i wouldn't know what to say..

of course i'll have time! i probably won't be on as much during the day but i'll be here at night i think. i'd miss ye all if i couldn't talk to ye anymore:(

So? We'll find a way. At least 'finding' will. ;-)

I will, too.

"I'd like to make an appointment to talk to a counselor. I have some issues I'd like to work on."

That should do it, for the secretary. :-) The counselor proper is all yours.

...i think it'd be easier to e-mail them.

"Easy" isn't always the best measure, sweety. :-)

But do it however you need to.

whoa, just found out my cousin's friend committed suicide today.

Oooh. I'm sorry. Did you know her friend?

i just met him once, he DJ'd at her birthday party before. god, everyone's committing suicide these days:(

I'm not. 'Finding's not. You're not.

You have to keep in mind that we see more suicidal people here than there are out in the world. You have to keep that in perspective.

yeah but there's a lot of suicidal people out there that don't have places like this to go:(

That's true.

There are other places, but yes, it's sad how many people fall through the cracks.

But some of them manage to cope on their own, or to get themselves help some other way. For some of them, a friend or family member steps in.

You can focus on the negative, if that's how you want to look at it. Or you can turn it around and just do all you can to help the people you can. There isn't more you can do than that.

yeah you're right. it's just sad, that's all.

It is that.

I hope you'd come and talk to us if you got to that point, just like I will try to come to talk to you guys if I get there.

People need to stick together. We're like rice that way.

i think ye have talked me out of it lots of times already!! i'm so glad i found ye guys:)

Aw, I'm sorry to hear you felt like you were close to hurting yourself. I've been there, and I wouldn't wish anyone I care about to feel like that.

But we're glad you found us, too! :-) Or did we find you?

hmmmmm i think we found each other..?!!!? i dunno.. i discovered this site on new years eve and i kinda made a new years resolution to get better.

So, um, how do you feel? Do you feel any better?

welllllllllll............sometimes i do, sometimes i don't. whereas before, i was sad every single day and i never used to talk about how i felt or anything so it was all built up inside me. i'm better than i was!

That's great, sweety. At least you know where to come when you're down, and that you'll likely go up again if you just hold on long enough. Both valuable lessons. :-)

I just went back to see your first thread. I remember that I let 'finding' take care of you at first. I think she sees a bit of herself in you ... I'm glad I didn't leave her to do it all herself though: I wouldn't have met you!

i don't think i met you til i started blogging!! so were you and finding friends before that then?

I was already reading most of the posts on the site ...

I think she kinda left me alone for a while, too. I remember one blog entry of mine in February when she started to comment. She thought I would be offended if she left tracks on my nice neat blog! :-)

were you moderator back then? that's so funny:D

Actually, it was back on January 12th ... I don't think I was, yet. She was very gentle with ... at first. ;-)

I'm gonna sneak out of here before someone misses me, little one. Take care of yourself tonight. Maybe even eat something? (Yep, one track mind.)

byeee malign, thanks for talking to me:) have a good rest of night!!!!!!!!!!!!

wait, she was very gentle with who at first?