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How Do I Find Myself

THUNDERTOOKHER

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HELLO ALL,I GUESS IM REACHING OUT FOR ADVICE...A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE YOURS AGO I WAS A VERY OUTGOING PERSON I LOVE TO GO OUT SOCIALIZE, WORK HAD NO PROBLEMS GOING OUT OF THE HOUSE,THEN I GOT A CALL WHILE I WAS AT WORK.IT WAS MY MOTHER AND SHE SAID THAT I HAVE TO GO TO HERE HOUSE WRIGHT AWAY.I COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS EXTREMELY UPSET.I LEFT WORK AND HEADED THERE FEARING THE WORST,WELL I GOT THERE WENT INSIDE AND MY MOTHER WALK UP TO ME AND PUT HER HANDS ON MY SHOULDERS.I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PERSON WITH A LOOK ON THERE FACE LIKE THAT,IT SENT CHILLS ALL THREW MY BODIE.THEN JUST AS SOON AS HERE HANDS HIT MY SHOULDERS SHE LOOKED INTO MY EYES AND SAID THIS LITTLE SENTANCE"RAYMOND YOUR FATHER SHOT HIMSELF I THE HEAD THIS MORNING"AND WITH THAT SENTANCE THE PERSON I WAS JUST SECONDS BEFORE JUST DISSAPEARD AND I HAVE NOT FOUND HIM AND I WANT TO BE THAT PERSON AGAIN.IVE MESSED UP TWO RELATIONSHIPSB AND BOTH OF THOSE GALS KNEW ME BEFORE THAT HAPPENED EVERYONE TELLS ME THAT IVE CHANGED AND NEVER THAT I DID IN A GOOD WAY.SO IF YOU HAVE LOST YOURSELF AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND YOURSELF AGAIN.PLEASE CHIME IN...THANKS
 
A few items..:

1-- Welcome to the forum!
2-- Get counseling...immediately and in an ongoing state to help you cope with the issues you've encountered.
3-- Lay off the caps key...use it sparingly for emphasis.
4-- It's great that you can see that you have problems that need to be dealt with and are looking for a solution, but I'm not sure this place is your best bet.

Q
 
I'm so very sorry to hear that, Thundertookher. I won't give you any advice other than to seek out a professional counselor. He or she will help you survive this horrible tragedy. I'd say you're still in shock over what happened to your father... everyone reacts in a different way; you may be suppressing some unreleased grief or anger.

As for finding yourself, you'll need to look within and deal with all of these issues. Again, that may require counseling. Find a group in your city that helps people deal with tragic issues such as suicide and grief... there will be others in those groups who have been through similar situations who can provide you with the comfort and guidance you seek.

Welcome to the forum...please let us know how you're doing from time to time.
 
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Welcome to the forum, thunder. I'm sorry for your loss. Having lost a couple of friends to suicide over the years, I know how painful it can be. I can only imagine how much moreso when it's someone that close. As Q and FF have suggested, counselling would be a good option. There's no shame in it and it can be very helpful. I know. I've been there. It can be hard at times. But, it's worth the effort.

Ann
 
Hello Thunder,

Welcome to the forum, and it's nice that you feel comforatable enough here to ask us for advice on such a tough situation.

What the many posters above have said regarding getting some professional couselling help is right on the nose. This is the sort of issue that therapy is designed to help with. It will take some time, but there will be a true positive change with some work with a pro.

The suicide of a parent is very difficult blow, and one that is far different from other sorts of suicide loss that a person may encounter in lifee, due to the unique parent/child bond that exists.

You describe a sense of loss of self, a sort of a draining of identity which has not returned. This fits with the trauma of loosing a parent this way. A person whom you deeply cared for, and had many connections with, behaved in a way that was totaly unexpected, and tossed into question all the things that you felt you knew or believed regarding this person. Such a blow has deep effect on oneself, and you are sadly suffering from the effects of that first realization now. It's normal to have this happen, and not your fault that you feel as you do.

That you realize that you are not 'yourself' shows that you are making good evaluations of yourself, even while hurting so badly, and it's a major step toward finding your way back to a more satisfying life.

Take some time to find a professional mental health expert and take time to work with them. Know that the first person you work with may not be the right one, you may need to try a few until you find 'the right one' that you can work easily and best with. This process will take some time, but it WILL lead you to a better place.

There are also suicide survivor support groups that can be located with web searches (Online forums, and real world meeting groups) where you can talk about your feelings and experiences with others who can honestly say they understand. If out and out councelling seem too hard, or is not a possibility due to finacial worries, these groups can provide some help that may help you begin to work things out. A professional is still the better option though, and should be the way you first look, using the groups as additional support to that therepy.

You have done nothing to deserve the three years that you have had. Your fathers suicide was his choice. And a choice that no one he left behind may ever be able to understand. It's sad that he also wounded the man you were with his action. But you are still here, and the man you were is also, just tarnished by this dark event. You can recover and have a great life.

Lastly, I'm not a writing rules crazed guy, but please, puctuation, paragraphs, and lower case letters will make your communications with others a lot simpler, and convey things with much greater speed and clarity. We are happy to have you with us in our community, and want to be able to understand what you need and have to say!

Take care,
Myriads
 
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