Last night I was watching 'Have I Got News For You', one of my favourite satirical television shows. At the end they showed a fitting tribute to a regular guest, Charles Kennedy. He was a Liberal Democrat politician, quick-witted, intelligent, caring man that unfortunately died due to a hemorrhage related to his problems with alcohol. Addiction, is a mental illness, and these events got me thinking about a short post I put on an old blog that I thought I would share here.
'I have a tattoo with yellow on it to represent the ribbon for suicide awareness, one person I know who committed suicide was paranoid schizophrenic, two were depressed. I know of others who've suffered mental illnesses, and are close to them. I look back at my life and I’m pretty sure I can pinpoint moments in which I have been depressed, I have the scars to prove it.
We’re all just like you but with something extra.
It is hard and difficult and draining and exhausting and down right destroying at it’s worst but at it’s best, going so low can only make the highs, even the small ones, that much higher. It breaks me to have people I love hurt so much and to die, it upsets them that I hurt myself but I wouldn’t change any of it; it made us stronger as individuals and in our relationships and now I have a few more people to help me through the pearly gates when it’s my time and to be my guardian angels until then.
We’re all just like you but with something extra.'
Be vigilant, don't be afraid or too lazy to check on someone you think may be suffering, you could literally save a life.
'I have a tattoo with yellow on it to represent the ribbon for suicide awareness, one person I know who committed suicide was paranoid schizophrenic, two were depressed. I know of others who've suffered mental illnesses, and are close to them. I look back at my life and I’m pretty sure I can pinpoint moments in which I have been depressed, I have the scars to prove it.
We’re all just like you but with something extra.
It is hard and difficult and draining and exhausting and down right destroying at it’s worst but at it’s best, going so low can only make the highs, even the small ones, that much higher. It breaks me to have people I love hurt so much and to die, it upsets them that I hurt myself but I wouldn’t change any of it; it made us stronger as individuals and in our relationships and now I have a few more people to help me through the pearly gates when it’s my time and to be my guardian angels until then.
We’re all just like you but with something extra.'
Be vigilant, don't be afraid or too lazy to check on someone you think may be suffering, you could literally save a life.
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