Suicide

[Redbeard The Pink]

 Seriously this isn't about me or you, so lay off there's more at stake here.

GC

I very much doubt it's going to exacerbate Shini's depression if I call you out on your hypocritical bullshit.

I'd take a caring Christian over a flippant Atheist who thinks my depression is ripe material for jokes.

If anyone on this thread sounded flippant about your depression (myself included) please allow me to apologize on their behalf. Godschild's brand of lunacy is a joking matter, but your situation is not. Your feelings are valid, your suffering is valid, and the world really can be a shitty place sometimes.

When I was still religious, I used to drift in and out of suicidal ideation on an occasional basis. The longer I lived, the less hope the Bible actually seemed to provide. More and more it seemed like the game was hopelessly rigged, and God didn't care about anything except our belief, worship, and obedience. I frequently despaired.

Strangely enough, it was atheism that finally purged such thoughts from my mind. Upon realizing that we all have only one life to live, I began to realize how precious it was and how vital that we make the most of it. I drew comfort from knowing that this world of suffering wasn't created by someone who meant it to be that way, that it was all just kind of the way things fell out.

I know things can seem bleak sometimes. The media loves to peddle a message of fear because it's what sells, but if you look at the actual numbers, humanity really is getting better, not worse. Proportionally speaking, humanity is far less warlike and criminal than we were even 100 years ago. In fact, it's likely that your adverse reaction to the atrocities that do occur is partly produced by the fact that, in general, humans just aren't that used to atrocity these days (at least in the West). As for climate change, I fully expect humanity to figure out how to survive/mitigate whatever is happening with that far before it threatens the wellbeing of the planet or even our species. There are people living in some pretty harsh conditions on this planet already (i.e. places near the equator and near the poles), so I'm not overly concerned about humans' ability to weather inhospitable climates. I don't know if you draw any comfort from that, but that's pretty much how I keep that from stealing any sleep from me.

Hang in there. It gets better if you wait.