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i won& #39;t refute anything shius said about our friendship! i stand by my apology to them, which i& #39;ll share a screenshot of because i still agree with how i worded it.
i will add clarification that i had attempted suicide myself a couple months prior to shius& #39; attempt, and i was still suicidal when their attempt was made. i heard about their attempt via a friend, who we& #39;ll call A. i asked A if anyone had been able to contact them, and A -
- told me they were talking to them and that they weren& #39;t in any immediate danger anymore. because we were both suicidal and on the verge of attempts at the same time, i was afraid of making their vulnerable state worse. HOWEVER, I SHOULD HAVE TOLD THEM THIS! what i should -
- have done is let them know i cared, but wasn& #39;t able to immediately be there for them in the moment due to us sharing similar states. i still regret not being more communicative, and as i said in my DM to them, this isn& #39;t something i would ever do to anyone ever again.
what i do want to talk about is using mental illness as an excuse. i don& #39;t mean this sarcastically or passive aggressively at all, it& #39;s a very genuine question; can someone explain how i was using my DID diagnosis as an excuse for my behavior?
i was confused by irigoka& #39;s comment, i still don& #39;t exactly know what they were trying to imply, and i know i clarified in my thread that i was only disclosing the diagnosis not to excuse my behavior but to show i was aware of how to finally work on myself as a person(s).
i& #39;m more than open to the idea that i went about this in the wrong way, though! i& #39;m still learning, and i want to make sure i understand peoples& #39; concerns so i can do better. i found out about this thread because a friend vented to me that people on OGA were treating me -
unfairly based on my mental illnesses, and i took it upon myself to get curious and see exactly what people were talking about. please, please, please, PLEASE, tell me directly when i do something wrong. i just want to understand your perspectives so i can do better.
