Funny week this week.........

Diego Garcia

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At the start of the week I was very down, seriously down.

I was having very dark thoughts and I was contemplating another suicide attempt, which is a very loose way of describing wanting to rid the sadness from my heart and my head. I keep thinking about jumping off a bridge into water and drowning, though I expect I would be dead on impact.

I sat in my office with my head in my hands most nights.

I spent some of the week in bed, did not get up for two days but I seem to have recovered quicker than ever this week and even played a show with my band last night and did a job off spec for the paper today.

Am I beating it?

It never really goes away - I am bi-polar after all but my power of recovery seems better than ever.

Until the next time.

I was even asked out by a girl after last nights gig, really nice with a super cool tongue peircing, but I have decided to stay single. It suits me.

Hope you are all doing well. :thumbs:

Pete.
 
glad to hear you recover quicker now mate, sorry to hear you still get the dark thoughts, but most of us at some point in our life feel really low.

The most important part is you didnt succumb to the worst of it, if you ever want a chat mate drop me a PM :)
 
Woah!
Powerful words that describe but the half. I dont doubt.


I was hoping/waiting/wishing to see more of your shots. Rugby, running and even fire engines....
Wish I was anywhere near that good.

The offer of a beer is still there if you want it.
 
Sometimes it just helps to chat to people Pete, you can get my msn off my profile if you fancy a chat anytime
 
Go out with the girl fs! no one is saying it has to be a permanent thing.
 
Diego mate, I know you and me probably disagree about a few things but if you feel like adding me to MSN go ahead
 
Pete, it ain't good that you started the week like that... but it's brilliant that you managed to pick yourself up and get on with some stuff. You got loads of support form everyone on here though.

I know that when I was off with depression, it was talking to friends and family that really pulled me through. I had 11 of the 12 danger signs on the checklist that my quack read out to me... (but having said that, while I couldn't be arsed to actively jump under a bus or something, if one had hit me by accident, I couldn't have cared less)

If anyone offers a shoulder, take them up on it: they wouldn't offer otherwise - depression is a far more common illness than any of us think at the time... My MSN addy is in my profile if you want it...

Take care, dude!

Chris
 
Please contact one of us, or the Samaritans if you want anonymity, whenever the blackness descends...we all care about you too much to want you to go through this alone. I personally dont use MSN but loads of the others do, so please, please take up their offers. You have a fantastic talent to tell a story in pics; a talent that most of us can only dream of aspiring to. Don't ever forget that you give many people huge amounts of pleasure with your wonderful images.

:hug:
 
:agree:
Can't say it better
 
Well I hope the ups outweigh the downs Pete. I know there is no easy solution to it, but it is good that you feel able to share your thoughts and feelings.
 
This'll sound like a total cliche but photography has taught me that even the bad things in life make a good photo. Just remember that if something good comes from something bad, its not as bad as it seemed. I doubt I can offer any real advice but if you ever just wanna chat about how things are going or wanna share some Photoshop secrets :naughty: feel free to drop me a line :)
 
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