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[aria]

Something that really helped me was replacing "I want to die" with "I want to sleep" a suddenly those thoughts made a whole lot more sense.

[Pyro_Papillo]

You don’t want to die, you just want to start living.

[drawingbluejay]

One thing about this: Sometimes it can feel genuinely impossible to start doing this. Example: You have a lot of conditions that are hardly being treated and that causes you to be unable to start living your life alongside other life factors.

I say this because I know someone so severely neglected by life that they find themselves stuck just fighting their own default pain. It breaks my heart because they're struggling and no one within their vicinity (they live far away from me) actually cares enough to help.

[dasamont]

The difference between "I want to die" and "I don't want to live" seems small, but it's a very important difference between being actively and passively suicidal. "I don't want to live" can be turned into "I don't want to live like this", which can eventually be turned into wanting something, with the right guidance. However, "I don't want to live" may also stem from a lack of motivation and depression, and is why most doctors are careful with antidepressants, because depression + motivation can quickly turn into "I want to die" with the willingness to go through with it.

And no, YouTube, I'm not in danger, I don't need help. I just finished my last exam before Christmas, so I'm gonna be living happily at least until I get my grades back

[zero]

I will say that this is very true. But sometimes it's not "i want to die" it's more like "i don't deserve to live a good live".

[iko]

no one ever talks about how a lot of suicidal idolizations and attempts stem from self-loathing. Internally, not externally...this is a good message to have---but i think a lot people forget that.

[ella_cupcake]

This advice isn’t for everyone, but no mental health advice is. If this doesn’t seem accurate to you or it doesn’t help you, then that’s ok, but that doesn’t invalidate the post entirely

[moon_xwasntavailable]

And yet god is it hard to somehow get people who need that mindset shift to get that. It’s one of those things that seems so integral to those who’ve realised it and doesn’t strike a chord with others until it suddenly does. There’s no way to realise that for them

[tobyydog]

Trying to boost this because this is actually a really good and important message :]

[UnknownShiny]

when i think "i want to die" it's more of a "i want this pain to stop" but when you're a chronic migraine haver, only one thing can make it stop. now we're back to step one

[rpbeens]

This is part of a set of advice that essentially boils down to “just win the lottery” for a large number of people.

[CatmunistCom]

shout out to the homies that have tried to fix it but it never works and that are still alive because it would be too much of a hassle to do it at this point. I fucking hate toxic positivity when it comes to depression, i know personally that it feels great to be told "yeah you may feel like shit but ur wrong and actually it does always 100% of the time get better". maybe if the medical consensus agreed but the only people telling you it gets better... ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GOT BETTER???? depression isnt 1 size fits all, and trying to gaslight people with different types of depression to keep going is just extending misery. call me a terrible person if you want but from a purely practical position, medical technologies arent there yet to be telling people that they are just debbie downers for not wanting to push the boulder up the hill anymore.

[maxthemad]

Sometimes “I just want to be happy” is a tall order—so make an itemized list and begin to make the changes necessary so “I just want to be happy” becomes a tangible “I would be happy if I got a coffee” “I would be happier if I did my work outside”. Being able to figure out what adds to your life instead of dragging it down is an incredibly hard step to take, but god is it the most rewarding

[cthulhufhtagn]

Of course. I want that. So much. But I can't _have_ a better life - or rather, the amount of work that a better life would require would be worse than simply dying. It's not about "I'd like my house to be clean! I'd like to take an afternoon off and read a book!" I've tried that. I want hope. I want something I do to have some effect on the world. I want there to exist a job I'm capable of doing that isn't so awful that dying would be preferable. I want to live in a world that gives its people prospects, rather than denying them. I want to live in a world where the intended path isn something better than "slave until you die, watching everything you've ever cared about burn down around you on the way out". And I can't have that. So dying is preferable.

[antidepressaint]

In my case "I want to die" stems from "I hate myself and my existence is a waste." Thank God I learned how to love myself... Things have been better since, but the scars and the fears remain sometimes.

[toastercannon]

Okay this is bringing me to tears, I really needed to hear this

[batttalie_natttalie]

As someone who had tried to end things years ago on multiple occasions, this sentiment is so true. Even if youre in a situation that you feel that youll never escape, things do work out in the end, i promise. Im so happy that im still here, even if i have a bad day, or have some bad thoughts, the sun will always rise tomorrow, itll be a new day for new experiences and feelings

[lauralynnwilliams]

its true, going through it right now and it feels amazing. every day feels worth it now

[elijahisconfused]

ive been struggling with wanting to _disappear into the void_ and this really hit me, thank you. i do want to live.

[CandyPossum]

I've gone through this. It's always worth it