Today, my cousin suddenly confided in me that he had tried to commit suicide by overdosing when he was 17. Shocked and not knowing how to respond, I blurted out, "Did it work?" FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out my cousin - who suffers from bipolar disorder - shot herself in the chest and has only a 20 percent chance of living. I told my boyfriend, while crying, and he held me for a few minutes. As soon as I got quiet, he pulled out his iPhone and started playing a shooter game. FML
Today, I admitted to my SO that I wanted to kill myself. They told me it was abusive to tell them that, and claimed I was just using it as a tool to control them. What they don't know is I attempted it by overdosing the other day. FML
Today, my best friend actually had the audacity to try and one-up my suicide attempt story. FML
Today, I opened up to my best friend about my depression. Her response: "If you're so depressed, why don't you just kill yourself?" FML
Today, I noticed this guy crying in the park. I went up to him to see what was wrong. Apparently his girlfriend broke up with him, and he also said he wanted to kill himself. My first response was, "Don't, you'll regret it later." FML
Today, during a text conversation with a girl I've been trying to get with, she complained about how crummy of a day she was having. I told her it couldn't be as bad as she thought, and she would probably get it over it soon. Then she told me she had found out her cousin had been murdered. FML
Today, I tried to tell my dad that I was really struggling with my mental health and didn't think I could stay alive much longer. He laughed. This comes after telling my "best friend" last week and having to wait three days for a reply. FML
Today, I told my cousin that I would gladly help him get through the loss of my aunt. That is until he started flirting with me. FML
Today, my teenage son reacted to the news of his cousin's death like I’d just told him a bug got squashed on a car windscreen. He didn’t even look away from his computer screen, or react in any way. He seemed more annoyed that I’d interrupted him. FML
Today, I visited with my cousin on her deathbed. When I asked what she was doing, they replied that she was sleeping. Next thing out my mouth without thinking was, "She can sleep when she's dead." FML
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Top comments
hwkfan1 10
Yes, yes it worked....
racerapj 10
Nice choice of words there...
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Comments (113)
crywf312 4
...died inside maybe? if that counts.
maybso 0
i tried killing myself with a water gun
davestrider 0
I feel like I shouldn't laugh at this because he tried to commit suicide. But that was just too funny and totally something I would've blurred out too!
mweb8416 11
That just means you ****** up, bigtime.
VampOfSavannah 31
Moron.
Sciath13 14
There are no words... Nope, none at all :-))
Sciath13 14
Also, I'm pretty sure that you made him feel a lot better. Silly things make us laugh, and you can't feel down while you're laughing. I've actually tried, and it makes the anger/sadness, etc just fly out the window.
AbbotsfordVandal 14
Not OP's fault in this situation, it's pretty overwhelming being told this information, I told a friend one time and they just kinda stood there for about 20 seconds before taking a seat, it's hard to come up with proper words that comfort the person
sharond23 10
Oh you're a bright one.
xxWTFxx1981 23
Better than saying too bad it didn't work...