lostforgottensoul
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.i am a burden to my family, to the society, to the whole world.....one less problem in the world without me!!!!!!!!
I still feel that way, every single day. It's a shitty exisitance and the only one I know as my daily suicidal thoughts started at the age of 8.
But, as alone as I am, as much as my family hates me, as much as I suck at being in this world and how most scamble to get away from me; I still cannot say honestly that not one person would hurt deeply from my suicide and I want to hurt myself, not anyone else.
Though I live in a crappy area barely scraping by and homelessness is a very real possiblity, I cannot say for certianity, if I am being honest with myself, that it will never get better. Never is a very long time. So I cannot say with certianity if I am being honest with myself that what I need (in your case a job and thus money) isn't just around the corner. Or around a few.
Also, pick apart your statement for a min. Bare with me, I have a point.
"i am a burden to my family"; your family's words or your own distorted thoughts? Distorted thinking is VERY common with PTSD. I think most of my thinking is distorted.
So, all of your family or just a few asshole members? All wouldn't just include parents & siblings but also aunts & uncles, cousins along with 2nd, 3rd etc, neices/nephews, their kids?, grand parents, any married in members X 2 (both sides of the family). So think of all of them.
I know on my dad's side alone there are well over 100 members that very much dislike me but there are a cousin here and there or a 2nd cousin, an aunt and uncle here and there. I can't say I am a burden to them all nor can I say none of them (including the ones that hate me) would really hurt if I died. Most especially at my own hands.
My mom is the 2nd youngest of 14, her family are too many to count. Most don't know me or ever met me. But a few have tracked me down.
"[I'm a burden] to the society, to the whole world.."
Now how would you know that for sure? I am part of society and the world as a whole and I don't think you are a burden.
I know this line of challenging can drive you nuts as it did me but I have a lot of this everyone/no one black & white distorted thinking and the most helpful exchange on here said to make it more realistic. So a few/several/many/[or a number of people] think i am a burden. Sounds silly but once I changed those words, my entire way of thinking changed. And it has really helped this black & white/all or nothing distorted thinking parrerns.
"one less problem in the world without me" i think I covered that in the above, again, distorted thinking. You aren't a burden to everyone in the world. Maybe to a select few people but the entire world isn't accurate.
I understand this ia how you feel and I also struggle with it so I fully get it but it makes it no less inaccurate and distortions.
I hope this helped at leaat a small bit. And I am sorry you are struggling! :hug:
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