National Suicide Prevention Helpline 1-800-273-8255

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First off, Suicide hotlines, if you feel close to the edge:

http://www.suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html

Originally Posted by JBird

A permanent solution to a temporary problem isn't the way. A friend of mine from high school took his life a few months ago, and all it accomplished was throwing a lot of people's lives out of whack because of how much he meant to them.

There are people who will listen to what you have to say when you're depressed.

I will say, as someone who's suffered from depression, that the reaction to calling it a "temporary" problem from someone in a depressive pit is typically "That sounds like utter bullshit". It feels like this is going to be the entire rest of your life, like it will never get better and you'll be wallowing in misery forever anyways.

Of course it's not like that, but that's the thing about depression and any other mental affliction: If your brain is lying to you, how do you tell the difference?

tjlemke, I know it sucks balls, I been where you been, though without even the promise of veteran's benefits in the future, but trust me, it can get better. There's ways to fix this. It's just like any other illness, there are treatments and cures, and maybe yours is more difficult than most to treat, but it CAN be treated. In this day and age, it's harder and harder for something to be completely hopeless.

Hang in there, man. At least long enough to get some joy in your life again.