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Written by hellhole 29. Sep 2008 11:22 PM

I ran into a teacher of mine today, one of my favs. I gave her hell a lot but we later became friends in my later years of school. Im not an easy person to deal with & i wasnt for her either but she stood by me plenty of times i dont really know why. she said how great i was doing, really had a hold of things etc.., if only she knew how far from the truth that was. There was a couple of incidents i recall coming to school with bandaged wrists she was concerned & kept asking me what happened & i told her i just sprained my wrists in a fall when in fact i had slit them quite badly. She knew i was lying but let it go, i dont think she really wanted the truth. I once did let her in on what i was thinking & she totally flipped out, cancelled her classes, wouldnt let me go to mine babysat me all day & made me swear id be back tomorrow. She called the cops, the hospital, mental health team. the principal suspended me & forced me to go into treatment or be expelled. I was one of her favourites to & she seemed distraught. I felt so guilty having involved her in my pain causing her pain to. Ive made this mistake a couple of times since but never ever again, i internalise more now. Maybe ill write to her i know where she lives its near my mums place & explain & apologise etc. If it werent for her i may not be here today. what do u think people?

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Comments from the community:

I think u need to think very carefully about what u write.
Do a draft & another draft & another.
Sit on it for a few days.
Its a beautiful idea, but u need to be aware what u write to her could be something she treasures for ever...
Or it could destroy her...
Maybe run your draft by us for input???
Just think carefully ok? No rash decisions.

Written by Gyps, 29. Sep 2008 11:53 PM

No.

Written by perpetual, 30. Sep 2008 08:31 AM

I think maybe yes. No one has had an impact on my life as I never let anyone yet but if you really are thankful because you think this teacher went out of her way to help then saying so might also make you feel nice too?

Written by bettermum, 30. Sep 2008 09:05 AM