Dear Anonymous,



To make this letter a little shorter, I shall inform you what this parchment maybe about: Mental Illness, or even shorter. Suicide.
It is with great sadness that I admit I was diagnosed with a mental health disorder just short of three years ago and I confirm to only you that it is the greatest battle I have faced and continue to beat.

It strikes fear into me that people may not see my situation as remotely serious, due to those who are self absorbed. 
They tell me I'm stupid. 
But I still see them as wrong.
They make it a trend,
It has lost all meaning and is forgotten.

Ending your life is most definitely the bravest act to endure and to said person committing, it is the most selfless act they can commit.
But the action has lost all meaning, what with those who express frustration that their trains have been delayed, or perhaps a person who screams obscurities because their car has been sat for over half an hour.

It strikes fear into me because so many of us have lost what makes us so human. Nothing is ever selfless, it is always selfish yet it won't ever be distributed correctly.

But I worry that if I were to do the same, people would be struck with the same emotions.

I know what it is like to be paralysed and suffer a severe amount of chemical persuasions that tell me my self worth means nothing any more. I should hope that you know it takes great encouragement and a heap load of pain to remove yourself from existence because it may bring better pleasure to those who you feel you're a burden to. 

Do you not think to consider of how easy it is for a human to take a step in front of a train which is travelling 90mph?

Or perhaps the sadness a person must endure to pour over 20 tablets onto their tongue?

How odd of me to contemplate giving sympathy for a person who thought it was necessary to eliminate their existence?
Yes how very odd of me.

But when news hits my ears, I do not sit in anger at the one who has fallen, I sit in anger because some one has pushed them.

If you stand near a bridge and compliment the view, instead of the fall you may take, then may I suggest you take a second to be thankful for what you have.

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