Feeling Hopeless: What to Do When You Want to Give Up

Normally I would grab one of my stuffed animals or go cuddle with one of my dogs. Sometimes I'll go for walks or write and draw. And I sometimes will still lay down but not think about dying. I'll think of good possibilities that could happen if I were to help someone like me or anyone in a tough situation.

(That was a bad joke)

Don’t.

You know what. Do it. Minus the actual dying. Go out and find a field or somewhere with nature (not like a parking lot) and go lay down and pretend that nothing else is real. You can listen to the wind and birds and trees or get noise canceling headphones and just lay there in complete silence. Fall asleep if that's what happens. Just know the feeling will likely happen again but you can tell your own brain to STFU!

I am kind to myself when this happens and do the basics. Eat healthy, sleep....Also, journal, talk to a safe person, watch some movies, play some phone games...

Try to find something you can hold on to, for me i like to rely on my cat. I care for him and it makes me remember why i'm here. Sometimes though turning on some sad music helps me to feel those emotions and in turn feel like i'm listening to myself, as as i accept the emotions they start to ease up. Idk if that helps, everyones different, but that's my experience