deadwithoutmusic
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- Sep 10, 2020
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I have some things on my mind tonight so I might make a few posts.
Often when I hear people talk about suicide victims they say things like, they were in a dark place, they weren't in the right mind, depression caused this, etc. Even when talking to my therapist she often says things like, "that's just the depression talking", almost invalidating my feelings in a way by saying that I don't actually mean or think that, it's just that I have depression. Why can't I have a rational thought and be depressed? I get that being depressed may cloud my judgement a lot of the time and make me not want to do a lot of things when I'm feeling down but at the same time I think I can also have rational thoughts. I think my decision to ctb is quite rational. I've thought it through and it's not very impulsive at all.
What does everyone else think?
Often when I hear people talk about suicide victims they say things like, they were in a dark place, they weren't in the right mind, depression caused this, etc. Even when talking to my therapist she often says things like, "that's just the depression talking", almost invalidating my feelings in a way by saying that I don't actually mean or think that, it's just that I have depression. Why can't I have a rational thought and be depressed? I get that being depressed may cloud my judgement a lot of the time and make me not want to do a lot of things when I'm feeling down but at the same time I think I can also have rational thoughts. I think my decision to ctb is quite rational. I've thought it through and it's not very impulsive at all.
What does everyone else think?