To die of a broken heart

[Chaossaber314]

Quote by: Anmon Yes, get over it, women do easily, so should men, go out and find another pretty bird, theres plenty of them around.

Severe clinical depression is not something one simply gets over.

[Anmon]

Well I did.

[Domino]

The you are a superman, and you shouldn't expect others to live up to your standards.

[Century 25]

Quote by: Maryjane The question: Can you die of a broken heart? | Society | The Guardian Extreme grief can trigger atrial fibrillation. It's happened to many widowed people I know. It also happened to me. I know a few people that have committed suicide over the loss of their spouse. We talked about this last night in chat. Take a walk in a cemetery and notice on the head stones how many senior couples die within a short time of each other.

Yes.. it can kill you. Grief. Or it can lead one to take crazy risks that lead to death. Or suicide. The immune system can weaken too.. leaving one open to..??

At any rate.. it feels like your heart is splintered into dust, and you wish you were dead. The song.. "Evening Falls" (Enya) - it feels like that 24/7for a long time.. "lost in oceans of night" - that is the feeling.

When the evening falls
And the daylight is fading,
From within me calls
Could it be I am sleeping?
For a moment I stray,
Then it holds me completely
Close to home - I cannot say
Close to home feeling so far away

As I walk the room there before me a shadow
From another world, where no other can follow
Carry me to my own, to where I can cross over
Close to home - I cannot say
Close to home feeling so far away

Forever searching; never right,
I am lost in oceans of night.Forever hoping I can find memories
Those memories I left behind

Even though I leave will I go on believing
That this time is real - am I lost in this feeling?
Like a child passing through,
Never knowing the reason
I am home - I know the way
I am home - feeling oh, so far away...

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[Chaossaber314]

Quote by: Anmon Well I did.

Then it wasn't severe clinical depression.

[Anmon]

Quote by: Chaossaber314 Then it wasn't severe clinical depression.

It was I was diagnosed with it, and spent three different periods in clinics in my mid twentys undergoing therapy.
Some days I just didn't get out bed, my whole world was so black, trust me Ive well and truly been there, I spent all up around a year in them, the longest period and the worst being seven months, with two following relapses, one being caused of fighting with police, and being taken there. I threw myself off a two story roof at one institute and broke one of my ankles and busted one of my ears. I think that experience actually helped to slowly pull me out of it, a lot of the drugs I was given were throwing me into all kinds of behaviour, and probably at the time did more harm than good.

[Anmon]

Quote by: Domino The you are a superman, and you shouldn't expect others to live up to your standards.

If I can do it anyone can.

[Chaossaber314]

Quote by: Anmon It was I was diagnosed with it, and spent three different periods in clinics in my mid twentys undergoing therapy. Some days I just didn't get out bed, my whole world was so black, trust me Ive well and truly been there, I spent all up around a year in them, the longest period and the worst being seven months, with two following relapses, one being caused of fighting with police, and being taken there. I threw myself off a two story roof at one institute and broke one of my ankles and busted one of my ears. I think that experience actually helped to slowly pull me out of it, a lot of the drugs I was given were throwing me into all kinds of behaviour, and probably at the time did more harm than good.

So as I said before, you didn't simply get over it as you demand of others.

[Anmon]

You say 'simply' when I didn't say simply, I stated briefly that I got over it, as in 'eventually' over a period of roughly 2 to 3 years with some help, as I detailed, because no man is an island.
This doesn't take in any way truth from the statement that I did get over it, as anyone else can if they really want to, it just details how and why.
No one simply gets over anything, but you can get over it regardless.

And neither do I 'demand' anyone else to, as you immaturely misconstrued. I merely just offer the option that if I can do it, then so can anyone else, because I honestly thought for a while that there was no way I would pull out of the funk, but I did.
Sorry if my wanting to offer hope and inspiration to anyone suffering from depression, offends you so much.