Reasons Why.
In light of #13ReasonsWhy, it may be appropriate for me to write a few words as to the reasons why you should stay alive.
See, people say that the act of committing suicide is an act of cowardice - that most people choose not to take that “easy way out”, even in the light of the state that the world is in these days.
In the mindset of a suicidal person, I doubt that it would matter if other people saw them as cowards, for nothing may seem to matter to those that are dead.
You’re not a coward, or weak, for having the desperate hope to end the nightmares that may be haunting you in this very moment; it may be in the form of bullies, or poor grades, or peer pressures, or assaults...
Others say that suicide is an act that inflicts a world of pain to those that still love you.
It’s true - but you don’t really care about that, do you?
They’ve let you down.
People let you down.
(But do keep trying to find someone to talk to, though...There’s always someone.)
I do wonder though...could you be the hero that you really need?
(If heroism doesn’t seem appealing to you...why not become a friend for yourself to lean on?)
If you feel that there’s no one out there that might help you;
if you feel that there’s no one that you could open up your heart to
- I’d strongly advise you to look for those that could never let you down; it could be any one of those books; songs; poems; movies; or even tv-shows.
Mediums of Creative Arts.
Look for those words and characters that give you that sense of hope, or trust that no one else in your life seems to give you. Those creative voices that tell you, that there’s more to this life than the horrors of your present Time.
Hold on to those.
It was Sherlock Holmes for me during my teenage years and as the years went by, the list of things that keep me on this planet have grown.
Doctor Who
Critical Role
Everybody Loves Me by OneRepublic.
Scars by Anna Nalick.
Twilight by Vanessa Carlton
Sober by Kelly Clarkson
The West Wing
Elizabethtown
The list keeps growing and it’s okay if your list doesn’t grow.
Even if it were just one book,
one song,
That one line in your favourite poem.
Don’t let anyone, or anything else, keep you away from it.
Hold onto it.
If you’re worried that you might become addicted to it; that you won’t grow out of it...
Never fear - Time will tell.
And, if you do manage to wake up the next day, or after the nap that you’d just taken, and you try becoming a hero for your own sanity...
Well, the World is in dire need of heroes like you.
Heroes that could still be kind towards themselves and others.
Face down those that try to bring you down with kindness and the hope for better days.
That vicious cycle of helplessness shall not take away the days that may bring you joy and hope.
After all these years, Holmes still stands with me,
I shall Stand with you.
#13ReasonsWhy, and more, why you may want to end it all.
But one beautiful reason to keep on living
to keep trying.
-You are not alone.