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KSena ([personal profile] kseenaa) wrote2014-07-27 12:26 am
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Losing a friend...

I don't even know how to start this post, but...

I found out I've lost a really good friend yesterday. She killed herself. Slit her wrists and her throat. Less than two weeks ago.

We'd known each other for about 5 years. She was such a wonderful woman. Struggling with the incurable disease Lupus or SLE, not to mention sever depression and numerous other problems. She struggled on, and found joy in fandoms, fanfic and roleplaying.

And we bonded over that. We did several roleplaying lines. Mostly really dark, thriller or horror, since we both enjoyed doing that.

We had so much fun! And she said, numerous times, that talking to me and roleplaying with me helped her a lot. She smoked a lot of weed when I started talking to her, but she stopped that habit, crediting me for it. I don't know if it's true or not, but I am proud of the fact she managed to quit.

She has a son to. A gorgeous boy, who I think is 9 or 10 by now.

She pushed me when I struggled through IVF to get my darling girl. Cheering me on all the way. She'd planned to adopt her son, but changed her mind and loved him dearly, no matter how tough her life was.

And it was. I won't tell everything here, because hey... told in confidence, but holy fuck. Let's just say I'm happy my family is the good kind of crazy... So that she managed to make such a good life for herself and her kid, is amazing.

She had her support, of course. A good friend who stayed by her side through thick and thin and that she was a roommate with, sharing a house.

Sadly, that was not enough. A lot happened to both of us. And me, I could not be there for her the same way that I used to. I got my daughter. And then I started working fulltime. And since she lived in New Zealand, the time-difference ended up being a huge issue. I feel sick to my stomach thinking about it, but yeah... I did my best, and when I saw that she'd cut herself I sent her an email of course. No response, but I didn't expect one since I knew she didn't respond any when she was really down, even if she always read everything.

And then, when I saw a coffin on her instagram, I thought it was her room-mate that had died, and passed my condolence. It wasn't. I got an answer from him, who she'd left her password to where he told me she'd died, killed herself.

I still can't believe it. And I ache and hurt for her sweet son. Now stuck in child services, despite seeing her best friend and roommate as family... Just wish I could help him.

*sigh*

Rest In Peace, Tashé. I hope you know that you were so very very loved. And not alone.


This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.

[identity profile] volare.livejournal.com 2014-07-26 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry. Hugs to you...

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I just... Yeah. *sad*

[identity profile] hexenhasel.livejournal.com 2014-07-26 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, my dear :( *gives hugs*

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I feel horrible for not being able to help her more. :-/

[identity profile] steinsgrrl.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry, honey. I'm sending you all the hugs.

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
*HUGS* Thank you. I need all the hugs I can get these day. Feeling guilty and shitty. *sigh*

[identity profile] ragdoll.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I know there is nothing I can say to make it better, but my heart goes out to you. :(

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. So much. I needed that, I think. My heart mostly go out to her son. Wish I could help him. :-/

[identity profile] astroflammante.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* So sorry to hear that...

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. :-/ I feel horrible and wish I could have helped her more and or better, you know? So very down and don't know what to do really. *HUGS*

[identity profile] astroflammante.livejournal.com 2014-07-28 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I know... one always feel lousy, and like there was more that one could've done when something like this happens. And telling you that I'm sure you did everything you could won't help, because it never does, but I'm telling you anyway because I'm sure you did. *hugs*

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-28 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, I know... It's just... GAH! I don't even know if I'll find out anymore about how it goes for her son or her roommate... I told her roommate to please stay in touch with me, but... Why would he? I really feel for her kid, and I would have loved to find out what would happen to him, you know? Still think about what-if-scenarios in my head nearly every day. :-/

[identity profile] melluransa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry! How sad. I feel bad for her little boy.

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-27 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. I agree. Although I feel for her room-mate and best friend to, of course, I grieve and worry so much about her son. He's a really good kid and she loved him so much. *sigh*

[identity profile] zeph317toho.livejournal.com 2014-07-28 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I am so very sorry for your loss. *hugs*

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-28 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I feel horrible. :-/ Trying to deal with it day to day while living my life is not easy, you know? I see all the roleplaying we've done that I could re-read if I wanted, since it's all there... but I just feel like bursting to tears. *sigh* I miss her so much.

[identity profile] blue-eye.livejournal.com 2014-07-29 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Stepped back and read this...didn't realize it was so close. I am so sorry for your loss. In 2012, I lost a good LJ friend who took her own life. She lived in NY before she had to move back to Australia. I still wonder today if there was something I could have said/done. Probably not, since she has friends physically closer in real life that couldn't help her.

{{{hugs}}}

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-07-30 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Yeah, it was quite the shock. She's been suffering from depression and quite a bit of other problems since I got to know her, but I never thought it would go this far. I never did. I miss her and think about her every day. :-(

[identity profile] ledflyd.livejournal.com 2014-08-05 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
well that fucking blows.

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-08-07 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That would just be the beginning of it. :-/ It's really tough, and I randomly think of her when being online and looking at fandomstuff and get a bit sad. I miss her, and I wish I could have been there more for her, you know?

Thanx for coming over and giving me a random thought. *HUGS* Take good care of Rushi.

[identity profile] ruchirahni.livejournal.com 2014-09-16 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so sorry for your loss. I had no idea that when I lost Chloe you were going through the same thing at the same time. How are you doing now? I guess the days are easier than they were at the beginning, but I still miss her so much.

It's amazing, how much pain people can be in.

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2014-09-17 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Destiny is funny that way, isn't it? It really really sucks that some people are in so much pain emotinally and mentally that the only way out for them is to end it.

I am doing pretty good now, but it strikes me randomly that she is really gone. Like when she had her birthday the other day. Or would have had....

I can't stop thinking about her son. Or feel more or less guilty over the fact I could not be there more for her.

I pray that does not make me selfish. :-P