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Featured here! [link] I'm glad to see how this message is being appreciated.I've already made one stamp with a lighthearted reflection on my psychiatric condition [link] but this one is dead serious. I've wasted too many hours, days, even years of my life checking that damn box over and over again.
Living should not be an option. It should be instinctive. Life is too short and we are bombarded by too many decisions every second to get hung up on the question of whether it's worth living at all. If you have trouble making decisions or finding initiative to do anything because the "quiz question" on this stamp rears it's ugly head every time you try, this is a symptom of a DISEASE or DISABILITY. Diseases can be cured and and with any disability - blindness, deafness, paralysis, whatever - there are well-respected and legitimate ways to mitigate its effects and live life to the fullest extent possible.
Medication, therapy, counseling, religion, spirituality, meditation, "self-help," - all of these and more are gifts from god (or science or blind chance or whatever you believe in) that exist in this world specifically for the purpose of giving YOU the kind of life everyone is meant to experience and enjoy. Do what the stamp says. Seek help wherever you can find it. If you get stuck with something that doesn't work, try something else. It's YOUR LIFE. Pursue it, reach for it, and don't ever stop until you OWN it.
Pen: ~hamster-ltd @ [link]
Paper: ~lailomeiel @ [link]
as of this update...
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This stamp speaks to me. Both me and a friend of mine have to go through this quiz every day, it really isn't easy....
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Favorited, 'cause I know this choice... all too well.
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It sucks to clearly see what you're trying to say, but I still have trouble choosing 'other'...
I don't know what's keeping me here, but it must be big :/
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its because you have something very important to do in the future. we are all here for a reason. we all go through this for a reason. someday you'll know. we all have purpose in life, whether we know it or not. i know that is true. 
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Thank you. It really means a lot to know you're open to talk ^^
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I'm always willing to lend a hand to those in need. I am, have been, and will be that person in need, and I know what it feels like. I understand what it's like to be in that position, and I know how awful it is. I'm not going to leave anyone behind if they're asking me for help. no one deserves to hurt like that. we have to stick together.
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That's the funny thing about suicide. I guess a lot of people think of it as one choice. The person just one day snapped and decided to kill themselves.
In my experience, it's not like that. It's something you grapple with forever, before either recovering or killing yourself. I remember skipping class to sit in the bathroom stall, crying and trying to decide if it was worth it to keep going.
I think the constant contemplation ends up being worse than what caused the contemplation in the first place. For me, the energy and force it took to check that other box was more draining than the initial depression.
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That's what I've found as well.
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Today my theripist told me I was depressed and recomended anti-depressents. I agreed, but I don't know. I'm a bit scared to take them. And nervious. Most deffinatly. I wonder if i made the mature, right descion. Theripy kinda helps, but it doesnt take away the fact things happened in the past (sever bullying). I just turned 15
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This is an old comment. But it's an important topic, so I'm gonna reply any way.
I think you made the right choice. Anti-depressants can be a fucking god send. There are some negative side effects, sometimes, so be on the look out for those. If you feel like you're experiencing some negative side effects, or you think the meds just aren't working, don't give up. Everybody reacts differently, and it's most likely just that particular kind of medication. If you don't like the way you react to those anti-depressants, talk to your psychiatrist about getting a different kind. You could also talk to him/her about trying different kinds of therapy; like, believe it or not, shock therapy has been shown to be very effective against depression. Also music therapy, writing therapy, art therapy, color therapy, etc. can be effective.
I'mma shut up now. Good luck!
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thank you so much for your positive thoughts. My therapist is trying group therapy and it might be good for my social anxiety. I'm on my pills now and they're called "Zoloft". They upped my dosage, but they just don't 'feel' like they are working. there are still the voices inside my head that show me images of all my mistakes and insult me. But therapy and these pills are making everything slightly better. What is shock therapy?
Thanks for finding this topic important. It's important to me and means a lot for support and advice
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I hope the group therapy works out for you. 
Shock therapy is when they apply electric shocks to your brain. That sounds scary, but apparently nowadays it's painless and very helpful.
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Oh I see. I hope this helps me out. I feel like i'm the only one feeling what I am, but maybe group therapy will help out.
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anti-depressants have some negative side effects but nothing as negative as being depressed, which is almost always harder on you physically - at least in the long run. Hope everything turns out okay.
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I absolutely appreciate the message in this, and I really wish it could be like that. But getting help doesn't always really help you, unfortunately...
I'm personally one of those people that think about death and suicide every day, and I always fight it away, trying to survive through it all.
I see a psychologist and psychiatrist, I take medications, I have great friends I can talk to, but nothing gets rid of that constant feeling that I'm not sure whether it is worth it in the end and that maybe I should just end it here and now...
I really want to believe in a way of getting better, and I'll always fight to live a happier life.
Thanks for making this stamp
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this made me really happy, like a need to see a councelor but happy 
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AMEN!
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I've had that problem before but now I'm starting to get better. It doesn't stop the cutting though... damn addiction, how did I even get addicted to doing that?
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I think I remember reading something about your brain having to manufacture its own painkillers every time you cut. Of course, that might be incorrect, but it's 3am so I'm afraid to go on a googling spree...but anyway...if it's "just" an addiction to your own neurochemicals at this point, maybe it can be approached like a normal chemical addiction problem...
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no idea because it's not a problem I've ever personally had... but I wish you luck. Don't ever stop trying!
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I'm trying to stop it but the withdrawals get horribly bad, I get these symptoms: fever, nausea, chills, twitching, dizziness, elevated heart rate, it's a real bitch to deal with and I know that just one cut, one little slice will make it stop but I'll hate myself afterwards.
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crazy thing is, it's the exact same parts of your brain that are stimulated by drugs (same reason babies and toddlers like to headbutt the wall) so as you've obviously figured out the "withdrawal" is similar. But there *are* ways to deal with it and I wish you the best of luck in finding them!
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Thanks. The only thing I've found that works is to keep myself so busy that I don't have time to concentrate on the withdrawals. Drawing, writing, or anything else to keep me occupied works but every once in a while nothing will work and...
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making the stamp has been very courageous and mature of You, also very altruistic! it's a small thing, but it really can help someone on the edge, so i hope You will be rewarded for that by feeling better. be strong and believe!
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I wish I could think like that.
I've been suicidal since I was 7.
That's almost 9 years of cutting and suicide attempts now.
I'm surprised that I've made it this far, even with meds/doctors/church/ect.
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you've made it this far for a reason. never stop.
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I try.
I wonder what that reason is, though.
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It's like any other medical condition. Some people have stomach issues and need to be fed through a tube. Some people have liver problems and need to spend 16 hours under a bili-light every day. People like you and I are "allergic" to life and it's hardships and they affect us disproportionately. And as in all the other cases, we just need to keep shopping around until we find the most effective cure "so far."
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About 3 months ago I would have put choice number 1 down for all of my answers.
I wanted to die, every second of every day. For 3 or 4 months.
Nobody should have to go through that.
I'm better now. Much better.
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Yeah I'm much happier now, and I'm happy I didn't make the choice to kill myself.
I love living.
BTW- thanks for the llama!
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Thank you for making this
When I read this I had tears in my eyes (no joke)
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you're very welcome!
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Amen! I'm surprised this stamp's not crazy popular. The message is pretty powerful.
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well the best I can say is 1) it's a few hours you didn't have before, 2) make a note of using your few hours to look for something that works better. your options are never truly exhausted regardless of how it might look.
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