I feel like this is pretty obvious - then again I suppose some people cannot relate to those who have fallen into the state of mind that makes one end their life.
To whoever reads this I guarantee that someone in your life (perhaps you) is suffering greatly, sometimes it may be hidden or on full display.
I've had chronic pain my whole life and have dealt with depression and many other issues so I think I am qualified to talk about this.
One thing I didn't like about this article is how they point out self harm in adolescent girls. This is such an overused stereotype. People of all ages and genders self harm--and I have plenty of experience with it.
There are many reasons why one might end their life, but often people are thrown into situations that definitely intice the idea of suicide. Some can be worse than others and are truly inescapable.
For example in my case it was mainly not being cisgender and having childhood trauma. A lot of people sadly don't have any empathy for trans and gender non-conforming people. You cannot choose fundamental parts of yourself; most wouldn't be willing to choose to be rejected by society anyway. Some trans people don't have a lot of dysphoria but it can hit others pretty hard.
For me it's this constant weight on my shoulders, and no matter how much I try to get rid of it it won't go away. Looking in the mirror and seeing someone else look back is depressing and gets old real soon. But even if you move past those issues society seems to do their best to make people who are already suffering suffer more. The constant hate, high murder and violence rates. In some cases your very existance is deemed as a crime that deserves death. It is hard to trust anyone when nearly everyone around you rejects the idea of you.
For a long time the only thing I wanted was to stop suffering--in other words die.
Hormone therapy made me feel better, but the thing that helped me the most was psychedlics. They've made me overall less depressed, and now my current ideology is that I am going to die eventually, so I may as well try to actually live before then.
I ended up writing more than I intended to :) so I'll leave it as that.
TL;DR: Some of my thoughts and experiences.
PS. Don't do psychedelics (or any drug) without proper research and preparation. Make sure to test them as well!
To whoever reads this I guarantee that someone in your life (perhaps you) is suffering greatly, sometimes it may be hidden or on full display.
I've had chronic pain my whole life and have dealt with depression and many other issues so I think I am qualified to talk about this.
One thing I didn't like about this article is how they point out self harm in adolescent girls. This is such an overused stereotype. People of all ages and genders self harm--and I have plenty of experience with it.
There are many reasons why one might end their life, but often people are thrown into situations that definitely intice the idea of suicide. Some can be worse than others and are truly inescapable.
For example in my case it was mainly not being cisgender and having childhood trauma. A lot of people sadly don't have any empathy for trans and gender non-conforming people. You cannot choose fundamental parts of yourself; most wouldn't be willing to choose to be rejected by society anyway. Some trans people don't have a lot of dysphoria but it can hit others pretty hard.
For me it's this constant weight on my shoulders, and no matter how much I try to get rid of it it won't go away. Looking in the mirror and seeing someone else look back is depressing and gets old real soon. But even if you move past those issues society seems to do their best to make people who are already suffering suffer more. The constant hate, high murder and violence rates. In some cases your very existance is deemed as a crime that deserves death. It is hard to trust anyone when nearly everyone around you rejects the idea of you.
For a long time the only thing I wanted was to stop suffering--in other words die.
Hormone therapy made me feel better, but the thing that helped me the most was psychedlics. They've made me overall less depressed, and now my current ideology is that I am going to die eventually, so I may as well try to actually live before then. I ended up writing more than I intended to :) so I'll leave it as that.
TL;DR: Some of my thoughts and experiences. PS. Don't do psychedelics (or any drug) without proper research and preparation. Make sure to test them as well!