Guessing that may be @whywere. Fighting sioux was in his 70s I think. He got to go out the way everyone wants to.
(I have recent join date but have been lurking and reading a lot of the stuff here.)
Good for him. I hope it was peaceful and painless.
I'm almost 57 (and new here - I read all the intro. info but didn't see an "introduce yourself" forum, thank gods. I hate those; who remembers what's on them?)
Anyway, I'm 57 (almost) and I feel it, what you're all saying about suffering young and I'm feeling for you in it. I could hit you with some platitudes about, "hang in there... it gets easier," but you know. Life is freaking hard and frequently massively painful.
I'm so glad to be here because it comforts me to at least be able to talk about killing myself. I probably won't because I can't because there are people it would destroy. Which kinda pisses me off, in a way. I have to stay here for them; my love for them takes my choice away and forces me not only to not end my life when I want to but to actively try to preserve it (avoiding heart attacks risks, etc.) How F'd up is that?
I hope I'm not putting this in the wrong place or derailing OP's original intent.
Medusa
Thanks these; you guys are awesome; a comfort; easy company.
Generally, I think the world's just cruel, you have to assert yourself just to be able to survive, let alone live comfortably. Personally, I'm not really built for that.
I can
really connect with that. I once read a book (or part of one) or was it a web site? Whatever. The point is that it was, supposedly, specifically designed to help introverts get their blog sites noticed. Basically, the advice was to "get out there," get on social sites, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, et al, and network with others. Um... that's what
extroverted people do.
Anyway, I get you there as I'm not built for that either and never had been (and we all know how long that is now). Thankfully, there are site that offer jobs to for people who have no, or limited, desire to interact with others.
I go so far as needing something I can do
when I can do it rather having set hours. I have a list if your interested.