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suacide

suacide

angel
Sep 13, 2023
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In short, this is kind of my last shot before I start committing to a plan. I don't know what to do, and I know I don't have the willpower to do anything unless I'm being handheld. I'm doing my best to not be self deprecating while I write this.
Recently, my mother passed away. She was the only thing that made me hold onto living, ever since I was about 12, I planned on dying once she did. I'm 23. I didn't plan on turning 16. Then I did. Then I turned 18. 20. 22. Now it's a year later, and she's actually gone. I've realised I can't do it without her, and I don't think I ever will be able to, but I want to give it a shot. I want to be with her, but I don't think she'd want me to. For her, I want to try. She was my everything.

How do I fix myself? For some background, actually, a lot of background (TW, heavy topics, basically my life story):

I've had a long history of trauma. Early internet access ranging from being shown pornographic content very very young, to talking teenagers out of their own suicides at like 8. Seeing horrible things online, and getting addicted to talking to people because of how miserable my life was. 2 cases of SA, one of rape all before I turned 13. When I was young, my father stabbed into a bird cage which had two lovebirds I really loved inside while arguing with my mother and I was in front of her, watching it all. I watched domestic abuse between them that almost turned to me a few times, but my mother protected me. I could never hate my dad though, I don't know why. I felt like crying when I saw him though, out of pity. But I don't know where it came from. I still don't know why I feel that way about him. I was bullied and ostracises because I grew up chubby and autistic/adhd. My mother had leukaemia through this, still did until her last breath as it's what killed her. She survived 20 years or so years. She was a really strong woman.
At some point she started hitting me and our relationship got strained. I hit back and eventually after I called the police on her once, she stopped. But then she started using the police to parent me. If I was late, she'd call the police. If I didn't wanna come home because she was manic and screaming on the phone, she'd call the police. I became afraid and wary of authorities, because they never tried to listen to me. They let her use them. I only got worse and eventually I walked there myself., just tired of it. My dad came and because I was scared of him, I told the officers I refused to go with him, and the one kindness they did for me ever was driving me home and letting me avoid him. There was a time I accidentally hit my mother while she was manic and flailing at me while saying horrible things, but my father didn't believe me even though it was the truth and pinned me to the wall by my throat. I've never been able to fully trust him since and I still remember the way he looked at me.
Because of everything, my school attendance was horrible and in 9th grade I basically stopped going. I became under socialised, borderline nonverbal and I still sometimes struggle to make words pass my throat. I shut down a lot. I'm uneducated as a result. I have no degrees, or even just GCSEs. Most of my childhood and teen hood memories are from the woman's refuge home, in dirty apartments filled with bags of NHS medicine, and once in my 'cousins' home where I was basically locked in a room for 6 months, only coming out to eat once a day (cup of soup/powdered soup pack, 1 slice of bread, I was terrified to eat anything else - then I'd pig out on the weekend where she left. I'll never forget the shame I felt when she caught me once.) and to do things for her, like getting groceries. My life since then has just been… the same. I trap myself in a room, only come out to eat, use the bathroom, rarely shower, maybe get groceries delivered, talk to my mom, or when she was in hospital, call her and get the house ready for her and once a full moon do something like see a movie, but only maybe. I'd been living with my mother, but I'm with family for two more weeks during the funeral. When I get back, I know I likely can't keep my moms home. We were on council, and I moved out for a bit because our house was flooded with human waste due to faulty pipes. I won't go into it, because the way the housing associated treated my mother, a woman with cancer made me so angry it could be its own rant. I don't want to think about having to move from the place that was our home. It feels like I'm having everything precious ripped from my hands lately. My health too is only getting worse. And I know I can't fix myself by myself. I'm like a child still, and that frustrates me.

I live in the UK, I have no irl friends, nobody I can speak with openly and my family relationships are too complicated for me to ever feel any kind of trust towards them.
To anyone who's still reading, please let me know if you have any way I can fix myself. Even just one part of me.
 
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Redacted24

Might be Richard Cory... or not
Nov 20, 2023
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I'm so terribly horrified at what you've endured in your life so far.

Nobody - NOBODY! - should have to go through what you have.

I'm just some broken person on this site, so hopefully others here that are smarter than I am will have more helpful ideas.

But, from my perspective, the place to start is by coming to acceptance that none of what you've been through is in any way your fault or responsibility.

It's not.

