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Im new here. And im just trying to find support, prayer, someone just to listen and talk to. Ive battled with SI since i was 13 and Im 27 now. My life hasnt ever been great Ive battled many things in life that few people will ever see in a lifetime. I thought i got my life back on track when i was 18 and i did i came off of drugs and SI and got on track. I did it to make my mom proud of me which was the biggest thing for me to do. But almost two years ago when I lost my mom to suicide My life fell to pieces and i fell back to old coping skills to deal with it. I havent been able to deal with it and then when i lost my brother to suicide it just made me feel worse. Ive felt like losing them was my fault and maybe i could of saved them. But now days the only time i feel real or as if im alive is from SI and may it only be for a min or two it lets me know im alive. So please any help or prayer would be nice.
 

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:hug: I'll definitely pray for you broken heart. I struggled with SI since I was 16 and I am now 24. I'm sorry about your mom and brother... that is very sad... maybe it would help if you talked to someone about it? I know it has helped me to talk about things I went through and am going through... si, I have learned only causes more pain... working through it is harder, but you feel better about yourself. it is a daily struggle, but I draw my strength from God and realize anything other then I am a beautiful, full of purpose woman, who is loved and accepted by a great God, is a lie. You are too... I know it may be hard to see yourself that way at times, because it is hard for me too, but you are... praying for you. Shara
 
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sweetie *HUG* ... i've lost three people to suicide too. i really felt guilty for my dad's. i can talk more about it if needed. but i'd rather focus on your healing.
bless your heart!... this is a rough road with many triggers. you will get very distraught and triggered, then seem to start grieving all over again. we each have a different time-line on mourning. what helped me during these trials was creating a memory book. i use pictures, cut outs, poems, dried flowers, paper announcements, etc... then i worked on it as i mourned. later i pulled it out of the closet to read the memorials etc. so, i could walk through all my grief and memories. now many years later, i consider my time of grief has been replaced by some very special memories. i can ponder and pass on to my children and their children, the funny or mazing stories, without falling to pieces. you are in my prayers....
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Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

xo dee :prayer:
 
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Thank you goldenviolet. I hope one day to be where you are with the grieving. Right now im just a mess. I feel im just a shell of a person trying to survive. I tend to try not to think or to have feelings because the feelings are just to much. Ive had alot of problems in my life from abuse to loss and i never was able to heal from any. Im currently in therapy and I have to take meds because im bipolar ad have anxiety disorder, and i also have ptsd. But it cant fix what my heart feels. Maybe im weak and just so lost.
 
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