So I had citizenship today 3rd period, we were talking about the role of the EU in britain, one of the subjects that came up was assisted suicide, I have no idea how we ended up on that subject though.
From that toppic we talked about how its free choice and thats how it should be, if you are really unhappy with you’re life then you should be able to end it without punishment.
A girl in the class, a girl I talk to and is really nice said something that hit me though, quite hard….
“its better for them to kill themselves though isnt it, its better then cutting everyday, they should just do it if they are unhappy”
I was so close to turning around and saying thats not the aim for most self harmers, its a release not a way out most of the time, alot cut so they dont attempt suicide.
I was tempted, but I couldnt, I wanted to clear up the misconception but there would have been questions asked, that I wasnt ready to face.
I already had to lie about why my arm was bandaged, what could I have said if I was asked how I know without panicing…… then we had the whole self harm, depression topic in psychology as well.
Lets just say I had 3 anxiety attacks today and Im good at hiding them now.
