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Does it ever get better. I feel like I’m just always trying to survive and I’m barely making it.
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Anonymous 19h

yes it does when i was 15 i tried to end it all, never saw myself making it past 18. Hated myself, who I was, how I was, what I looked like. I’m 23, finally on the right medication - do i still get sad as fuck sometimes and feels like only survival? yes but 70% of the time i would say life feels full of worth and purpose, and im living. it does. everyone always says it so it sounds cliche, but trust me - if you try and really want it to be better, it will get better ❤️

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Anonymous 18h

It does! 5 years ago I genuinely was ready, the scars on my arms only did so much so, I had texted hotlines when I felt the urge to cut deeper too, didn’t help any so I decided that was that, I had the letters written out, plan ready and set. And yet, when I finally went to do it, i hesitated. I thought about my friends living life and going on without me and I thought abt how I wouldn’t be there to enjoy it. - I suddenly realized, there was so much more life that had yet to be lived. I went

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 18h

to my Dr, saw a psychiatrist then eventually went to therapy. I got diagnosed with depression and put on meds too. (It was so bad I couldn’t even be around knives or scissors) Now I’m 5 years SH free, full time job that pays GREAT. Graduated college, I have great friends, and a full career ahead of me. Whenever I start spiraling into old habits I catch myself and get out of the house. (I personally enjoy getting something sweet to drink like Starbucks, then going to Barnes & noble to pick out

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 18h

a good book.) Life does get better, and though it may seem like your drowning, your savior walks on water. Just to say it will seem like an everything is bad while you’re going through it, but at the end of the tunnel there is light.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 18h

proud of you stranger ❤️ glad you stuck around

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

Thank you! I’m proud of you too🩷 it was actually your response that encouraged me to share my story

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