Have you even wanted to just give up?

Yes, but I am not feeling doing it again. You need to work harder and never give up on your drams. I needed to talk with myself in order to convince myseld I will be fine and the bad days will be over soon.

Yes, many times. Sometimes it’s an effort to just get out of bed – but I have a job and a daughter and bills to pay – someone’s got to do it….....but yes, I’ve fantasized running away and never coming back…...

Yes, but I have too much going for me! I have a son to raise and there will be no giving up for me!!! Nice to see you disturbed!!!!!

I use to give up easily now not so much.

Yeah, I’ve felt this way before. It’s whenever I get bogged down with work and obligations and it just stresses me out to the point that I think Why am I doing this?. Sometimes I just break down and cry and then I feel better and push on. It almost always gets better. I don’t think I’ve ever given up on something even when I’ve felt like it because then I’d be letting myself down.

Absolutely. Many times. And each time I didn’t give up I learned something new that made the next struggle I encountered do-able. It’s funny how life is like lifting weights. Develop enough muscle and you can handle many repetitions.

Yes, many times. Somehow I keep going. The medication helps.

Yes. I’m a (relatively) young first time mom who never planned on having children. At many points, both throughout my pregnancy and during the first month of having the baby, I felt like maybe my work was cut out for me and I should exercise the law that allows you to drop your baby off at a hospital and leave it to someone else to raise her.

But that would have been the stupidest decision of my life, and I subconsciously knew that, which is why I never followed through with the thoughts. Yes, being a single mommy is hard, but not too hard for me to accomplish.

My Son is a Nineteen Year old Autistic young Man. I have not given up on him . He has made progress . I can not give up . No matter how emotionally battered I feel. I must push on; and pray for help.
I hope there is a G-d listening to me.
I have always been a hard worker . I have always preserved through difficult times .

If one never really tried to begin with, does it count as giving up? If not, well I’ve never given up ^_^

@philosopher I admire your strength. When I found out I was pregnant, I had just quit stopped doing hard drugs about half a month beforehand and the father is hardcore addicted to crack cocaine and meth… I was horrified that there would be something wrong with my daughter, and I strugged with whether or not I would be strong enough to keep her if there was. Not that I wouldn’t love her, but because I didn’t think my home and lifestyle would be the best for a disabled child.

Now that my daughter is here (and healthy, thankfully) I understand that part of being a parent is changing your home and lifestyle… and I also realize that even if there had been something wrong with her, there’s no way I could have let her go.

Hell no! Where would be the fun in that?

There have been several times that I’ve felt like throwing in the towel and just giving up ; BUT usually there is ONE thing / person that keeps me gettting back on my feet and struggling ahead…

I’ve had depression for a long time, and a lot of the time it makes me feel exhausted and overwhelmed. I just try to do manageable things, even if I’m moving a little slower. Accomplishing something is a great feeling, even if it’s something small. Making progress makes me feel a lot less like giving up.

It is my dream to give up…. some day. Alas, I’m too chickenshit to do that.

sure, but i’ve got someone who helped me out of that :)

Yes, many times.

Yes, many times I have wanted to give up on certain things but I’m usually pretty stubborn about not backing down when it comes to what I want, so I keep on going for it.

Every day. But I know how much it would upset my best friend, and I can’t do that to her. So I just keep plodding along.

You bet! But how would you do it? I had kids to take care of, money to earn. And there’s always a laugh around the corner.

Yes, there was a time when I wanted to do that, but it went away.

”“Some days I just wanna up and call it quits, I feel like I’m surrounded by a wall of bricks, every time I go to get up I just fall in pits, my life is one great big ball of shit.””

Sure, but somehow, I never do.

Years ago, I really wanted to paint the bathroom wall with my brains.
After a year of therapy, which included the use of Anti-depressants, I was able to go to a shooting range with some friends. Afterwards, I realized that during the entire evening, I never once considered putting the gun in my mouth.