Where do you go when you want to give up on life, to just lay down and quit?

Question

Life is out of control right now and I am losing the energy it takes to tread water. Not looking to " kill myself" I just feel defeated and tired through the core. Where do I go to just call it quits?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I have suffered from major depression most of my life. I have been on just about every anti-depressnt there is..........There are mental health programs both inpatient and outpatient. I'm not sure what you are going through right now.......think about the people that do need you and what it would do to them if you were gone. I have been to inpatient and outpatient care more times than I can count although it has been a while. Please seek help somewhere. If you do not have insurance or money, there is ususally a mental health place based on your income in every city. If you do end up with a therapist or psychiatrist and you don't think they are going to be able to help you, don't give up! Find someone else. I have been there before and I'm there now. I think of my children that need me and I'm holding off a nervous breakdown at this time. I have been through enough that now when I feel that way, I do know that it won't always be that way and I will get better. But medication and therapy together is the best route to go. Don't let anyone put you down or talk you out of seeking help. You owe to yourself and you will learn coping skills by doing this. I personally did eventually enjoy my stay as a 30 day stay in a hospital, they showed me many coping skills. I also learned there were things bothering me that I didn't even realize. Keeping a journal also helps. Also some self-help books are very useful. It does take time though, do not give up. I will pray for you also. I don't know what you are going through right now and I thought that I had been through the worst things in my life and I found out recently that I was wrong. I am still holding on for my children, they need me, no one is going to care and love them like I can.

Answer 3

I've felt like this recently. Life is too much, but death is not something I am interested in either.

With me, a part of my problem turned out to be anemia. I'm taking iron and feeling a bit better.

Generally most people take anti-depressants or similar supplements from a health food store. Therapy is usually the best answer. It is great to be listened to by an empathic and intelligent person.

Lots of people relocate which is a hard thing to accomplish when you are tired through the core. Undeveloped ski towns with reasonable rents are great places to land. Ocean resort towns may be refreshing as well.

Answer 4

You don't give a lot of detail... but it seems you are really sad. When things get bad for me I think of someone who has it worse than I do, there is always that other person.

I also make a list of all the things I am blessed with... health, a roof over our head, food on the table, clothes on our back, and healthy children. These things I am blessed with may not always be the best of the best, like my kids might be wearing something from a clearance rack, or it might be cereal for dinner again. What matters is that we have each other... surround yourself with people that care about you and that are positive.

Someday you will look back on this part of your life and hopefully see what you've learned about yourself. We have to all go through the valleys some so we can appreciate when we are on a mountain high.

Answer 5

Although I got hurt at work and have been denied medical treatment leaving me crippled, I will not lay down and give up. Give yourself a mission - help someone besides yourself in any way possible. This will let you pick up SOMETHING, somehow, to make you feel alive again. Realize that when you are this down, you can only go up from now. Take one step at a time, look around you - there are others with the same or worse feelings. Maybe this was meant to get you to realize to change directions in your life. I hope you NEVER GIVE UP!

Answer 6

Get counselling who will show you how to make valuable shifts in your life or who will show you how to transcend tiresome stress and anxiety.

If all he/she wants to do is have you analyzed, put you on drugs and give you counselling rhetoric, don't think you have to merely accept it. Rather get a better counsellor, especially one who allows their patients to take natural therapies like 5HTP, Suntheanine and GABA. Do research on these, they are life savers.

Forgetting things at work? Maybe you need a refreshing work change. (possibly) Job giving you undue stress? You really need a place of work or job change to better suit your talents. May this even lead to a understanding that even you can do the life work of your choosing and be able to support yourself with it.

Relationship Struggles? Counselling will help. People abusing you or giving you incredible hardship? Go elsewhere. You are too valuable.

Health slightly downhill? See an Alternative care physician if you can afford it. Otherwise just try increasing your Vitamin C to about 2000 to 3000 mg (everyone's immune system is in need of it). You can get it very cheaply at your pharmacy. If you have lots of money, go with Co-q10 and L Carnitine. Also Flax Oil is very cheap, and most of us are missing the components of it. Several tablespoons per day before 4pm and follow up with juice.

Blessings,
Cheryl

Answer 7

I loved the answer from lovebnamom, her words are mine exactly! I do the same. When things seem overwhelming, the first thing I do is count my blessings, the good things and people I have in my life, seems to make the day go better. I know it doesn;t sound kind to read a newspaper and see something bad or sad happen to someone else, but then it does make yourself think that things aren;t that bad........hopefully you aren't one of the bad stories I have read in the paper!

Answer 8

You go to the psych ward and get some good meds. Everyone has rough moments, but when you feel like you can't lift yourself out of a funk...you need to seek help. Whatever your particular situation is...seek a support group, it helps to know others are struggling with a similar situation. They are a shoulder to lean on but you can also pick up some coping techniques that others have used to deal with the same crisis. You aren't born with all the skills that you need to deal with every situation...sometimes you have to go out and find them.

Good Luck

Answer 9

Go volunteer or help someone else in need. That's a good way to help gain perspective. Seriously go downtown to the soup kitchen and volunteer for a couple hours. Life won't seem so rough.

Answer 10

i go to a place thats makes me feel like im the only person in the world and have no problems................. yeah right that wont happen if you dont see a psych you realllllllllllly!!!!!!!!! need to go if you do and it dont help i would seriously consider going to a mental hospital i know that sounds bitchy but i dont mean it i didnt think it would help either but i gave it a shot and it actually works!!!! i l went feeling like you do and got out feeling alot better and my friend took an overdose cause of schizo, hallucinations, etc. and she just got out feeling great. the girls are fun and easy to get along with, you get great food, you actually kinda miss it when you leave.

Answer 11

Try going to a garden park (there tends to be at least one in most decent sized cities)
They usually have lots of plants and ponds with ducks and fish or turtles... Sit in a nice shaded, secluded spot and soak in your surroundings or read a good book (try Terry Pratchett -- he's hilarious).