My condolences about that friend. It's a hard thing to lose someone and still want to tell them something.
I think I'd use the chance to tell something to my younger self. And my, it could be a lot of things in one grandiose speech. But certainly, I was in a bad place when I was 20. I might be able to pull myself out of it and get on a better track for the future. I think the most important thing would be telling myself to get a job on something I can manage to do while getting all the side projects of track. It sucks to want to do stuff and have no money whatsoever.
This is very understandable, we have so many plans in mind but don't have the resources to go on with it... This has killed so many people dreams.
Well, don't ever give up and keep having those dreams and you'll see ways to make them come to pass for you
They are coming through slowly as I work as much as I can around them.
Thanks mate, it has been a little difficult especially considering the method he used to exit life. We'll push on.
I think we all had times when we were in a bad place and it is likely to happen again. It's the nature of life. The great thing is that you see it and are making the changed, made them and are on the right path now...Also better prepared for what may pop up.
I only have a faint idea of what having PTSD can do to a person. But it sucks to lose anyone regardless of their exit from life.
Indeed. I think we all might have this thought of giving one's younger self a royal slap and getting some stuff together. I mean I'd totally do it for any version of my younger self; however, those mistakes and everything else is what has molded me into who I am. So, if I were to slap them, I'd have to do the same for me.
We need to go through things to understand other things; just the way it is. Slap yourself, but no too hard because making mistakes is part of learning.
And yes, PTSD isn't a nice thing, same with moral injury. I'll not share here how many I have lost around me due to these things but no matter the number it never gets easier.
Something like this.
And I reckon it'll never get easier.
Exactly like that.
your this self is able to give these advises because your younger self made mistakes and learned from them 😄
Yes, that's exactly why I can do it. A person can only foretell its past.