I Remember My First Painful Breakup [Painful Breakups]

Do you remember your first painful breakup? I was 18 years old, and my girlfriend just dumped me. I didn't see it coming. I had just given her a $500 ring with her birthstone (blue topaz), and I was waiting until Christmas to give her a blue topaz bracelet. She happily accepted, then dumped me. At this point in my life, I had just started receiving treatment for mental illness. I had started an antidepressant called Lexapro. I swallowed about six of them, then drive to my church. It was late, about 11:00. I sat there, just waiting to die. Well, I didn't die. Instead, the following week was the worst of my life. Aside from the sickness (worst sickness ever), my entire family was giving me the "stupid choice" lecture, just in case I hadn't figured it out. When I recovered, the only "treatment" I was given was prayer. Yea, that cures everything. Apparently my stupid choice turned them off to medication. It wasn't until I was 20 that I started a new medication and treatment. I made the choice myself, and I'm glad I did.