I think the time has come to retire this journal.
I won't be deleting it as I would like to maybe be able to look at the older entries later on, but I won't be updating it anymore.
I need to move on from my past. Some of you may already know this, but over the past 8 or 9 months (longer really, but that's when things got really bad), I have leartned that I have a a mental illness (I'm Borderline- the wikipedia page on Borderline Personality Disorder, while incomplete, is a decent primer for people who don't know what it is), and I have let it go almost completely unchecked and have consistently refused treatment. Sometimes I would go to an appointment or two, but I would find an excuse (too busy, didn't like the shrink, could get better on my own, etc.) and I would then stop going. I have also refused to take medication of any kind. Until now, that is.
Almost a year and a few suicide attempts later, I really can't take it anymore. I'm doing everything I can to get better, and it took a good kick in the ass from
aki_no_kaze to get me started. I've been working on a few things over the past while anyway (spiritually, for example), but she helped me to be less reserved nd guarded about it, and to
My new journal is
spiritosa. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to add me there; as you add that journal, I'll gladly add you all back.
I'll say more there in that journal, but it's late and I'm tired. G'nite everyone; hope to see you there.