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- Dec 13, 2020
You’ve already made the hardest and most commendable choice which is choosing to live. Further you’re choosing to live for other people which is in of itself a beautiful burden only exacerbated by the young souls you are entrusted to guide. For that alone you’re already on the right path, especially since you understand the real devastation of suicide, and why it simply can’t be an option. You’ll make it through, it will be hard, as life always is, but you recognize the bedrocks of your existence and why it’s important to continue and that is a thought worth cherishing and holding onto.I needed this. I suffer from depression and the occasional suicidal thought or two, and im against suicide as much as KingCobra was. Just sometimes it's too easy to fall into the cycles of negative thought, especially when life seems to be coordinating to absolutely wreck you and your endeavors consistently. The last month has been nothing but lies, deceptions, mockery and setbacks. But... we don't know what happens tomorrow, do we? My kids would miss me. Maybe my mom. It's not worth it.
Also, here a bit of fun advice for dealing with persistent negative thinking patterns. My friends therapist called it the very serious name of “cognitive diffusion” but the idea is kind of silly: First you notice when your mind starts to loop with things like I’m worthless, nothing matters, life is pain, nobody loves me, etc upon etc. Then you force those thoughts to come through a goofy characters voice, like Goofy instead of your own. The idea is to add a degree of separation between the negative thinking and the person you actually are.