SuicideGirl: Carrina
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JUNE 1, 2011 @ 01:52 PM


i'm starting electroconvulsive shock therapy this summer. you know your fucked when thats your last resort. last night i was almost 5150'd for the second time but managed to talk my way out of it. things are really getting out of control and i'm trying so hard to keep it together. with finals next week i don't even know how i'm going to manage, and i'm usually a straight A student, but with the recent death of my best friend, the mania, the depression, the psychosis, it's all making things really, really fucking hard on me. i hope i get through this. i want to do great things. i want to write profound things. i want to be like hunter s thompson and write gonzo journalism and gritty and realistic shit- i want to inspire people- i want to help people- i don't want to die young. sometimes though i can't envision the future, and it scares the hell out of me.

AND PS earnest hemingway had this to say about ECT: "Well, what is the sense of ruining my head and erasing my memory, which is my capital, and putting me out of business? It was a brilliant cure but we lost the patient."

makes me really fucking skeptical.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?

-charles"hank"bukowski


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suispud1

suispud1

Dallas, TX
January 2010

JUN 01, 2011 01:58 PM

Gotta start reading Bukowski. smile

Tactical

Tactical

I'm lost
August 2009

JUN 01, 2011 02:21 PM

very cool

JoeFX

JoeFX

Seattle, WA
January 2011

JUN 01, 2011 02:29 PM

love

The_matt79

The_matt79

Glendive, MT
July 2007

JUN 01, 2011 03:04 PM

Hope that works out well for you.

Perry

Perry

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

JUN 01, 2011 03:07 PM

i'm sad to hear that. i hope you feel better frown

Kelpie_

Kelpie_

HOPEFUL

Ellensburg, WA

JUN 01, 2011 03:19 PM

i've heard that it is actually very helpful after a couple treatments! Hang in there, lovely.

Saint

Saint

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

JUN 01, 2011 04:53 PM

I love you and I love Bukowski.

AcidEvangelist

AcidEvangelist

Minneapolis, MN
March 2004

JUN 01, 2011 05:26 PM

What's wrong? What are you going through?

Callioppe

Callioppe

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 01, 2011 05:55 PM

<3 So much love to you sweet girl.

alaept

alaept

El Paso, TX
August 2008

JUN 01, 2011 06:39 PM

Please take care of yourself. What you are going through now, others have made it past. It just takes time and an inner strength that we know you have. Keep you head up and push through. Life is a gift we should all enjoy. Your friend will always be with you. Keep them in your heart and you'll never be alone.

ron4164

ron4164

Ponchatoula, LA
January 2007

JUN 01, 2011 08:03 PM

kiss kiss
Take care of yourself Carrina.
Always remember, I love you my friend. love love

melted

melted

El Segundo, CA
October 2004

JUN 01, 2011 09:12 PM

I wonder if you are really that severe. You recognize things are getting of control and you see that you need to do something. You were able to talk yourself out of being 5150'd. People who need to be hospitalized usually can't do that. The recent loss you suffered is magnifying your depression and your despair. This may not be the best time to make a decision on electroshock. Consider getting a second opinion.

I'm not sure that Hunter S. Thomson is the best role model, or Bukowski for that matter, not to disparage their work.

And yes I have weep known to weep. It helps keep the bluebird alive.






softnsweet

softnsweet

I'm lost
June 2003

JUN 01, 2011 09:25 PM

ECT works, but make sure you do your homework about the process and the success rate: know the risks and benefits, talk others who have had the tx. Depression and mania are life's wicked paradox. Hang on. You are beautiful.

arcadiagrim

arcadiagrim

I'm lost
February 2005

JUN 01, 2011 10:22 PM

I suffered from some deep depression myself. I know how painful it can feel. But the really good news is - things WILL get better for you. I had a good therapist that helped me through it, helped me make sense of my feelings and thoughts. Hope is always there for you. Know that things will get better for you and little by little it will. In time the cloud lifted for me and I can laugh and be happy and even cry and be sad and angry and everything in-between. If you don't have one already, consider finding a good psychologist to talk with. It takes a little bit of time and commitment from you to want to feel better but YOU CAN DO IT!

Hansoloai

Hansoloai

Australia
November 2010

JUN 02, 2011 02:44 AM

Hang in there..

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