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AIBU wanting to curl up and die?

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ksty · 25/09/2020 22:16

Just that really. I’ve had enough. I can’t be bothered and I think my family would be better off without me. I’m so miserable all the time I fly off the handle for no reason, shout at my kids and am just plain horrible sometimes. I don’t know how to change anything. I have no income of my own and no where to go. I have nobody I can talk to. I feel so alone and lost and all I can think is if I just end it everyone will be so much better off. Ive spent all evening google ways to die because I pretty sure I’ll even manage to make a mess of that

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MissyEllyPants · 25/09/2020 22:22

I can guarantee that your family would not be better off without you. Have you ever felt like this before?

caringcarer · 25/09/2020 22:26

Ring the Samaritans. No matter how bad things look tonight, you will feel better in the future. In life there are smooth bits and rough bits. You are going through s rough bit but ahead are your smooth bits. Your children would be devastated if they lost you. Please think of them and ring Samaritans. Go and see your GP you sound like you are depressed. Ask GP for counseling as well as meds. Take one day at a time. Treat yourself to something really nice tomorrow. X

Porcupineinwaiting · 25/09/2020 22:26

It sounds as though you are in a deep, dark place. I'm sorry, it must be awful.

Your family would 100% not be better off, they would be devastated and forever damaged by your loss. And also, you would lose so much. It wont always be as bad as this. You wont always feel as bad as this.

There are people who will listen to you and people who will talk to you. People who will help. You just need to reach out to them, hard as that may be.

user1471552593 · 25/09/2020 22:27

Your family would not be better off without you. A suicide of a parent is one of the most devestating things a kid can go through. A few shouty days they will forget and can move past. not having you is permanent.

You've said you have no income, is there a reason you need to go anywhere, besides your own feelings are you safe?

You've taken the first step posting this and asking for help, focus on getting through one day at a time. Tomorrow you can call a GP and ask for more help.

oreshina · 25/09/2020 22:29

Please get proper help. Can you phone a trusted friend/family member or samaritans on 116 123. Also book the GP and discuss this please. Just know that you are very much loved by someone and that means it is worth fighting to feel back on track again. Take baby steps. Don't give up.

HappyPumpkin81 · 25/09/2020 22:30

The World would not be a better place without you in it. Your children love and need you. I have felt like this in the past and your feelings can improve. I found speaking to my GP and starting antidepressants helped me. Please phone your GP in the morning and ask for help. Or if you feel like you cannot wait that long please go to A and E and they can access help for you. Do not give up, you can get through this and have happier days again. Xx

PearTreeBoat · 25/09/2020 22:33

I didn't want to read and run 💐

I have an idea about how you feel, like you know you won't do anything in itself (the idea that you'll just mess that up too is your minds way of telling you that you know that's not the answer) but the idea of just disappearing off the face of the planet can be so appealing.

It's always easy for others to tell you it will get better (and it will, one day) but that doesn't help as right now you probably can't see how that will be.

A lot of what you say about why you feel you shouldn't be here are symptoms of your circumstances and not a "defect" of you. Flying off the handle at your children show you are under pressure without some where you feel you can turn and are certainly not an indication that your children would be better off without you.

I'd love to have some magic words that would help you see your worth but I also know that you probably wouldn't believe them just now.

Sometimes it's better to stop looking at the bigger picture and just look at the tiny little things, be that the small pleasures you have with your children, a little smile or giggle, a silly comment they have made without knowing what they were saying. But also look at the things that are bad in tiny pieces too. That way instead of being overwhelmed at the thought of trying to change what is wrong all at once just focus on one tiny thing at a time.

What is the one thing you would like to change the most? Then break that down into smaller bits and try and do one thing to change that.

You've already made one step, you say you have nobody to talk to but you've reached out on here so that is a massive step forward.

We may all be strangers on the internet but that doesn't mean to say you have to go through things on your own.

lioncitygirl · 25/09/2020 22:33

Please call someone - a helpline. Anything. Please.

Feelingconfused2020 · 25/09/2020 22:37

Sometimes we think things that are wrong because our mind is poorly. Thinking people would be better off without you is wrong, you think it because your mind isn't working properly.

You say you have kids. Kids love their mum and will lose out on so much without her no matter who she is. They will have to go through the grief and a funeral and will be deprived of all sorts of experiences their friends will have. They will not be better off.

Phone someone tonight, 111, the Samaritans, a family member. Don't leave it just call someone now. Your mind is in crisis and needs help now.

LouMumsnet · 25/09/2020 22:39

Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way.

We hope you don't mind, but when these threads are flagged up to us we usually add a link to our Mental Health resources.

You can also go to the Samaritans website, or email them on [email protected]. Support from other Mumsnetters is great and we really hope you will be able to take some comfort from your fellow posters, but as other MNers will tell you, it's really a good idea to seek RL help and support as well.

We also like to remind everyone that, although we're awed daily by the astonishing support our members give each other through life's trickier twists and turns, we'd always caution anyone never to give more of themselves to another poster, emotionally or financially, than they can afford to spare.

@ksty we've now moved your thread over to our Mental Health topic. Take care. Flowers

cakeandchampagne · 25/09/2020 22:41

Your children love you and would never get over losing you. Flowers

Connor05 · 25/09/2020 22:44

Giving you a hand hold, have been where you are and felt the guilt but promise your children are not better off without you, no matter how you feel. You can get help and come through this. I am so tired with bad cold and work in morning so am sorry if not very helpful just didnt want to read and run. Take care xx

Noconceptofnormal · 25/09/2020 22:44

I know how you feel OP, I have felt the same at times in my life, life can be genuinely overwhelming at times and it feels like you can't move on from a situation that feels inescapable.

But your children love you and need you, and their lives would be devastated by losing you.

Make small steps, tonight out your phone down and try and get some sleep.

Tomorrow morning, stick the TV on for your kids whilst you spend some time investigating out of hours GPs. If you get nowhere then ring 111. If you feel awkward about falling about this just read out what you've written in your OP. They will put you in touch with a GP this weekend.

A GP will help you, you may need medication to help you sleep, or to make you feel less low and agitated. Some medication works very quickly and you could feel better not too many hours from now. Hang in there and just take one small step at a time.

It is possible to come out the other side and feel like life is worth living again, I promise.

Lots of love, there are random strangers on the Internet rooting for you xx

MJMG2015 · 25/09/2020 22:49

Big Hug (it's been isolating, so totally safe!)😉

I'm sorry you're in such a bad place.

One thing I know for SURE is that your kids would not be better off without you. There are a lot of oysters on MN who lost parents to suicide and in the many many many years I've been in MN not a single one has ever said they feel better off. Most blame themselves. It's heartbreaking.

None of us are perfect, but our kids love us anyway!

Is your DP/DH controlling?

Are your kids young enough that you could go & get into bed with one of them? There's nothing like kiddie cuddles to make the works seem a bit better!

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