You were young and the people around you should have been caring and responsible and nurturing.

They were not. And you're paying the price.

Recognizing that you are not the cause, and are dealing with the effects, is the first step.
The only person you can count on... is yourself.
Finding that truth, it's like finding a shovel full of sand under your foot when you're tired of treading water.
Find that. Take some time to ground yourself. Catch your breath.

Just start with that...:heart:
We'll be here to hear and support.
 
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suacide

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Sep 13, 2023
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I'm so terribly horrified at what you've endured in your life so far.

Nobody - NOBODY! - should have to go through what you have.

I'm just some broken person on this site, so hopefully others here that are smarter than I am will have more helpful ideas.

But, from my perspective, the place to start is by coming to acceptance that none of what you've been through is in any way your fault or responsibility.

It's not.

You were young and the people around you should have been caring and responsible and nurturing.

They were not. And you're paying the price.

Recognizing that you are not the cause, and are dealing with the effects, is the first step.
The only person you can count on... is yourself.
Finding that truth, it's like finding a shovel full of sand under your foot when you're tired of treading water.
Find that. Take some time to ground yourself. Catch your breath.

Just start with that...:heart:
We'll be here to hear and support.
Thank you. Really, thank you. It's hard to say how much I really value even just reading those words.

Before I've even been able to fully explain my situation to people in the past, it's always been 'well it would be worse' 'well your not dead' 'well so have other people' 'well you look fine to me', etc and I just shut down and shut up - of course, maybe I wasn't as honest with them in comparison to being at my lowest, writing out my life just to that it's written SOMEWHERE just for just about anyone to know the truth so I don't die alone with it, but it's always been so hard to get any of it out. I don't even mind being pitied, it feels like kindness to me. I just fear rejection, or being told that in the end, none of it matters and that I really am as pathetic and weak as I see myself.

I'll do my best, I just don't know how to remove myself from thinking that I must have done something, if I'm always the only consistency. I always felt like for so much to happen with me, I must have either earned it in a past life, or did something so terrible and somehow don't remember that this just must be karma coming back to me. I can't rationalise it any other way, and why it has to be me.
 
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gottacheckout

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May 20, 2025
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Redacted gave excellent advice.

That you posted in the recovery section says a lot. I believe you want to get better and hopefully you will find some guidance here on sasu. As redacted said you need to accept that you are a good person. Every morning when you are brushing your teeth take a bit and look at yourself and say I am a good person.
 
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BeansOfRequirement

Man-child, loser, autistic, etc.
Jan 26, 2021
5,808
I've never had to deal with anything remotely close to this bad, you're very strong for surviving this. I'll try to share some strategies that hopefully will make sense and be helpful to you.

1.
Something I do nowadays is dividing up major life categories to get an overview of what I'm doing.
Example: health/income/specific hobby/mindfulness/housing/etc. (However things get sliced up for you).
Can be combined with a list of daily/soon/long-term chores/goals/possible actions/etc. Reducing cognitive load/everything spinning around in your head.
Might be easier to deal with things when you cut them up and can focus on one activity at once.
I don't try to cover everything, just getting the most important stuff and leaving leeway for details.

2.
When it comes to dealing with emotional pain/guilt/remorse/stress/anxiety/etc I can recommend meditation practice. I have a megathread about it where you can find different resources/teachers and go on to try/choose styles of meditation that appeal to you and work for you. Explanations about how exactly this works are in the thread. https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/meditation-megathread-pin-this.187169/

Another thing is energy expenditure/motivation. Seemingly paradoxically; the less we have going for us, the less energy we'll have to do anything about our situation. I just straight up missed a job interview that I really wanted (neocortex-wise) (basically unemployable) because there were no brain chemicals/energy/motivation to make me care about it. So, resting/recovering/gathering some form of positive experiences (there are mediation techniques that do this) in some kind of way may be prioritized despite seeming like the least important thing when shit is fucked up.

3.
Physical health: Medical attention if needed. Sleep (consistent, high quality, wind down, wake up same time daily, will take a few weeks to kick in), diet (water, calories, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber, omegas, etc), exercise (cardio, strength, mobility, etc), stress management.

4. The housing situation/maybe financial situation seems like a priority. Setting aside other things and making a plan, getting advice/information and making a plan about this in particular makes sense to me.

Feel free to reply if you have any questions or whatever.
Much respect.
 
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suacide

angel
Sep 13, 2023
27
Redacted gave excellent advice.

