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Brief Moment of Peace

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I’ve been feeling depressed and suicidal for months. I’ve tried all of the therapy techniques I know. None of them are working anymore. The unhealthy techniques I know, cutting and burning, are starting to not work anymore.

Today I was having my normal miserable day. My mother made some stew. I had some, and for about 10 minutes I was happy.

I felt at peace for once. Happy and full. Then everything crashed back down on me and I felt worse. I want to be happy.

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tomb_raider, we have to embrace anything that we are given. Those few minutes can lead to an hour, then a day and so on. Your mother's home made stew brought pleasurable feelings and maybe thoughts of happier times. Those feelings brought up your Endorphin levels for those brief 10 minutes causing you to feel happy.

Having positive things in our lives can over power the negative giving us moments of peace and satisfaction. Ten minutes is a break though. Wishing you well xx

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Whenever im happy, there's always something i think about for atleast one millisecond that ruins everything. Even though whenever I'm happy it only lasts for two minutes, it comes back. You're never happy once In life, it just varies between people.

Happiness can never be a constant feeling. It shines into our life in tiny sparks just like the sun, and some days pours on us for hours.

But just because it isn't permanent that doesnt mean we won't feel its warmth again.

Hold onto that feeling. Keep it alive inside your heart until the next spark shines on you.

Decide that you deserve more than pain in your life and stop hurting yourself. Its a constant struggle, believe me I know, but you can do it too. Your heart yearns for more happy moments. Take the first step and make it happen for yourself... what makes you smile? Go out and find it x

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