Suicide hit the mind today

[Liberty Belle]

5. Please hang in there. Things can turn around, more quickly than you think.

The isolation is temporary. Find friends or family to call every day. Call a suicide hotline if you need more help.

You may wind up with a much better job -- I've been laid off and so has my husband. Both were times of despair but in the end we both wound up better off.

I used my time off, during which I was pregnant, to write my first novel and wound up become a freelance journalist -- I never took another real job again.

My husband never missed the jerky people he was working for and wound up in a better place.

I once talked a friend out of suicide when all seemed as dark as it could get. Her ex-husband had killed their children. She thought she was too old to have more. I promised her not to do anything for at least a year. One year later, she had remarried a wonderful man and given birth to twins!

Maybe take life one step at a time. Long-term perhaps you can work on the weight with a good doctor, diet, gastric bypass, Weight Watchres etc if you want to trim down. But for now, focus on getting through quarantine and finding something positive to focus on

Is there something you always wished you had time to do? Take up painting, learn a musical instrument, or just get the house cleaned up? Set little goals each day. Update your resume. Apply for unemployment insurance. See if your car insurance and utilities will lower your bills. Negotiate with your landlord or mortgage company to get payments reduced or delayed.

And if those meds aren't ones prescribed currently, throw them away to avoid the temptation to take too much.

It's good that you thought about your Mom. She needs you now ore than ever, in these difficult times. Be there for her.