Depression
I found this piece of writing and thought it captured the thoughts & emotions of a depressed person quite well. Wanted to keep it here so I do not forget to be compasionate towards people with mental health issues. ------------------------------ Have you ever thought of dying? Of suicide. Wanting suicide. I do not really believe that I will ever kill myself. Because of the fear of God, of taking a life that is not mine. And because of my family. Because I love them and know that I can do so much more for them alive. But it tears me apart, this sadness and desperation tears me apart. I contemplate running to the middle of the road when I see cars hurtling my way. I wonder what it would feel like to be hit by a car and flung down the street like a rag doll. My medical teaching worries me because it tells me that such thoughts mean there is a chance I may one day lose my mind and really kill myself. The sad thing is that even as I contemplate these various ways of dying I know th