When You Feel Like You Can’t Go On Any Longer

Life can be so hard. The world can feel like a big negative gloomy place. Especially when you are feeling down. You feel hopeless, discouraged, gloomy, exhausted, and so sad. Life just feels like it sucks.

The feelings you are feeling right now although tormenting, are so temporary. You know how I know this? Because every single thing in life including hopelessness, depression or suicidal thoughts are temporary. Even though the sadness feels like it won’t stop, nothing in life lasts forever. Even if you have been dealing with it for what feels like forever, it’s still temporary. I know it does not feel like it but it does get better.

A lot of times, when we get in depressive states we feel like no one cares and we are a burden. There are people out there that do care about you. I promise you someone loves you and cares and you are not a burden. Tell someone. Tell them how you feel. You’ll be surprised how many actually care. So many lives would be affected if anything happened to you.

Find some type of hope. When I was younger I had a bad home life, no health, no life, severe anxiety and I felt like my only escape was death. The one thing that kept me going was the hope. Hope that one day I would have a family of my own. That I would have children I could love and give them everything I couldn’t have.  I want that more than anything. And that is what I hold onto.  It only takes one thing to hold on to. There are things in life you have left to experience. And whatever you desire in life is one of the things you can hold on to. What are things you still have left that you want to accomplish? Do you want to see the world? Start a family? Have a successful career? Don’t let depression cloud your happy ending.

Things really genuinely truly do get better, especially when you ask for help. It is so hard but you can do it. You will be the one that makes it better. There are so many people that have been in your state before and their life got better and they could not imagine if anything happened to them. You don’t deserve to walk around and feel sad all the time. So please take it from someone who has been there. Do whatever it takes to get yourself better, even if it means cutting some people out of your life or finding a new home. Who knows maybe one day you will inspire someone in the exact same situation as you. Things will get better and they get better with time and you will be there to see it.

If you are feeling suicidal get help. Go to the hospital, call your nearest therapist, tell a trusted family member/friend or call the suicide hotline 1800- 273-8255. There is help out there.