I cannot remember a time when i enjoyed being alive. But i want to know if I am someone who sees the truth about existence or if I am truly mentally ill. I am worried that if I told a Dr this, I would get put away, so I need to find out what people think about this.
I have taken tablets for mental health problems for many years, but i am now wondering if the tablets are just masking how i really feel. If I want to die, surely it is a choice that I can make based on reason? But people would look at me as if I was crazy.
2006-07-30 02:45:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I don't think you're mentally ill but I do think that you are severely depressed. Don't be afraid to tell your doctor how you are feeling. So many people don't give depression the same medical attention they give to other diseases. You wouldn't let cancer, heart disease or other medical problems go untreated so don't just brush depression off. It affects millions of people every day. At least give life a try with medication before you decide that it's not worth living.
2006-07-30 02:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by mom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everytime a recovering alcoholic takes a drink, they're doing it based on making a sober decision... So, obviously, reason is not the best avenue to travel here. Here's an exercise you can do whenever you'd like to feel better: do something nice for someone else without them having to ask you first. Observe the people around you more and try being a friend to more of them. "See a need, fill a need" like they say in the kids movie "Robots." If you don't have any friends, make a few... I just answered a question on friendship and its value and have included below. I'd like to stay in touch and so have emailed you.
Let's talk...
Yes... True friendship does exist... Friends help to get rid of loneliness and ease the burdens you carry thru life... I have friends I've had since high school that still stay in touch... How? Well, to have a friend, one must be a friend to someone else... That means that you share things - not only physical things, but life experiences - whether good or bad - and try to help out and watch out and pray for that friend...
The bond of friendship is a gift from God and most people will tell you that they only have a few REALLY good friends at best... Some don't have any, and that's a real shame... Some just get too caught up in life and think only of themself first and never let down their guard... Friendship is built on trust and the willingness to let oneself be hurt (vulnerability)... The more you risk in a friendship, the deeper the relationship can become...
Most people will say the more one invests in a relationship, the more you'll get out of it. I disagree. Relationships are like slot machines - some are more quickly rewarding than others. Some you can invest a whole lotta time and energy in and never get anywhere deeper because the other is not willing to open up and share more of themself. Others are more open and honest and caring... Those are the ones that need to be developed and deepened for they'll be with you in the next life. After all, relationships are the only thing you'll take from this world to the next...
I highly recommend you make friends with Jesus Christ - the Friend of friends... He's the BEST Friend you'll ever have. The best part is that His Daddy becomes your Daddy...! Having God for a Daddy AND Brother is entirely GREAT...! YAY!!!
2006-07-30 03:08:50 · answer #2 · answered by KnowhereMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People that have thoughts about dying, are usually very depressed. You may even be bi-polar and are not aware of it. You definitely need to see a doctor in the area of mental health, but you also need therapy. It is important for you to discuss these feelings that you've been having with a professional, that can help you assess what's going on in your life. It appears that your thoughts go beyond a normal person's curiosity and starting to become an obsession.
Taking medication for mental problems, without proper therapy is only helping you with part of your issues. For someone to never remember a time when they enjoyed being alive, is a very serious situation. There maybe some traumatic experiences in your life, that need resolving. You cannot continue feeling this way, without causing yourself harm in the near future. Before this happens, make an appt and talk to someone. If you have family members or friends that you are close too, ask them for support. Don't be afraid to let someone know you need help. It in no way means you're weak or crazy. It means you care about yourself and want a better life. There are many people in therapy every day and quite a few have careers and families. Life is not perfect, but it's the way we handle the adversity in our lives that make all the difference. Life is precious and so is yours.
2006-07-30 03:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by mangosmoothie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people that claim to 'love' life are spiritually worse off than you think you are. They look at a garden and say - oh, how lovely it is - without also being aware that every tiny creature and plant that makes up that garden is fighting every second of every day for its very life. We are no different. Your depression is more a symptom of spiritual bankruptcy than mental ill health. Your loneliness may be your greatest asset - use it to search for true meaning of your existence while at the same time accepting both the so called good and bad things that come your way. Also you must accept others for what they are and if you do not like them you should still inwardly love them for we are all just like actors on a stage mindlessly playing out our roles. Just like a seed planted in the ground so too must man struggle towards the light or die in the pitch dark where he was planted.
