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Deb, my friend killed herself this morning.

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She wanted me to come to Trivia on a Monday night, and I said I didn't want to come, and she said why not, why not come so we can all get through this together. And I said long story, and I did say but what I didn't say I don't want to socialise with Deb's husband, or her sister, I was friends with Deb, and I tolerated her husband but I avoided her sister. I had told Y I don't like trivia anyway.

I think maybe she was wanting support from me, and maybe she felt down about that.
 
So I texted her and said I was really sorry that I wasn't there for her the week that she found out, that I had missed her message on Facebook. I would have been there if I had gotten that. That I am currently besieged with dental and ear issues. That I really wanted to be there for her. That I send love and hugs, and I think she got it.
 
So L of T&L came to get the bird cage today, which was bitter because I tried to contact her after she came back from America three times to say "I think Deb is going to kill herself", and she never got back to me. So I was frustrated about that. So I pleaded illness and got B to give her the cage. It is too late now, and if I was to be friends with her I would have to see Deb's husband and her sister, and that is not for me, life is too short.
 
I'm really sorry

It is all the harder when it is a slow motion train crash, you are watching but no one else will either listen to you or see what is about to happen. That's shit, but it's not your fault

It wasn't cassandra's fault that she was cursed and no one would believe her foresight.

I think that guilt (if only I'd... could'a should'a would'a ) is a normal part of grief,
Especially when the person chose to end it themselves

I've been there, long enough ago to realise that it probably wasn't in my hands

The friend was already calm and no one suspected anything.

I hope that this helps bring you some peace of mind

Hugs
 
It’s not your fault Deb killed herself.
It’s not your friends’ fault Deb killed herself.
Yeah, yeah, yeah I get it but I then lose it.

And I suspect, as Deb was playing them off against each other, that she did the same with me. Also L is socially phobic and agoraphobic, she was not equipped.

It is all the harder when it is a slow motion train crash, you are watching but no one else will either listen to you or see what is about to happen.
It was frustrating.

It wasn't cassandra's fault that she was cursed and no one would believe her foresight.
Yeah

I think that guilt (if only I'd... could'a should'a would'a ) is a normal part of grief,
Especially when the person chose to end it themselves
Probably

I've been there, long enough ago to realise that it probably wasn't in my hands
Yeah

I hope that this helps bring you some peace of mind
Hopefully

Thanks
 
Cognitive Distortion:
I have the power to change a person's mind just because it is better for them to think the way that I do.

I have the right to think that others should know that I am right and will do what I know is best for another person.

Each of you tried.
Each of you failed.

This was nobody's responsibility besides your friends. And she had plans that were different than each of yours were. Regardless of your good intentions.
 
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