Ten Things I Hate About Me Quotes

“I know it’s hard to hold on when you feel hopeless. But try and remember the word hopeless doesn’t actually mean no hope. It means less hope. You might have less hope than you’ve had in the past, but you’ve only got no hope when you’re dead, which you’re not. Please. Wait for a bit.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“also know that everybody who’s ever cared about me would rather I told them I was thinking about killing myself than try to do it. The same is true for you.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“Not a secure ward; I was free to leave whenever I wanted, and that was important. Because anyone can avoid drugs and alcohol if there’s a lock on the door stopping you getting to them. That’s not recovery, that’s escapology.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“Thinking it needs to be something dramatic to make you quit can just put pressure on you to make it a significant moment.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“Suicide is often thought of as a selfish thing to do. But people don’t kill themselves because they’re not thinking about the people they love. They do it because they are. You can’t live with yourself,”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“We need to talk about this stuff. Because as a society we need to get much better at having conversations about suicide before someone has done it.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“Mental illness is not an excuse for bad behaviour, but it can be an explanation of sorts. The”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“Go for a walk, take up a hobby. Fine, tried that, still want to kill myself. Now what? I have full sleeve tattoos to cover up the scars on both my arms. I don’t think what was missing was some mindful colouring and remembering to drink more water.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“When you have BPD, you have one job to do, every single day. Don’t – whatever you do – die.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“As everyone knows, it’s impossible not to laugh at the Benny Hill music and, in that moment, as I was laughing, something shifted and I stopped wanting to die.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“Before we get started, I need to warn you that this book is going to talk about suicide, including detailing suicidal methods. It’s going to detail experience of sexual assault. It’s also going to talk about addiction, including references to cocaine and alcohol abuse. It’s going to examine self-harm and depression. It’s going to be honest about some of the darkest things it’s possible to feel. It’s also going to (try to) be funny. I”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me

“The trouble with being a suicidal magician is that it’s remarkably hard to kill yourself.”
― Joe Tracini, Ten Things I Hate About Me