I wanted to share some stuff I go through in case you or a friend you have feels like they want to die because they're extremely depressed.

Firstly,

You don't want to die. You want to be happy and alive. It just hurts a lot.

It's usually not that you want to die. Everyone pretty much wants to be happy and live. It's just that you think you're never going to be happy and everything is very, very painful so you want to not exist. You don't want to be in pain and everything feels awful so that's where the suicide idea comes into play. You just want stuff to stop sucking so hard. And it will stop sucking so hard.


It gets better.

It gets better. You will, eventually, feel better. No matter how bad it is, you will feel better. I know this is hard to consider but think about it logically. If you feel extremely, extremely horrible, the worst that you can possibly feel, then if your disposition changes, it can only get better. At the very least, you've got a 50/50 chance of feeling better. And it is worth it to feel better. Also, I know how stupid and trite "time heals all wounds" sounds and that you've heard it before. But given some time, even a few hours, you will feel better.


You are not alone.

Especially if you're reading this. You are not alone, not really. You're on a computer and on an internet site and a community where you have at least something in common with the users here. Many people on this site, in your town, in your country, in the world have felt exactly like you do. You are not alone, not really. Contact someone else, be around other people, simply because it's harder to kill yourself if there's a bunch of other people around you. Have someone stay with you for the night (suicide's more common at night), you don't have to tell them why if you don't want to (but it's a good idea).


Try before you die.

Try to help yourself and try to get help. Help comes in different forms. Sometimes it means calling a hotline (1-800-273-8255). Sometimes it means doing something that you know will make you feel better. Sometimes it's meds. Sometimes it's watching a movie or eating. Whatever it is, do it. Even if you're not sure if something will make you feel better, do it and see. You can die any time you choose, so you might as well try to feel better. Suicide can always be "later", but trying to feel better isn't possible after you're dead, it doesn't work the other way around.


Go to sleep.

I don't care how you do it but go to sleep. Take a nap or go to sleep for the night. There's probably some medical reason, but whatever it is, this works for me a lot. Go to sleep. Some people say "go out for a walk" or something it might work for you. Go to sleep, you will feel better when you wake up. Suicidal people are usually exhausted. Go to sleep. Rested and suicidal is better than exhausted and suicidal, so you will at least feel better in THAT aspect, and feeling just a little bit better, can make all the difference.

End to an Ode(Quoted, that is)

Most of the time, I find myself unable to articulate myself properly to convey to people what I mean to say. Sometimes it's important and I feel frustrated enough to want to or start to cry because I can't find the words. This time? I found them through someone else. Please do take this to heart if you are feeling suicidal or depressed. Or in the future, just remember these things in bold. Please.

(Nothing happened btw)