humanivers:

afairlypudgycat:

robotsandfrippary:

stillstreetjoshua:

bpdzoldyck:

As someone who has been living with severe suicidal ideation my entire life I wanna tell you all something, you don’t have to stay alive for yourself. People will say it’s a bad idea to live for external things because they’re temporary, and it’s true living for yourself is ideal but if you’re not to that point yet that’s ok too. 

I’ve lived for my dog for the past 4 years, before that I lived for my snakes, before that I lived for my cat. You can live for whatever needs you and whatever matters to you. Live for your best friend, live for your plants, live for your pets, live for your animal crossing town. Live for whatever keeps you alive and the day will come when you can live for yourself.

This is something everyone should see. Thank you for sharing this.

Transformers kept me alive. When the 2007 movie was announced I was going through an incredibly hard time emotionally. I saw the preview and every time I thought about killing myself I thought, “but then I won’t get to see this thing I’ve always wanted to see, good or not.” And it got me through.

I’m in a place where I live for myself now, but don’t toss away a life preserver just because other people think you should be able to swim on your own.

don’t toss away a life preserver just because other people think you should be able to swim on your own

honestly I think people who give you advice such as “you should live for yourself” are really hypocritical bc honestly, most people don’t “live for themselves”. Most people just don’t want to die!! Most people never tried to seriously hurt themselves, most people never felt like they would be better off dead. And they all stay on that crazy rock doing whatever they think they should do because it just never occurs to them that they could end it right here right now. 

If you’re suicidal and you can’t find “a real reason to live”, it’s okay. Most people don’t have a real reason to live, they’re just here. As long as you’re just here too, you’re doing as fine as everyone else. Now keep waiting for that tv show episode or the time to feed your dog.