Recent content by Wisdomhunter

Thank you for asking this question because it’s something I have often wondered. I know when I feel bad, so what is feeling good like? Feeling nothing, like I’m just switched off on the inside and going through the motions of life, is the best I’ve had in years. It’s a relief to feel numb but I...

My coworker bit a hole in the page of my notebook today then got his toe stuck in it. He screamed at me as if it was all my fault.

I used to see a former therapist in a church. We usually met in the pastor’s office but occasionally we had to meet in a different room. Disturbing enough but people would knock on the door or even start to open it sometimes. I suggested she could put a sign on the door but she didn’t think it...

I got a new budgie (parakeet) soon after I lost my Mum and he has been my reason to keep going many times in the past year! It is a responsibility and I knew that when I got him. I know he would be well looked after if I wasn’t here but he’s so attached to me it would be hard for him to adjust...

Thank you for these replies, I can’t express what it feels like to write about this and be met with understanding and support. It’s such a lonely existence when you can’t share the extent of your suffering with the people in your life so I’m glad I have found this forum.

Since my early teens I have struggled with thoughts of ending it all, not wanting to be here, wishing I could just die. I actually used to pray every night that I could die before I even discovered that people actually ended their own lives. I remember clearly, when a friend told about someone...

Hello everyone. I lost my Mum 10 months ago. I lived with her all my life and was her main carer for 6 years. In the last year of her life she had cancer and what we went through with her was so awful I can’t bear to think about it. I saw things I never even imagined could happen in the body of...