Historically speaking, Septembers have been rough for me. Moving from Summer to Fall has always signaled large transitions and I'm not the best at transitioning.
Yes, I literally teach a course in the subject.
No, I don't like the actual act of transitioning.
There's a blog post in the queue, but it was brought to my attention today is Suicide Awareness and Prevention day. That deserves a blog all on its own.
It was almost a year to the day where I was very very hopeless. Beaten down, no vision of the future, and feeling very depressed I wrote a note. At this point, I really thought no one would miss me. My so-called "friends" were treating me horribly based on my disability and this compounded my depression. There are times I wish not for my wiring to be different, but I wish for less difficulty with social interactions. I wish people would understand ME.
It was pretty much a perfect storm of trouble.
Luckily, there were people in my life who threw me a life preserver.
Last September, I chose homelessness over suicide and I've never regretted the choice.
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The biggest thing I'd like to tell younger Brigid is "people want to help you." In those moments of darkness, it's often difficult to see other people through our own fog. My concerns were of being a burden so it took people literally telling me, "you are worth being treated well" for me to understand they were being kind. Kindness was a foreign concept and one able to heal many wounds.
For those who struggle with depression and suicidal idealization, please know people want to help you. There are hot-lines staffed 24/7 so there are anonymous people to talk to and your friends, your true friends, will always be there for you.
Know you are worth the many conversations and reassurances.
Know you make the world a better place by your existance.
Understand the leaves will change and our situations will as well, hopefully for the better.
Know, you matter.
