Suggestion about suicide prevention

[abaris]

I've been hospitalized eight times for it, yes, and I've been on anti-depressants for the last twenty years.

I've never said "just" learn to appreciate yourself.  I said learning to appreciate yourself is a valuable tool in fighting depression.

Yeah, well. It just makes me angry when people post that learn to appreciate yourself as if it was the answer. I was lucky enough to never have been suicidal, but I know what the tunnel looks like and that it can be too much of an effort to even take a shower.

Before it hit me, I was just as ignorant. Which, possibly, makes me even angrier when that kind of advice comes up. And it does every time, like a bad habit.