That you posted in the recovery section says a lot. I believe you want to get better and hopefully you will find some guidance here on sasu. As redacted said you need to accept that you are a good person. Every morning when you are brushing your teeth take a bit and look at yourself and say I am a good person.
I think so too, I just have to keep at it and push away the bad thoughts even with how constant they feel.
Thank you. I'll do my best to believe it and tell myself that, I really do want to get better, I just want to be able to live life even just for a little while happily, without a single big thing looming over my head. It wouldn't even have to be for long, I just want to be able to experience it. Thank you for all the support.
I've never had to deal with anything remotely close to this bad, you're very strong for surviving this. I'll try to share some strategies that hopefully will make sense and be helpful to you.

1.
Something I do nowadays is dividing up major life categories to get an overview of what I'm doing.
Example: health/income/specific hobby/mindfulness/housing/etc. (However things get sliced up for you).
Can be combined with a list of daily/soon/long-term chores/goals/possible actions/etc. Reducing cognitive load/everything spinning around in your head.
Might be easier to deal with things when you cut them up and can focus on one activity at once.
I don't try to cover everything, just getting the most important stuff and leaving leeway for details.

2.
When it comes to dealing with emotional pain/guilt/remorse/stress/anxiety/etc I can recommend meditation practice. I have a megathread about it where you can find different resources/teachers and go on to try/choose styles of meditation that appeal to you and work for you. Explanations about how exactly this works are in the thread. https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/meditation-megathread-pin-this.187169/

Another thing is energy expenditure/motivation. Seemingly paradoxically; the less we have going for us, the less energy we'll have to do anything about our situation. I just straight up missed a job interview that I really wanted (neocortex-wise) (basically unemployable) because there were no brain chemicals/energy/motivation to make me care about it. So, resting/recovering/gathering some form of positive experiences (there are mediation techniques that do this) in some kind of way may be prioritized despite seeming like the least important thing when shit is fucked up.

3.
Physical health: Medical attention if needed. Sleep (consistent, high quality, wind down, wake up same time daily, will take a few weeks to kick in), diet (water, calories, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber, omegas, etc), exercise (cardio, strength, mobility, etc), stress management.

4. The housing situation/maybe financial situation seems like a priority. Setting aside other things and making a plan, getting advice/information and making a plan about this in particular makes sense to me.

Feel free to reply if you have any questions or whatever.
Much respect.
This really does help, thank you so much. I struggle a lot with doing things myself, so when it's all laid out clear like this from somebody else, everything suddenly feels so simple and doable; easier said than done of course, but before I wouldn't have even known where to start. Can't overstate how much this helps, thank you.

Right now since I can't do much for about another week and a little about my housing status while I'm abroad, I'll look into the meditation and try to use it to deal with some of my issues that are making everything feel so impossible. Then once I'm back, I'll do my best to get it sorted and hopefully continue with it… Again, thank you.
Questions and thoughts kind of come and go with me as I live with basically constant brainfog, so if I get any, would it be okay if I bothered you in the near future?
 
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whatishope

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May 29, 2025
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I was absolutely horrified at reading what I've read. I am so sorry that you had to go through all of this.

I think Redacted got a good point, and that is important: this is not your fault, and this is not your responsibility. It is perfectly okay to blame people who have caused you harm. I actually think that it is a good thing to do that, even the moral thing to do.

Now, for the future, I would give one advice emotionally. You are no longer helpless. You are now an adult. You can do things. Going forward, you can be responsible and take steps for your life to get better. I like @BeansOfRequirement's answer, and I think it's a good summary, but you have anything specific you'd like to ask feel free to do so. Over the past 6 years, I've managed to make a good deal of progress in my life.
 
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BeansOfRequirement

Man-child, loser, autistic, etc.
Jan 26, 2021
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Questions and thoughts kind of come and go with me as I live with basically constant brainfog, so if I get any, would it be okay if I bothered you in the near future?
It's no bother at all, happy to see if my experiences can be useful to someone.
 
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Redacted24

Might be Richard Cory... or not
Nov 20, 2023
469
(Sorry I don't know how to do quotes and stuff... but you asked if you could reach out again)

Of course you can reach out here and to others as well!

You're a victim of domestic violence.

I didn't find out until 8 months ago that I am too.

We're in this together. All of us are in this site because we've been through stuff. We're a community. :heart: