Posted by fi on January 22, 2002, at 10:21:20
In reply to failed suicide attempt, posted by ELA on January 21, 2002, at 14:00:48
I should have checked *all* the messages before replying to the earlier one- sorry for being out of touch/out of date.
You should feel a lot better in a lot less than a couple of years. The counselling gives you a skilled ally to share the burden of all the worry and hopelessness. As I said before, the clot problem looks like something *temporary* that will pass. If you need them, anti-depressants usually start to make life a lot less grim after a couple of weeks.
So hang on in there- there are realistic reasons for hope in your situation; its not just some fluffy myth!
As people on the Board have said many times before, you can always change your mind later- give life the benefit of the doubt for the moment. Use support- remember that apart from anything else, you can ring the Samaritans 24 hours a day (and also send them anonymous emails, if you want to). Phone no is 08457 90 90 90
(national no but charged at local rates).I dont know if its helpful, but there's a link on a webpage (where I found the Sams details, but not their page) specifically for people who are suicidal (http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/index.html)
Fi
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