Posted by KaraS on November 11, 2004, at 14:08:05
In reply to when you have a razor to your wrists.., posted by linkadge on November 11, 2004, at 8:55:38
> I've been so unexplainably suicidal for as long as I can remember. People always ask me why. I have absolutely no reason. My life is low stress, and I can handle it. I have a supportive family, and friends. I've got enought money to get by.
> I have so many things that other depressed people don't have.
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> But what does that do me?
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> When people say I'd rather be skinny and depressed, that makes no sence to me. Thats like saying I'd rather be attractive and dying of cancer, than perfectly healthy and unattractive.
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> If you don't have your sanity, nothing else matters.
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> I'd rather be in a fat man's coffin 20-30 years from now, than a skinny coffin tomorrow.
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> Linkadge
Very eloquently spoken, Linkadge, but I think you'd have to be a female to understand this one. So much of our self worth in this culture derives from our physical appearance (unfortunately). Even if we got a therapeutic response from an antidepressant, the weight gain would fairly quickly counter or dampen that response. Winning a battle against depression in this way would be a pyrrhic victory at best.
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