Every Day Life & issues for young adults
Abby is a nineteen-year-old young woman. She is a caring, unique, and thoughtful woman {hints the Abby thoughts} who focuses on our young adult followers. Abby is a daughter, sister ,friend and more and is important to the people in her life.
Abby was a friend to my son Micheal, they were good friends and after he passed Abby has checked on me even when she didn’t have to. She is a beautiful soul that makes me feel closer to Micheal.
I sat on the bathroom floor crying on my first week of Zoloft because I couldn’t shower, brush my teeth or wash my face and I felt disgusting, every time I looked in the mirror I cried. Everybody around me seemed like they were getting tired of me being depressed and not getting up and they were starting to think I was faking it. I was really laying there making a mental list of reasons to keep going. I’d sit on my bathroom floor with the bath water running trying to convince myself to get in the bath Abby u need to shower, it’s been a week. Come on please just get in the shower. I felt so gross at the fact that it took me almost 20 minutes to get in the bath. I was having panic attacks multiple times a day for no reason I did not want to keep living if I had to keep experiencing that over and over again every single day. My anxiety was so high from the fear that I will have another panic attack, so I became nauseous. It was a horrible time to look back on and some nights now I lay awake thinking about how if I just stop taking this magic pill that could be me again. I could be back in my bathroom, on the floor crying over a shower.” I wrote this a year ago when I first started taking anti-depressants. In my case I am now free and happy to be alive but that is not the case for everyone. On June 30th, 2021, my grandpa told me and my sister he loved us and gave us a kiss on the cheek then proceeded to leave the house. About an hour later in Walmart my mom got a phone call stating that he was dead. His cause of death was suicide, a gunshot wound to the head. Before this happened, you could see the warning signs. He was a recovering alcoholic, he had just had to quit his job due to a work accident that left his shoulder needing multiple surgeries and was diabetic. All of this occurring around the same time could lead anyone to depression but he didn’t have the resources to talk to anybody or get help. He knew when and where he was going to take his final breaths. In the end all he left was his room standing still in time and a note sitting on the bed stating to sell his truck. No reason or explanation leaving us all wondering.
To end Abby Thoughts
We need to realize that teens just like us, can have pain, depression, bullying. For the young people out there if you have something going on that you need help, you need someone to talk to. Do not give up, there are resources.
If you feel helpless and like you cannot, go on Contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you are experiencing mental health-related distress or are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.
• Call or text 988
• Chat at 988lifeline.org
Connect with a trained crisis counselor. 988 is confidential, free, and available 24/7/365.
Visit the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for more information at 988lifeline.org
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