To think this is one of the saddest personal stories I've read

[TitaniumSpider]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-6b62f336-ff42-42b9-a23d-212d4d6ca5d8

It's very sad that her life has gone that way and she has so little self worth :(

[Yoksha]

Not sad. Deluded and absorbed, I agree. But hey, who am I to comment beyond this? I couldn't read past 30 seconds, and that was tough going.

[CheeseToastie123]

Either that, or it was self indulgent tosh. I mean, who throws a party in celebration of their own life?

I did. My party for a significant birthday actually fell on the day after my birthday - a better day for a party but also the more significant date for me. It meant I had then lived as long after my suicide attempt as I had before it. And that every day after that, it would be that I survived longer after than before. Not many people at the party knew but it was a huge celebration for me, with a lot of the people there being why I was still alive. I regard it as very far from self indulgent tosh. It was an unspoken thank you to people who don't even know what they've done for me.

[CheeseToastie123]

Lumpy - only the deserving mentally unwell, it seems.

[MerrilySlidingAway]

What a load of maudling bollocks 😂😂😂😂

[lasttimeround]

I don't think it's laughing at mental illness to disagree that this is 'the saddest thing ever '. It's sad. Not saddest ever. That's all. It's not disparaging to point that out

[lasttimeround]

Plus this is AIBU.

[spanky2]

'I always thought people who have lots of tattoos have mh problems.'
Why?

[SaucyJack]

" but she has suffered with MH and addictions and yes, that is sad and doesn't derserve such sneering and nastiness."

Maybe she didn't deserve sneering, but if I spent my time crying over everyone I'd ever met who'd done something stupid as a result of MH or alcohol problems then I'd never get anything done.

Honestly. This is very, very unremarkable stuff. Daily life for about half my FB feed.

I appreciate that this has triggered something for the OP tho, and I'm sorry if you're having a shitty week.

[BeautyGoesToBenidorm]

'I always thought people who have lots of tattoos have mh problems.'
Why?

I'd like to see the reasoning behind this too.

[Delacroix]

She's having some tattoos removed, she didn't lose a limb.

[WindPowerRanger]

The thread title and first post were over-egged, certainly, but I do think people are being too hard on the OP. She read the blog. It affected her deeply. We all experience that:- suddenly being touched by someone's story and feeling great empathy, or at least I hope we do.

[Booboostwo]

I saw a video of a disoriented a severely malnourished two year old who had been abandoned by his family for being a witch. That was sad, devastatingly sad. This woman has had a troubling life but still appears incredibly self-absorbed.

[TitaniumSpider]

Can I just point out that I sad one of the saddest not the saddest
Perhaps those being so over-critical would like to take note of that; I think her situation is very sad, I still think that. No wonder people with MH issues don't feel comfortable letting people know and hide it.

[CoteDAzur]

If you meant that it is one of the 100,000 saddest stories you have ever read, maybe YANBU.