Pain
Its something that we all experience, and there are multiple types of pain. For the purposes of this post we are talking about emotional pain. Some years ago now I took a very serious step and tried to end my life. I drove my car at high speed into a fairly large tree. I wasnt successful obviously, but I was broken and damaged in ways people could never imagine. We use the word pain a lot in mental health, its used to cover a wide variety of feelings. I can tell you from experience you never want to feel the pain I felt that night. Even the pain from the crash didnt come close to the pain and emptiness that had become me. My carers often ask me would I do it again ? Would I try to harm myself ? I answer I don't know. Believe it or not its the truth. I cant say no I wont, because given that level of pain I might again decide no life is better than a life of never ending suffering. People find this so hard to deal with, pri...
Comments
Post a Comment