daninmn

I'm a psychiatric nurse and I won't tell you not to do it (since you've heard that before and it obviously didn't work) but I will tell you that killing yourself is not an option. It isn't an option because there's nothing that comes after it. Saying it's an option implies that you'll be able to evaluate the decision later. You won't. It would be the only way to completely close off any chance of a meaningful life. As long as you are living there is always, ALWAYS hope for the future. You have no idea what you'll be like at 27, 28, or 29, or 39 or 49. YOU. DON'T. KNOW.

What I know is that my life is completely different than it was even a few years ago. You have a chance at recovering and having a meaningful life if you stay alive. If you commit suicide you have closed off that chance forever.

People that have survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge have said that the only thing they could think of as they were falling to what they thought would be their death was "what a bad decision this was".

Listen. You're 26. It's a tough decade. You think you're supposed to be at a certain point and you're not there. You keep disappointing yourself. Everyone's been there. As you get older you realize that you can live by your own standards rather than those of your peers.

You are exactly where you need to be. Be safe.

Edit: thanks for the gold. I'll read thru the comments here I hope OP responded.

I'm a psych nurse and since we don't get thanked for our work often (never), let me say....Thank you for your work!

Hi Mr. Cosby.

I'm 31 and enjoy your comedy and I have to agree when people refer to you as a sort of "grandfather" of modern comdey, putting you in the realm of Don Rickles, George Carlin and Richard Pryor.

You've said, essentially, that black youth are a large part of the problem that they complain about; that prison, low job rates and out of wedlock children are more or less their fault and it's up to them to fix this. Do you think your opinion has changed at all over the years? Have things gotten better for blacks? Have they made strides to be more happy and healthy and successful?

Thanks!

I think it's enough that the answer is a website called meatholes

That sounds really interesting, can you tell us more about that? Not so much the Run itself, but the attempt to get sponsorship from running companies?