That Time At 15 When I Attempted Suicide.
Still alive last saturday Night.
When I tried to top myself at 15, I just could not see out of the dark cloud that had descended over me. Nothing could drag me out of the funk and I could see just no tomorrow. I also felt totally alone and that no-one could understand how I felt. The new Zealand stance of not reporting on suicide nor it being able to discussed has been a miserable failure. We need open dialogue. Our young people need to know they are not alone and that they can discuss how they actually feel without being thrown on happy pills or their emotions being minimized. BUT THE LACK OF ANY DIALOGUE HAS FAILED OUR COUNTRY. Openness to me, seems the only way to go.
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Sadly this is the same everywhere. In Australia it is only just becoming commonplace to talk about suicide and they are only now talking statistics and making it a public issue. I have a lot of dealings with public health and mental health nurses in country Australia and its hard. Mental health is funded so poorly its hard to get the help. In some areas there is no help. This is an issue we should be able to come together on. Across all nationalities. Quit making it a taboo the government can easily run away from,.. maybe then they will spend some money on it,…
PS – Jonny looks fabulous as always. Tell him to hurry up and come visit me.
I too attempted suicide as a teenager at about the same age. What you wrote- its as if I had written it myself. Here in the USA its not much different. Why is it that when a teen does something like that adults/parents think the only solution is medication, seeing a shrink or being put in a facility? What every happened to one on one communication/ showing that young person that you understand or care?