When It Hurts Too Much to Live

In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch talks about what happens when a person's pain overpowers their ability to cope with the pain. This is when suicidal thoughts arise. The key to surviving this crisis is the find ways, no matter how small, to reduce the pain, if even for a moment.

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[outofthebox]

Only time I am at peace or not thinking about it is when I am sleeping. It feels better to sleep then to be awake.

[EndPoliceBrutailty]

It's always the kindest and best people who suffer the most

[elrisitas]

God have mercy on my soul, and every suffering soul 🤲

[lloydwaycott]

A living hell - having to continue in mental agony because your relief from agony would cause others pain.

[skeleton]

i’m drunk right now but it doesn’t seem to be helping with the thoughts, more like worsening it, there’s no distraction from it or escape, i don’t wish to keep living this way anymore, every day just constant emotional pain and aching.

[Summer_Gold]

" Temporary - This too shall pass. "

Ya but is it worth it ? ...
Even at its best hypothetical scenario, the pain greatly outweighs the little joys in life. I feel so overwhelmed, I wish everything would stop so I could at least take a break and have time to do nothing but hibernate without consequences.

[debbiereynolds]

Your video has literally helped me get through the last 48 hours. People don't realise how much of a success it is when you have fought to just get through the last 24 hours

[mohammadshalash]

I don’t know how the heck I ended up here. I never thought I would contemplate ending my life, and it’s not about ending it; it’s about whether the way I live is really worth it.”

[deanbrandt]

To much is to much. I really can’t wait until God calls me home. I am tired and just want to go home.

[Hotishh]

The thing is I don’t even care to try to think better. I don’t want to fight anymore

[heladds]

I don't know what to do.... alone no family scared

[paul]

I cant cope with life anymore. This depression has finally destroyed me. I don't want to die but I'm not keen on living either. I don't like people and yet I'm a group animal.

[lilblizzy]

I hate to wake up every day. Out of all of my suicide atty, this last one will be planned. I refuse to keep putting up with this life that I do not want and has always been a burden to me.

[williamsilbernagel]

I feel like I’m not smart enough to achieve my dreams and I’m destined to be a loser for the rest of my life. It hurts feeling like the dumb one all the time. I’m going to keep fighting regardless, but it hurts.

[eli]

I’ve always said “dying is easy living is hard”. There are so many things that can cause depression. We have frequencies all around us that destabilize us and we don’t even realize it. My problem is that I can’t achieve the things I want to do. It is so frustrating that I just give up…….then what? Back to the drawing board. Rinse and repeat. There’s gotta be more to life than this!

[RobStevenson-bv]

I'm sorry it's not temporary not even close. Mine has lasted 53 years and nothing helps.

[indieree]

I’m so stuck in life
And I’ve been stuck many times
But this is different
I’ve been trapped for a long time
I feel nothing I write or say or do even matters. Nothings moving or changing. I keep thinking if there’s something wrong with me.
If I somehow find the answer
I want to be here to revisit this video
To send a message to my past self, that I found a way out of this loop and is living more than well than in a circle

[afifkhaja]

I really needed this. I am going through a very tough time with my mental health. Everything is fine on the outside but my brain is torturing me endlessly. I am just taking it one day at a time and hope to get better soon

[michaelschindele]

Next time you catch yourself feeling a little down Douglas , remember that you have helped all of us so much and we all love you . You have helped me who has lived with dysthymia for years and I simply refuse to live the life of a depressed person . I just can`t live that life . You helped me . Thank you .

[neasahayes]

The only part of life I look forward to is going to sleep so it makes sense that falling asleep forever is preferable to continuing with a pointless existence.