Have I ever considered suicide? Good question.
*TRIGGER WARNING*
About 3 years ago, I was diagnosed with severe depression, and I had self harm ideations. Then, everything kind of went wrong. I got dumped and we were together for 2 years, and then people started dying, I got bullied, and found no purpose in living anymore. I cut superficially and was brought to the hospital by the cops. After that, I started getting worse. I started doing drugs and drinking to try to help me forget.. Except, it didn't help me forget. It made me remember everything. I got 6 stitches a few months after that, and then performed my first suicide attempt at school. Took my whole bottle of ativan, locked myself in the bathroom stall, and knocked myself out on the toilet. (Hit my head on it). I woke up to a bunch of students in the bathroom, and I was being paged to go to the office. Instead, I went in my forth period class and cut myself, and then I went into shock. My pulse was through the roof, and the school nurse called the ambulance. Since then, I have attempted suicide exactly 11 times. I was never remotely successful really. Except for the fact that I fractured my jaw once, and messed up my stomach. I was diagnosed with psychosis, and soon, I went from actively suicidal, to actively homicidal/suicidal. I had steered my mom off the road multiple times, jumped out of cars, stood ontop of bridges. Just a lot of stuff. The voice I heard was my grandmother. She wanted to be with my family. She kept telling me to kill them. I would see her. I attempted to kill my parents and little sister 3 times, and was locked up in the hospital for a year in total. I was removed from my house and placed in intensive treatment at a mental facility for 6 months after that. My last suicide attempt was last September, and so was the last time I self harmed. I am so proud of how far I have come. I also got a tattoo on my wrist. It is of mountains. It resembles my highs and lows, and the rocky parts were the rollercoaster we call life. Currently, I am still taking antipsychotic meds, and anti depressants, as well as anti anxiety, adhd meds, sleep meds, etc. I have learned so much from this experience, and I hope you guys don't get too triggered by this..
"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it's going to launch you into something great, so just focus, and keep aiming"
Thank you for reading this.