i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls
-Abusing your child does NOT fix them. If anything, it makes it worse and makes them feel like they can’t be safe around you.
-If your child gets nervous when around crowds or strangers to them, do NOT force them to talk to them.
-Don’t force them into any social events if they don’t want to go. It doesn’t matter if ‘everyone will be there’ or ‘you can make new friends’. It’s not that easy.
-Depression and suicidal thoughts are NOT a contagious disease. Just because your child talks to people with depression or frequent suicidal thoughts doesn’t mean they got it from them.
-NEVER try to take away your child’s medication, antidepressants or otherwise. If they need it, let them keep it close to them.
-If your child is constantly texting/calling someone you don’t know, ask calmly who it is, and don’t panic about it. Some things they want to keep to themselves, and if you panic, they panic.
-NEVER (and this is a big one) NEVER TELL THEM TO ‘GET OVER IT’. THEY CAN’T HELP IT.
I know that Jaxon isn’t the only one here that has dangerous thoughts floating through their head. If you need help REACH OUT. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re going to be a bother or are making a scene. REACH OUT.
To me. To anyone in this community. To Crisis Text Line. To DBSA. To Suicide Prevention. You are not a burden to anyone so don’t burden yourself. Everything is relative so never have the slightest hesitation to ask for help.
I can’t see everything but this huge community is here for you and each other.
-Mark
I don't know what to do with my life and now I am deeply upset. How do I write an essay on someone else's life, when I'm struggling through mine? How do I push past the darkness in my mind to make room for knowledge that I'm going to spit out on a test later on? How do I maintain clubs when everyone is screaming at me to do my work? How do people manage this? I certainly can't. I try so hard for this to work, but whenever I get comfortable, Life decides that I shouldn't be happy. The only thing stopping me from leaving is my friends and family. They're my anchors, yet I feel them slipping away, leaving me to fend for myself. I wish there was a manual for this kind of stuff, so I won't feel lost every time I get out of bed, so I don't feel that I'm living someone else's life. But I try to look on the bright side of things, even though doing that exhausts me more than everything else. I put on a smile, give hugs and compliments so that other people's joy fills my own. Is this why most comedians tend to be depressed? Are they trying to fill the void in themselves with others laughter? All I know is that life is unfair, but if you put on a smile, people tend to believe it no matter how fake it is.