2006-07-30 03:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by litch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really should talk to a doctor, preferably a skilled psychiatrist. I have a similar problem and my experience is that antidepressants just suppress all my feelings, good and bad alike. As far as "putting you away" is concerned, committing a patient to long-term psychiatric care is a very serious intervention which most doctors would consider only as a last resort.
I have asked a professional friend to investigate the possibility that what I experience is not depression, but a hypersensitivity disorder.
When I stop to consider what contribution I can make to the people around me, and its worth in the long term, it all seems so completely pointless. To me, the people who can see a purpose in life seem to be deluding themselves. But since I am one of the minority, I have to believe that I am not normal.
To all the WWJD people here - Jesus is my true and only hope. But every day I live with the pain of hopelessness in this life. The best I can do is never good enough, but I can't stop trying.
2006-07-30 02:55:12 · answer #5 · answered by kittybriton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you need to do some soul searching. What is it that makes life so terrible. What would you like to do to make it better. Wouldn't you agree that we all have the right to be happy and enjoy our life while we can.
Pills are not always the answer. Sometimes one needs counseling to figure out what is going on. If you tell a counseler that everyday you feel like dying but for whatever reason you never follow through I highly doubt they will lock you up. If you would truely like to experience happiness then you must seek help and be honest with your counseler and yourself.
If it is a mental illness theres lots of differnt meds a dr. can prescribe along with cognitive therpy. Cognitive (The way you think) In a nut shell cognitive therpy is changing the way you think.
Go get help and from work experince I can tell you there are alot of people who suffer from mental illness who are not locked up. Usually the ones who get locked up are the ones who actually attempt sucide and the ones who become violent. They are released when they get better.
2006-07-30 03:00:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not being a doctor it sounds like you very depressed and need to seek help either at your mental health resource center or physician. i don't think you would be put away but talking thru these feelings you have described would help you alot as well as
meds there are many new meds out on the market these days but a doctor would have determine what is right for you. but you do need to talk to a professional and voice these issues not only will they be able to find the root of the problem you will find peace within yourself. but by all means get some help!!! god bless and take care!!!!
2006-07-30 03:01:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My question to you is, do you have a plan and do you want to kill yourself right now? My answer to you is that you need help more than what a pill can offer you. According to what you have written these thoughts are not new, youve had them for years, which means you would probably benefit from a therapist. Someone who can listen to you without bias, who can look at you and your life from outside of the box and offer you a new way of thinking. Most of what we feel in life is all relative to what is going on in that moment, what we have experienced in the past, if you can recognize that then you could change your outlook or expectations. To expect to do that on your own, would only set you up for failure, because youre not capable to do this alone. In order for you to live life like you deserve to, with peace of mind, you need to seek help. One good way to start is to tell your physician, your physician will not think your crazy and you will not put you away. Your doctors job is to make sure your safe and healthy. From what you have written I think your seeking help and you would be great with therapy.
2006-07-30 03:09:56 · answer #8 · answered by truthseeker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you figure out what is normal,please drop me a line! I don't know how many years you've been in this life,but it is the one. Life sucks and circumstances,help. I pondered the concept a time or two over 6 decades. I have a thought that got me to now : I have to see how this(my life)plays out! Hey, if you do yourself under You'll never know the rest of the story,Your life story. Many years ago bottomed out I started writing a journal. Some of the **** from years ago ,what was I thinkin'. Happiness may jump off a page one day,but in the meantime you are investing in knowing the one thing which can bring peace and joy to your life-YOU!!
2006-07-30 03:17:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called clinical depression.
Yes, drugs can help, but there may be other more fundamental issues
than body chemistry at work.
If a psychologist thinks you are likely to harm yourself (or others), you may
be restrained - but it doesn't seem too likely: you've gone way too
long without doing either for them to come to that conclusion. I suppose
if you showed up at their doorstep with a gun in one hand and a bottle
of pills in the other, they might call out the guys with the white jackets.
Other than that, its pretty safe.
Go see a shrink! What'cha got to lose?
2006-07-30 02:51:04 · answer #10 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