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I had to walk through the dark to get to the light

MorgsSmiles24 MorgsSmiles24 Posts: 120 The Mix Convert
in Health & Wellbeing
For just over a year, I felt quite depressed and on top of that I was hearing voices telling me to take my life and harm myself. When I was stressed or anxious, the voices got louder. I remember the day I "gave in" as I just wanted to numb the pain. Thankfully, I didn't take much of anything that might have warranted me going to hospital. I was in therapy at the time and I told them what I did and felt like it was "silly" but they assured me that it wasn't. As the months went on, I managed to learn how to manage the voices and my way of thinking about myself and my life. I still get the odd bad, but I hope my story is motivation for those going through something similar, that thing can and do get better. :)

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.”

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  • toffuna101toffuna101 Posts: 4,260 Community Veteran
    thank you for sharing your story. i went through a similar thing where i was hearing voices telling me to do horrible things which i wont share on here because its too gruesome but i managed to survive and get through it. now i feel much better. i even went to a psychiatric hospital because of my psychosis which was bad but i managed to get through that admission too. im so proud of you for being strong and getting through the dark to get to the light.
  • MorgsSmiles24 MorgsSmiles24 Posts: 120 The Mix Convert
    toffuna101 wrote: »
    thank you for sharing your story. i went through a similar thing where i was hearing voices telling me to do horrible things which i wont share on here because its too gruesome but i managed to survive and get through it. now i feel much better. i even went to a psychiatric hospital because of my psychosis which was bad but i managed to get through that admission too. im so proud of you for being strong and getting through the dark to get to the light.

    Thank you! :3 It's good to hear other people's stories of how they've managed through difficult times.

    “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.”

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