Giving Up Seems So Easy….
Over the last couple of weeks as you know I have been struggling and yes, sometimes giving up “seems” easy. I would escape the pain, I would escape knowing how to turn my life around, I would escape having to find a way of rebuilding my life.
Yet is it so easy?
You think of people YOU will hurt, you think of people that will MISS you, you think of how others would give anything to be alive, you think of whether death is an appealing alternative…..
Giving up may seem an easier alternative however it would be hardest on the people you love…fighting through the depression may be hard but from all the comments I see and all the people who I know have 
come through grief, to find a new life, can and will be worthwhile :)
Come on let’s do it together!
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4 opinions for Giving Up Seems So Easy….
Mary
Jun 16, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Anna, dear Anna, you really have been going through a rough patch in recent weeks. Thank you for sharing your struggle with me and your other readers. Sometimes I think that Michael got off easy (!) by dying, because I was left to deal with the funeral arrangements, finances, and emotions. Early on, I thought that dying would not be so bad (maybe I’d be reunited with him.), because it would end the pain. But I never seriously contemplated ending my life. My sister attempted suicide twice. The second time was two years ago. The thought of losing her was unbearable, and I pray that she’ll reach out to me if she gets in that dark place again. I believe firmly that the sun will reappear after a storm. That’s what I’ve looked forward to even when grief has overwhelmed me.
Hugs,
Mary
Anna Farmery
Jun 17, 2008 at 5:06 am
I have just changed my screen saver to a picture of sunshine…with the words the sun will reappear after the storm.
Thank you those words will now be with me each day :)
Jessica
Jun 17, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I can see how people will contemplate suicide when things bottom out. But, like others, I think about those who would be devastated (my mother, my sister) if I took that route. I do find that I don’t fear death anymore, but I don’t want to seek it by my own hand. I have a lot to live for, and each day I feel a little better than
the day before (usually).
Anna, I have not read all of your earlier posts - but I would really miss you if you quit posting! This was my first contact with another widow (other than my sis and mom) and you made me realize that others “get on down the road” and that some days are worse than others; and these are things I will have to realize and deal with.
Thanks for being there, and I will try to be more attentive to your “dark days” and be supportive to you.
anna
Jun 18, 2008 at 7:12 am
Jessica - thank you. I am normally a positive person, one who sees the good not the bad. In some way I think that is what causes the dark days! Because I feel I should be positive…..this community is the best. Honestly I don’t know what I would have done without it.
None of you will know how much the comments help, as I say it helps take away the loneliness. And tell us when you are down….maybe we can help you too x
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