💙 Things Get Better When You Stay 💙 [Trigger Warning For Suicide] (Patreon)

So, someone I knew killed themselves this week and it got me thinking about other people who might be contemplating suicide.

First of all, if you are thinking about suicide, I am so sorry that you feel so terrible. 

Second of all, I know I don't know you or your circumstances, but I really do think you have every reason to keep on going. 

And thirdly, I fully appreciate that life is exhausting and unfair and it makes things feel pointless, but there really is so much more to it.   

Things might be awful now, the worst they've ever been, but life is fickle, and things really do change. And more importantly, we change. Whether it's our feelings, our situations, or even our outlooks - change is always possible. But only if we stay.

 Again, I fully appreciate that I don't know you, but please, please don't give up!

I've had similar feelings in life, and at the time, I really did believe there was no point in carrying on, but I was wrong. My friend was wrong. And I can't even imagine how much his family would give to tell him that he was wrong, and that he was loved.

Please listen to this next part because it's the most important: 

*You deserve every chance of enjoying your life, but you can only do that if you stay.*   

Please keep on because there's so much good that could happen. There's so much good that you can be and do. And you deserve to see that through. 

I cannot know what's led you to feel so awful, and I am incredibly sorry that you have to go through this. But please know that this isn't the end. You have so much more to come.    

So, if you're feeling like you might do something to yourself, please:

Stop, take a breath, and don't do anything rash.   

You have the time to make your life better. I promise you.

Please, please stay. 

Best wishes,

Tea