Is it normal that the tiniest inconveniences make me feel suicidal?

Sorry, it’s quite a long one.

I’m struggling with what everyone keeps telling me is anxiety and depression. I’ve not got a diagnosis because no one I go to will refer me to the appropriate consultants to do so, however if it is as people say I have suffered from anxiety since being around 6 years old (as far as I can remember) and depression for a good 5 years, perhaps longer. I have had existential dread for a good few years as well. I’m nearly 18 years old, I’ve got my entire life ahead of me and if I fight my illnesses I am perfectly capable of getting some decent grades, a decent job and salary and eventually developing my relationship to something more adult that I can settle down into.

However, my brain is telling me that nothing is worth it. I’ve grown up feeling scared of everything, and feeling like everything is ultimately meaningless. While that may make me sound like a fake-deep, pretentious d-head, it’s exhausting. I just want to live without feeling like I’m fighting a losing battle. Logically, I have a keen sense of self-worth, and I know I’ve got as much potential as everyone else. Emotions don’t really listen to logic, and I deal with an overwhelming amount of self doubt and self hate. Every inconvenience feels collosal. A tap on the shoulder feels like a harsh shove to the ground. Instead of brushing it off, my mind immediately reverts back to suicidal ideation. Which, when you’re incredibly irritable due to always being worked up and agitated, leaves you feeling suicidal pretty much constantly.

I’m trying to get help and I’m trying to help myself. But I don’t feel ‘normal’, and I know that’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it’s very disorientating when you’re trying to keep yourself alive and well and your mind keeps trying to find excuses to kill you.

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60% Normal
Based on 5 votes (3 yes)
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Comments ( 4 )
  • noid

    Have you tried medication?

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  • paramore93

    Ultimately, life is pointless. You live then you die. But if you only have this one life, why not make the most of it and enjoy the time you do have? When I feel like this I walk up a hill and just sit and look at the world, have a cry/a chill and the peace really does help you think and put things into perspective. It's got me out of so many suicidal spirals.

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  • EyelessKid

    I felt the same way before. First, you could do things that you enjoy. Try to tell yourself that you're amazing. If it doesn't work, hang out with people that actually care for you and make you feel better. It is ok to feel irritable. I reccomend that you should just cry and let all your emotions flow sometimes.

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  • Angelandme

    I also think that people are born meaningless but somewhere along the line they are offered it, find it themselves, or it is pushed upon them. I often times wonder when the right time to off myself is because I would not tolerate a life I no longer found pleasurable. My meaning in life is enjoying the mundane monotonous and frugal lifestyle I live which to the vast majority of the world might be meaningless. I'll die and nobody will remember me, I will not have left this world a better place because I don't believe in good or bad, the important thing is that I'm happy. Our world is as vast and endless as our mind can be, you surely are being a bit lazy not to give something a try.

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