Tag: suicide
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It’s Getting Bad Again
I’ve struggled with depression for most of my life. I remember having thoughts of not wanting to be alive starting when I was 7 or 8 years old. Those thoughts have never completely gone away. I was prescribed an antidepressant for the first time when I was 26 years old. It helped some but ended…
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Yet, I Live
I shouldn’t be alive right now. Around the age of 12, I didn’t think I’d be alive for very long, and honestly, I didn’t want to be alive. By that age I had already experienced lifetimes worth of abuse; physical, emotional, sexual. I didn’t know that I would experience domestic violence, sexual assault, and emotional…
