I first broke my silence over mental health issues when I came clean about my diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder on this very website. Because part of the reason that so many take their own lives is the tremendous taboo surrounding depression and suicide. Most of the time, the people around them have no idea that this drastic final gesture is on the cards. They shoot themselves, they overdose, they slash veins and they inhale gas. As many as 100,000 are estimated to have attempted it. It was so, so sad.Įvery year in the UK, 5,000 people succeed in committing suicide. He ended up in a prison psychiatric hospital. Later on, he tried to kill himself by starting a fire in his flat. But G died, drunk and emotional after storming out of the pub following an argument with her boyfriend. We'd been giggling over fancy dress plans just the day before it happened. She was smart, vivacious, funny, bloody gorgeous – the last person you'd expect to ever feel unhappy. My friend G (full name withheld as her family still refuses to accept that she committed suicide) did the same thing seven years ago, at exactly the same age I am now. All I know is that I survived, thanks to the swift actions of said partner. I barely remember what followed immediately afterwards. Mired in sadness, devoid of hope, and brooding on a stupid fight with my partner, I sat in my bedroom and necked anti-depressants (oh the irony) like Smarties, all washed down with a tidal wave of whisky. There was a trip to casualty, too – again, not atypical. Like your average A-list party, there was plenty of booze and a few pills involved. A few weeks ago I joined the same exclusive club as Drew Barrymore, Eminem, Britney Spears and a host of other celebs.
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