If you had to choose between suicide, alcoholism, or becoming a nondenominational nun/missionary, which would you prefer?

It's all one in the same isn't it?

Or atleast one begets the other and so on.

if you assume the nunish path means a contented life, even though the thought of missing pop life of Prince and such is sheer horror, then i'll be a nun.

It is all the same when the purpose is to get out of living life.
I just want to hear the good and bad points of each. Please

conch5184 said:

I'm curious. What led you to posing this survey with these partical three options? Are you deciding between those options? Are you unable to come up with your own good and bad points without our input?

conch5184 said:

well see ... its ALL about choice

i choose to be a very very seldom social drinker

i choose life and all its lessons, not to cut that short by suicide

and i choose to become a shamanic / pagan priestess

it IS all about choice ...



so which one would YOU choose ?




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I'm sick of not being able to be happy in a healthy relationship, I'm sick of not being able to hold down a job, most of all I'm sick of being walked all over and of being misunderstood by cycnical people. I've gotten to the point that I have to escape. I just have to. I've been in therapy for years trying to deal with these things and I have not improved at all and no progress seems in sight.
Normally I would not talk about these things in public, and not even my friends know how I feel, but I need advice. My therapist is a good one and through talking with her I see these problems are simply unworkable.
If you have a dog who is suffering and you know it's not solvable, don't you show mercy for it?
I don't know what I'm looking for. I just need to get away from life. I've mentioned my thoughts to a few family members but when I call from having a bad day and I just want to vent, they're not there for me. They don't seem to care enough to really hear me, hear the way I feel. I can go on and on but why?

conch5184 said:

Oh, Love.
You sound so sad.
Please know that people love and care about you.
You can pull yourself through this.
I wish you were on line right now.

conch5184 said:

Conch, it makes me so sad to hear you say this! many of us have gone through deep lows like this, and as somebody who has made it out of varying levels of depression, i can tell you that there IS a light at the end of the tunnel!

the one moment that stands out to me is when my husband, after a long talk, said to me "you really don't know who you are, do you?" - as painful as that was to hear, it set something in motion for me. it made me stop looking outside for validation (from my job, from my family, from friends) and made me take a good look at the things i stood for (or at least wanted to stand for). as strange as it may sound, once you understand what you are about, it becomes less and less about you, and more and more about others - but not in a doormat sort of way.

it may be a long journey, but it's well worth it. i've come to know you here as a compassionate, bright young woman. you have so much going for yourself, and i know you'll make it through this! orgnote me anytime!