What nearly "killed" you in 2024? How did/are you overcom(e/ing) it?

Bonespurs getting elected again, and I haven't overcome it yet.

I feel this one. One day at a time.

I'll go first. I had a heart attack a few months ago. Thankfully, i was at home, and my dad is a doctor, so he maintained the situation before i could get to a hospital.

You had a rough time then. Glad to see that it was addressed quickly.
- Yeah it was pretty rough. Never understood the phrase "life flashing before my eyes" until then haha

I lost my friends and my partner. I'm pretty alone, still have cancer, and pretty much just wish something would just fucking kill me overnight.

That sounds tough. Hope the view on the horizon is a little brighter than your current situation.
- Not especially, but kind words and thoughts are always appreciated, nonetheless.

I learned that I’m a diabetic the hard way (went into diabetic ketoacidosis and spent several days in the ICU). This happened while I was thousands of miles from home and was not a pleasant experience. Thankfully things are pretty well controlled now that I’m on insulin.

Did you experience any symptoms before the ketoacidosis that you dismissed or did not dawn on you as being a sign?
- I sure did! I ended up losing a good 30 pounds, I was drinking double or triple the amount of water that I was a few months prior, and probably a few other things that I don’t remember. I sent a message to my primary doctor about my new symptoms and they told me to double up on my Metformin in the meantime. Since it turned out I was type 1, that wasn’t enough to save me until my next appointment.

I started my own bussiness early this year. Though I'm not in the clear yet, I must say that commiting to actually doing it was the most anxiety inducing experience of my entire life. I was feeling physically ill for months due to the extreme levels of fear and worrying wether I'm about to make a huge mistake.

I did the same thing and the anxiety was just as you described. Sadly the business never took off and with tariffs looming I decided to cut my losses and ended it. At that point I was somewhat glad that I had tried my best and it was now over. The stress wasn't worth it.

Please nobody be discouraged by my story. You should still try!!
- I had the same reasoning: I'll rather regret trying than having not. I'm still going though. Just took a huge paycut compared to my previous job, but then again, I no longer have a boss either.

Let's see, the big two were a home invasion and a crazy lady violating my boundaries and manipulating me for a few months.

But it's not my first time with trauma so I know how to keep moving and not let it stop me. Socks, but I choose to live and heal

I keep getting flair ups of PTSD, to varying degrees. It's partially because my partners schedule, which has unfortunately taken all the energy out of me, which then causes the flashbacks. It's been a whole mess. If I can get through Christmas without screaming at my family that they're ignoring how much my mum beat me, I reckon the start of next year should be great.

Hi. I am usually pretty private on Lemmy but I'll post about my experience now.

I was abused by my parents. PTSD has affected me my entire life. I've read books and articles extensively on the subject and those helped but what really helped me was finding a good, trustworthy therapist. My condition was so bad, my therapist suggested a psychiatrist instead. I asked if it's possible to just try therapy first, and the therapist agreed.

While I knew the beginning techniques for, my therapist was able to see what works and adjust accordingly. Also having a guide to all this, with minimal judgement is a benefit in itself. We were able to define what good mental health was together, which helped me a lot.

Getting one now, might not help much for the holidays, but this post is for your future. I know it can sound expensive, at least for me it did, but being able to have pockets of peace and more control of my life is worth it.

Taking it metaphorically the whole course of my life currently is killing me softly. I've got very little to complain about my life but I am just completely lost where I am even going and it is dragging me into depression. I'm getting help from both my employer and by my own looking for it but it'll take time. Working through issues is hard though.

I wish you all the strength with your heart issues and hope it never rears its head again!

Here's to hoping things get better for you. Good thing you have a supportive employer. Many probably would've signed you off as a liability and cut you loose.

Ex left me during the most stressful time in my grad school career and took a bunch of my stuff while I was recovering with family. They also almost stole my dog but I had to threaten a police report to get him back. Then my parents got sick and lost their jobs because of the sickness, so I basically had to take a year out of school to help do damage control. Only good thing is that I started dating again and met someone who I’d love to spend the rest of my life with but my school is on the opposite side of the country. I really don’t know I was supposed to get out of this year but I wanted to die so many times.

I can pass out semi randomly because of POTS, I've nearly fallen down large flights of stairs multiple times this year.

I've also seen the white light after getting a hormone booster in the hospital, not sure how close it was but when I got back the amount of nurses and doctors next to my bed had multiplied significantly.

Me.

Medication and therapy.

Me, and I'll let you know if I figure it out

Had a half hearted not quite suicide attempt, call it a dry run. I want to die even more now, but I quit my job so I have nothing to stress me into acting on it so I spend every day doing nothing wishing I did

Things don't improve unless you improve them, and I've tried and tried and just made everything worse. People love to chime in "you'll get there eventually!" and no, I won't, because I just don't have it in me to try anymore. I've gotten worse at managing the ADHD, the depression has sapped my energy and motivation to nothing. I'm over being alive, but I refuse to hurt the people I care about so I'm stuck here until things get so bad I don't care about hurting others.

Was eating a bacon sandwich at a local park cafe when I started choking on a fatty piece that got stuck in my throat. Luckily a man next to me had just done a first aid course so knew what to do.

Me on electric scooter driving cca 20 km/h. About 3 meters before traffic light which had red light on. I brake instantly from 20-0 and learned how to fly. Sure it won't kill me but still was fun and could get worse.

My work environment has gone to hell this year. First I was told to move across country on my own dime to keep my job. Then to report to the office 3x a week for no good reason only to have them close the office next to my new apartment forcing me to commute. Then I watched several people get laid off or demoted after moving for the job. Now we are to start reporting to the office 5x a week and there is no assigned seating and no guarantees that I won't be laid off or demoted next. I'm dealing with it this year by telling them to get stuffed and moving back home.

W for you. Fuck that job

Someone on the highway crossed 4 lanes of traffic very suddenly and almost took me out.

And also the self restraint I've been practicing to not fight my coworker is cutting my life in half.

I'll fight your coworker for you.

This birthday drawing I did for a really good friend. Progress pictures and full resolution drawing are here!

I finished this one back in June, and I'm pretty sure it is the longest I've ever spent on a picture. It paid off though, because my friend absolutely loved it! 😃

I'm still kinda having trouble figuring out what it's supposed to be tbh😅. It's a sick drawing nevertheless!
- Thank you! It's Cosmos from Transformers! 😃

There were a LOT of weddings in 2024.

Pandemic happened. Then we started trying to relive life again in 2023, but in small doses. Then 2024 happened and all the invites.

The small 20-30 weddings were fine. The 100+ one SUCKED. One boomer wheezing coughed everywhere and people were just touching and spitting on all the desserts. Not to mention alcohol, being so close to election month, and people not remembering how to socialize led to some wild statements.

Post wedding, I took a two week PTO and just played Elden Ring to cope.

Me. Not therapy nor medications (because I interrupted them thanks to the unemployment), but my biological programming.

For me it was the weather that almost did me in. Just me and the snow now.

Incapacitating Autoimmune flare up due to ptsd induced stress bouts. Fun times.

Dealing with it starting from scratch and day by day.