I have thoughts of suicide, not immediately, but just because I feel that my life has peaked already and things will never be as much fun as they used to be. My life is not horrible now but it was so much better that it's hard to justify "just living out the string". BTW I have no children or spouse, I know it would be very selfish to snuff it if I did.
It's just that life has "jumped the shark" in so many ways that except for that stupid survival instinct I could easily spend my remaining money, have fun for a while then end it.
2007-09-23 16:35:51 · 6 answers · asked by Jim Nelson 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I wouldn't say you're mentally ill. You sound just like me. I'm going through those same feelings. I have depression, and saw my doctor for that, and he put me on some meds. But now that I'm 43 years old, I don't feel like life is going to get better, as it seems to slip farther away from my memories of my past glory days. I just keep telling myself to "hang in there." I don't know what I'm hanging in there for, but I just do.
2007-09-23 17:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by C-Bag 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Regarding your initital question, would being described as mentally ill make a difference to you? Life is difficult to take day to day when what we are presently experiencing doesnt measure up to the highs of yesterday. Does that mean you are without hope? Of course not. Would having a spouse or children better define your existence and make life more fulfilling to you? If you have a need to care for another to better define yourself, seek out volunteer opportunities, become a caregiver to someone in need. We all have a calling and sometimes, its in these dark moments of life that we discover what that calling is.
2007-09-23 16:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by MHnurseC 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You may have depression, and that's a mental illness. Things will get better, start by believing it. Take good care of yourself and know that in 10 years whatever is happening now will be faded into the background.
2007-09-23 17:02:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jim, you don't seem to regard your own life as important. You are human, and as such, are important simply because you are human. It's no better to kill yourself than to kill another human being.
It sounds like to me that you are waiting for something to happen to you, rather than creating the life you want. It's time to dig deeper into yourself for answers that mean something to you. Remember the Beatles song, "Hey Jude?" One line in the song says, "Hey Jude, you're waiting for someone to perform you." Get a copy of the song and listen carefully to the words for advice for the next stage of your life.
The best part of boredom is the change it can help you make inside yourself.
2007-09-23 16:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jeanne B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes- but you choose to have it. Good greif do any of you have any challanges? Get a hobby climb a mountain. Do like something that is not just so easy. Something with a chance of failure but then thru skill you make it work. Take a risk..
2007-09-23 16:40:36 · answer #5 · answered by theroadwetake 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
lucky you man.
i too think of going out in an extra ordinary way
2007-09-23 17:00:04 · answer #6 · answered by Brian_Galang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