Posted by finelinebob on January 25, 2002, at 1:58:25
In reply to post-suicide attempt..., posted by ELA on January 23, 2002, at 3:37:15
> ... Unfortunately, my parents are not being very supportive of this at all and are putting an enormous amount of pressure on me to stay, saying that I am in "no condition" to make "life changing decisions".
Well, I guess that rules out another suicide attempt ... take their advice on that, at least. Okay? I think that might be a good call. ;^) As for getting away from teaching ... well, I'm not one to ask since I just posted about how great I felt once I decided to give it up. Bit of a bias there.
Taking a leave, as others have suggested, sounds like a very good choice. NOT because you're not in any sort of condition to make such decisions ... sometimes these sorts of stresses bring the crux of the matter to light.
Take the leave because you need to regroup. You need to recover. The possibility that, after your condition has improved, you might be in a frame of mind more, ahem, "appropriate" for making such decisions is a by-product. A side effect. Getting healthy is more important than anything else.
be well,
flb
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