So, I am trying to get out of this pit of depression and I look at these videos of people who either attempted suicide or where in a bad place and then they found a reason to hang in there and now their life is better. They just make me feel worse because I have nothing to hope for and I weirdly end up resenting them for having hope.
unluckysadness
Warlock
- Jul 9, 2025
- 750
These videos make me feel more miserable. Why some people have the chance to recover and why other can't ? It's so unfair and cruel.
With these extremely shallow/by-the-numbers viral videos, yes. But for people here in the Recovery section I feel genuinely happy, as if I knew them for a long time. And some of their stories can be very inspirational.
monetpompo
૮ • ﻌ - ა
- Apr 21, 2025
- 580
i want the same motivation and support from others that lead them to not killing themselves. happy things don't come into your life, they need to already be there or there needs to be opportunities for good things to happen to you. just sitting in my house wallowing and looking at these stories or motivational messages from people who have way better lives than me, i just want to block them out because they aren't going through the same struggle i am. i know i can't get better if i spend all my life staying in the same, but i can't imagine myself being in anyone else's situation because i can only imagine mine stretching into infinity because i have no support from anyone.
people can be happy for you when you recover, but they can't help you when you're still thinking about killing yourself every day because you see no better alternative. it feels like people inevitably step away from you until you die or get better, and they'll just say, "i knew they would get better!" or "there was nothing i could do". it's hard for me to believe that i could legitimately be happy when it feels like recovery is mostly luck than perseverance. i'm not an inspiration to people. i'm still very depressed.
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