Venting Mental Illness, Poverty, and CTB

[hawkshorizon]

I would not kill myself if I suddenly came into a lot of money. I don't believe money can buy happiness, but I like a quote from Camus where he says, 'It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money,'

I'll always be mentally ill; no amount of money can correct that. But I can manage being ill if I have a safe place to call home and the means to feed and clothes myself.

I'm a few months from being completely insolvent and living on the street. That is not good for anyone, but for someone with my mental health profile and age, it's a condemnation to a nightmarish existence.

I choose not to live in that nightmare and find relief in the knowledge I won't have to contend with all the crap, but I'm not romanticizing my decision nor looking forward to it. It's simply the only reasonable option available to me.

 

[Crow_88]

but I like a quote from Camus where he says, 'It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money,'

I fell victim to this and how accurate it is. Made me laugh out loud at my own fool ways

 

[sadsoni]

Mental illness really robs you of life and happiness: career, money, family, friends, fun, etc - all gone. It's part of my reason too on top of the malignant depression and anhedonia.

 

[divinemistress87]

Its better to be rich with mental illness than poor with mental illness

 

[Lyn]

I'm a few months from being completely insolvent and living on the street. That is not good for anyone, but for someone with my mental health profile and age, it's a condemnation to a nightmarish existence.

How are things going for you now?
Having mental illness and being thrown on the streets really is a whole different level of hell. The exhausting anticipation of which I unfortunately can relate to.