What's Keeping You Alive?

[Sammy]

One more thing that keeps me alive... The return of a wayward cat - an answered prayer.

 

[Jade-]

BBQ chips sprinkled over strawberry/banana yogurt. I know I mentioned this earlier, but It's just so good I had to mention it again. I eat it every evening. Just can't get enough of it.

Ya know, today at work, I was asking myself what is keeping me alive. I honestly don't know what is. Something is. Maybe it's all the little things rolled into one.

I have so many major things going on in my life, yet today I was able to laugh. I had forgotten what that felt like.....

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Where else can I say all the things I do without being locked away?

That's so ****ing true! And....I don't know what else to say about it.

 

[Jade-]

Hmmmm......Shopping. Every week I buy at least one or two pairs of jeans. Even if I never wear them, I love buying them. I have so many now I have no where to put them. I started stacking them up on the floor in my bedroom.

Texting. I love being able to carry on a conversation without having to speak.

 

[tch75]

Spite. Just for spite, I will stay alive .

That's the one, at the moment.

Oh, and stubbornnes...

 

[PerfectEmpire]

1. The Internet
2. My spouse
3. Sleep, in a comfortable bed

A comfortable place to sleep, my spouse, and internet access. That's about all I need in life, really.

 

[Jade-]

PerfectEmpire, you sure don't need much to keep you alive, do you? LOL

I don't really need a comfortable place to sleep as much as I need sleep itself. I do need internet though....and I can do without my spouse some...

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Now?

My painting...at the same time it's playing with my sanity.

 

[Jade-]

Ayesha, It may be playing with your sanity, but it's also keeping you alive. Better crazy than dead, right? Haha

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Yes, sometimes it makes me want to pull my hair out...but at least there's meaning.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Oh, and my T. He makes me feel...hope.

he asked me if i was having an suicidal thoughts- i asked thinking about wanting to drive your car into a tree counts?

Hope...Maybe

 

[James B.]

Interacting with other trauma survivors, for mutual acceptance, validation and support, keeps me alive.