignore it, pretend, pass by it, go on with my life, that its still there. Still waiting. Still staring at me. Why I still have to work not to fall into the existential depression that results from that. Or maybe that depression causes that suicidal feelings...? IDK. All I know is they seem to be intertwined. .... Wow. *sighs of relief and letting go* Its a lot better now realizing its NOT just a "failing" on my part, not a "not doing something RIGHT" or "not being STRONG enough"... but ...rather my body being wired in a different way that is at an imbalance and effecting everything else.
Thank you SO much for putting this up. 
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This is great and really speaks to me... <3 thank you
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I totally understand this. I have thought the same thing over and over every time someone says that to me. Thank you for writing this.
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Depression isn't those who aren't strong enough. Depression is for those who have been strong for too long. Totally get what you're saying love.
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