Greetings! New to the forum. Obviously, I'm contemplating ending my life prematurely. I have my fair share of problems and shortcomings, and they are unfortunately amplified by mental illness. I suffer from bipolar disorder II, which means that I have short and infrequent episodes of hypomania, a harmless form of mania, but in return long and frequent episodes of depression. I never experienced anything even remotely as painful before I fell ill. My medication has kept the depressive episodes at bay, but about two years ago, it inexplicably stopped working and my life has been a living hell ever since. My illness has finally broken me and I've lost the will to live. I'm tired and I long to sleep.
For the time being, I stay afloat with effective self-medication and I still have happy days, but this won't last forever and it's inevitable that I will end my life by my own hand. It may happen tomorrow or ten years from now, but it will happen. What's keeping me here is that I don't want to cause people I love grief, guilt, and social stigma, and that I've become something of a guarding angel for pupils with problems, and I don't want to give them funny ideas. Yes, I'm actually a teacher, hence my username. Anyway, I'm happy to have found a place where difficult questions can be discussed freely and without making people uneasy. You seem to be a nice bunch and I find it strangely soothing to discuss exit methods and my own departure, so for better or worse, I'll stick around.