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I wanna apologize for my earlier post.. I feel broken at times but I don't mean to sound negative

Y'know back when I was suicidal I was hanging out with one of my closest friends. Homies a real thug, rarely shows emotions. Keeps it stoic.

We were in the middle of talking, a regular ol' conversation. Nothing too heavy. Then he looked at me with this defeated look on his face & told me "dude please don't end it. I need you here. You're my spirit right now man. I NEED you"

That was one of the most powerful things anyone's told me. Idk why.

Then there was another time I was playing this song by myself. I was singing my heart out to the lyrics because it was a meaningful song to me & it hurt me a lot. Out of nowhere my sister walked in & she saw me singing. She came over & hugged me then said "Dude I love you... I don't know what I would do without you".

I hugged her back & started bawling 馃槶 I didn't even say anything. That's the only time in my life I've ever hugged someone & just cried. It helped a lot more than I would've thought.

Now on to my brother.. out of all my siblings him & I are the closest in age & we shared a room growing up. We are completely different.. he's always been in the books while I was in the streets. But we think the same & have the same sense of humor.

One day he texted me saying "Hey I know we don't talk about this stuff but I just wanted to tell you how much you mean to me. I can't imagine my life without you & now that my daughter's ready to be born I'm so excited that you get to be part of her life. I thought I was lucky to have you but I feel even luckier now that she gets to have you too"

Each of those moments were last year. I was in a very dark place & I'm mostly past it now but I still feel broken at times. It's those 3 moments that kept me holding on the most. My relationships when it comes to family & friends might mean more to me than I mean to myself sometimes.

Anyway, maybe I'm just writing this to counteract the sadness of my last post. I'm mostly here to talk & joke around but I'm here to be honest as well. That includes the hurtful stuff too. Thank you to anyone who even cares 馃し I'm okay.
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Mamapolo2016F
I'm glad you're okay.

I love that you avoid the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth and keep on that upward path.

All of us have our moments.

Those dark hours when you think the drastic solution makes sense, remember that people you value, value YOU.

You are therefore not worthless and taking that goodness from those you love is the worst kind of theft.

I like you!
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Mamapolo2016 I appreciate this 馃ズ I can't take myself away from my family.. I'm here for them more than myself. When I have those moments I try to think of my sister because I know she'd take it the hardest.

Thank you though, I like you too 馃
Mamapolo2016F
@ChiefWalksWith40oz A shrink once told me, when I was in that dark place, "The things we say to ourselves, we hear the loudest and they can be the cruelest. So talk nice to you in your thoughts."
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Mamapolo2016 we can be our own biggest critics at times. I'm currently working on finding things in myself that I like.. a friend of mine asked me to name one thing I love about myself & I couldn't give an answer. That told me a lot
Mamapolo2016F
@ChiefWalksWith40oz I don't even know you, but I can name some.

1. Sense of humor.
2. Sense of play
3. Good writing
4. Purpose
5. Determination
6. Valuing friends and family
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Mamapolo2016 馃ズ aw.. thanks 馃檹 I don't know how I tend to overlook even the simplest traits like those.
I guess one thing I can say I love about me is that I have a lot of love in me. I guess I need to give more of it to myself though
Mamapolo2016F
@ChiefWalksWith40oz This all should be a lesson to each of us.

Don't just feel the love - send it out in words, too!
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Mamapolo2016 excellent advice. A few months ago I told a good friend of mine that I love her & she said she loves me too.. then we made fun of each other for sounding corny 馃槀

but it actually felt nice telling a friend that I love them & hearing it said back 馃檭 I've never really done that before