What would you have told yourself ten years ago?

[IsolatedChaos]

I'd tell myself to kill myself about 4 years later. Past 6 years have genuinely been nothing but suffering. We peaked 4 years from now, end it there.

 

[ElTopo]

Spend all your paycheck on Nvidia stocks, btc and gold

 

[ghosted1]

Don't go back on antidepressants, I know you're leaving the system BUT DON'T ASK THEM TO GIVE YOU RISPERIDONE.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

I would've told myself 10 years ago: " Make these your top goals by far. 1. do everything to get Nembutal at at lest 4 bottles. Nembutal was available for purchase online at least since 2012 to may 2022 from email contacts in the pph the golden age. 2. once you get it in hand store it correctly and do everything to be able to drink it and suicide asap . nothing else matters everything else is meaningless. and the other garbage i have to do like , working a job, daily chores, to do lists , groceries , washing clothes ,eating , trying to sleep, cleaning, trying to fix problems etc i do only to avoid even worse suffering and pain i don't want to do these and the only reasons i'm doing them is because i haven't killed myself . if i do 1 and 2 then i won't have to do anything ever again and also i'm out of the threat of extreme torture forever ( i win). and also i will never suffer unbearable pain nor any suffering , no problems , no chores , no bad memories no pain ever for all time.

 

[impossible_victory]

I would tell myself to stop trying, nothing will work out

 

[violetforever]

the trauma never ends

 

[assassinlord82]

i cant think of anything besides saying "be strong", always feel like id turn out this way either way

 

[Proceed]

Nothing.

 

[FoxSauce]

I woukd tell myself- girl trust me mom doesnt care of you are a honor student
No it wasnt your fault. Mom wont change no matter how hard you try.

Please dont stress out about school wont matter either way.
Stop playing with fire jesus...

Dont pretend to be someone else

Guess thats it

 

[nitrogenous]

"It's not worth it… once you graduate undergrad, everything will start falling apart, including your will and ability to live"

 

[terrifiedofhumans]

"All your study, all your work will lead to nothing because socializing just gets harder and harder, there will be a point where you just can't leave the house and the simple thought of having a synchronous conversation will make your heart pound. Just ctb now, you're right, there's nothing in the future for you."

 

[black_iris]

i would just hug her

(and maybe tell her to have better posture)

 

[endboss]

Keep the volume down and find another hobby you fucking idiot and don't trust that psychiatrist you have with anything

 

[untothedepths]

do whatever it takes to get away from your fucking parents, even running away.

 

[iamjustapebble]

"just do it" lol

 

[SoverignDreamer97]

Shh! I wouldn't wanna spoil the fun.

 

[letmeoff]

1. It doesn't get better. Ignore the pro-life slogans. They're empty statements constructed by a corrupted society that spews platitudes, bullshit and rainbows to distract from the fact that we're caught in a capitalistic hellscape. A life where inequality, poverty and injustice are the norm and you're more likely to wither away on the street than find any shred of fulfillment.

2. Formal education is pointless. You'd be better off playing video games on the couch for the next decade than slaving away for an academic system that will still treat you like trash regardless.

 

[TokaNoOwari]

jump.

 

[Alcoholic Teletubby]

"Fuck are you doin'? DRAW!"

 

[houseofleaves]

"Kill yourself. It won't get better."

 

[hurts2b-old]

I don't know. I don't know who that person is.

 

[SD2007]

Is there anything you would have told yourself ten years ago? Besides lottery numbers. What would it be, or would you rather just go through it all again?

Study more, Find new friends you actually like and are happy around and Don't spend so much time playing video games

 

[OkayFine]

Stop pretending you're straight. It's not sustainable and the people who disapprove will end up hating you anyway. Also, probably best to go ahead and end it. It doesn't get better, and it isn't worth the pain and effort.

 

[DoomsdayCTB]

He will betray you again. just leave and go to Colorado/California. fuck him.

 

[6486159051]

Things will get so much worse in ways you cannot even imagine. Every time you feel a bit of hope, it will be dashed to pieces.

Also, I completely agree with @letmeoff's 2nd point about academia. I think academia is partially responsible for my current state.

 

[PanaxMan]

Is there anything you would have told yourself ten years ago? Besides lottery numbers. What would it be, or would you rather just go through it all again?

Maybe change anything to not have gone down this path. But it's too late isn't it

 

[morina]

"Transition and go vegan right now, later you will do so anyway and just regret so much that you waited. Google 'DIY HRT'. Also, don't major in what you currently think you want to major in, you will hate it; major in something else instead. Lastly, tell people in the psychiatric system only what they want to hear, if you do otherwise they won't help you, only threaten you."
...though all that would probably not cure my long-lasting suicidality anyway, so who cares.

 

[gunmetalblue]

Jump before it gets bad.

 

[RinneOfAragon]

buy sn off Amazon while it's cheap and available

 

[Lamentice]

I wouldn't have anything to say, just cause I am happy with the person I am and know I would be growing into that person, I'd be more interested in listening so younger me would have someone to speak to who is safe and understands, that would have been the most valuable to me back then. Any advice would be pretty void I'd imagine and would require too much explanation. Maybe I'd tell myself to start a journal again and keep it this time, because the record will actually be really helpful later, but ehh I'd be hard pressed getting me to do that at that time.

Me 10 years ago just needed someone safe and unintrusive to see them. Although, if I tried to ask a bunch of questions (likely) I wouldn't want to talk to a younger me at all; lots of what I've learned in my life have only come with experience, an explanation wouldn't translate to the version of me without experience, I'd be wasting both of our times.