it's halloween! call me cynical.
It's around this time of year that I created my first LiveJournal in 2007. Huzzah for three years of nonsense! So I went through a period of FRIENDS-ONLY posts, which I am unlocking now. Anything past May 2008 is stupid, so... feel free, I guess.
EDIT: It is done! Two years worth of journal entries unlocked!
Anyways...
I wouldn't say that I deal with depressed people on a daily basis, but I know my way around them well enough. What to say, what not to say... and I have to say that there is nothing that I can say that will make a difference. There's nothing that isn't cliche or is complete bullshit. Who am I trying to fool, when I can't even believe it myself?
"You should live for your loved ones, they love you and you love them and they don't want you to die."
"You should never give up fighting, because life is precious and awesome and great."
"God will send you to Hell if you kill yourself."
"Life is worth living!"
Heck, I could find an argument against all of those reasons. Because let's just face it: life sucks. We live, we do things, then we die. And some do greater things than others and get to be remembered. Some fail at life and end up six feet under with nothing to mark their grave but a scrap of cardboard. It's just how life works.
In the end? It's my obligation to persuade them to stop, but I say, "If you can't enjoy the ride, just get off." It's pointless to keep people around who want to leave. Who is really the selfish one here? Them for wanting to end whatever they suffer from, or me? Me, who wants them to stay because I'd be sad with them gone?
No, I don't want you to kill yourself. I would be extremely sad. But I would be more sad if you were suffering.
EDIT: It is done! Two years worth of journal entries unlocked!
Anyways...
I wouldn't say that I deal with depressed people on a daily basis, but I know my way around them well enough. What to say, what not to say... and I have to say that there is nothing that I can say that will make a difference. There's nothing that isn't cliche or is complete bullshit. Who am I trying to fool, when I can't even believe it myself?
"You should live for your loved ones, they love you and you love them and they don't want you to die."
"You should never give up fighting, because life is precious and awesome and great."
"God will send you to Hell if you kill yourself."
"Life is worth living!"
Heck, I could find an argument against all of those reasons. Because let's just face it: life sucks. We live, we do things, then we die. And some do greater things than others and get to be remembered. Some fail at life and end up six feet under with nothing to mark their grave but a scrap of cardboard. It's just how life works.
In the end? It's my obligation to persuade them to stop, but I say, "If you can't enjoy the ride, just get off." It's pointless to keep people around who want to leave. Who is really the selfish one here? Them for wanting to end whatever they suffer from, or me? Me, who wants them to stay because I'd be sad with them gone?
No, I don't want you to kill yourself. I would be extremely sad. But I would be more sad if you were suffering.