Have You Even Known Someone Who Committed Suicide?
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A freind of mine had a close friend blow his brains out with a shot gun in front of a bunch of cops some years ago, after getting depressed over the break up with his girl friend (not my friend).
I knew him in passing, but my freind said she was affected by it for some time .
Yes, I have known two people that killed themselves. Both were probation officers, and both were friends of mine. They did it about a year apart. The male with a gun, the female by sealing off the garage and starting the car.
In between the two, another probation officer was killed in a car accident when a older lady ran a redlight and killed him and his wife on a motorcyle.
It was a tough year in our department in 2008.
In between the two, another probation officer was killed in a car accident when a older lady ran a redlight and killed him and his wife on a motorcyle.
It was a tough year in our department in 2008.
I also had an uncle who just stopped taking his meds after a very dire prognosis. He had been battling the disease and was in a lot of pain for many years. He'd had enough of the battle, especially since he'd never get better nor ever be pain-free again.
Just slipped away after a few days.
--Ted
Just slipped away after a few days.
--Ted
I don't think I have that big a choice, I'll probably just barely have money for bills this summer. What money I do get for food should go to my brother who I live with, he needs it more then me.
My best friend tried to kill herself twice in one day because her parents were fucktards. (They still are.) First she tried to overdose on sleeping meds, then she took a sharp piece of obsidian and sliced her wrists. Thankfully, she didn't take enough meds, and she cut across the street, not down the road, and it wasn't deep enough.
I was contemplating it for a while, due to a severe social anxiety resulting from years of physical and mental abuse from my aunt. You hear someone call you worthless every day, pretty soon, you start to believe it. I was talked out of suicide, but I'm still dealing with anxiety issues-- I can hardly go out in public, I'm so scared of what people think of me. So I lurk around on Internet forums-- no one can see me here. =)
I was contemplating it for a while, due to a severe social anxiety resulting from years of physical and mental abuse from my aunt. You hear someone call you worthless every day, pretty soon, you start to believe it. I was talked out of suicide, but I'm still dealing with anxiety issues-- I can hardly go out in public, I'm so scared of what people think of me. So I lurk around on Internet forums-- no one can see me here. =)
Thank you to everyone for sharing their stories with me. I still grapple with the idea that to me it makes perfect logical sense to end a life that is not worth living. But at the same time my girlfriend expresses to me the horror that one day she would actually receive that call that it happened, and I never want her to experience that. Your input has given me a lot to think about.
Don't do it. No matter what, don't do it.
Bud, I hear what you're saying, I'm wrestled with it all my life. Eventually I hope you come to the realization that that life not worth living doesn't exist. There is no such thing.
I'm not the sort of person who thinks suicide is something you should never ever do. I believe people have their reasons, some are good reasons, others aren't, but at the end of the day it is their life, but I'd hope people would only come to the conclusion it's their only option after time attempting to get past what their problems may be, and not leave too many loved ones hurting, and wondering if there's anything they could have done.
If life is too painful(in either sense of the word), and you don't think you can take it any more, it may be an idea to seek help, and discuss it with people rather than think suicide is the only option.
If life is too painful(in either sense of the word), and you don't think you can take it any more, it may be an idea to seek help, and discuss it with people rather than think suicide is the only option.
Unless you're terminally ill with no hope of any cure or treatment, there is always a better option than suicide.
I don't necessarily think so, some people just cannot cope with life, medicated, not medicated, mentally ill or just incredibly see no reason to live, people have their reasons, and although you might not see it they could be right in their choice for their own reasons. And whether you'd cope in that situation is irrelevant to whether they could...
But I agree terminally ill is one thing I'd consider to be a good reason, less pain for you, less drawn out worry for yourself and your loved ones.
I'm one of the people here who has wanted to kill myself so I don't see suicide as this evil thing like others do. To me it is empowering in that it gives you some control over your life. Granted I Don't want to kill myself right now. My life has actually been turning around which is something people should always consider. Things can get better.
I have also know someone who has killed themselves. My stepdad hung himself in a mental hospital but I didn't feel bad. In fact I was happy. IF anything I feel some guilt over not feeling guilty. He was a horrible person who would hit my mom and was a drunk and possibly might have killed someone. He is proably not a good example to use in why talking about suicide is a bad thing but this is about my own personal experience and franky I think that is how we sould look at the issue. Every suicide is different. Why are we passing judgments on people we don't know and oviously was going through alot of pain.
Jason
I have also know someone who has killed themselves. My stepdad hung himself in a mental hospital but I didn't feel bad. In fact I was happy. IF anything I feel some guilt over not feeling guilty. He was a horrible person who would hit my mom and was a drunk and possibly might have killed someone. He is proably not a good example to use in why talking about suicide is a bad thing but this is about my own personal experience and franky I think that is how we sould look at the issue. Every suicide is different. Why are we passing judgments on people we don't know and oviously was going through alot of pain.
Jason
Yes.
It's entirely different, emotionally, than losing someone naturally or by accident. It's really difficult to forgive.
It's entirely different, emotionally, than losing someone naturally or by accident. It's really difficult to forgive.
I don't see why people see suicide as something that is so hard to forgive. I could make the argument that it is selfish to make a suicide all about them. I know people feel bad when they loose people they love but these people are not in the shoes of the person who kills themselves. What is wrong with allowing people to live their lives or end their lives as they see fit as long as they don't hurt another person in ways such as rape,murder etc.
I do think it would be wrong to not leave behind a suicide note. Something to give those left behind a reason as to why they didn't want to live anyone so people don't have to go through life wondering if it was their fault or something like that.
Jason
I do think it would be wrong to not leave behind a suicide note. Something to give those left behind a reason as to why they didn't want to live anyone so people don't have to go through life wondering if it was their fault or something like that.
Jason
One of my friends committed suicide on memorial day weekend. We weren't best friends, we met at a LAN party several years ago and pretty much the only time we talked to each other was at those LAN parties (twice a year) and occasionally on Facebook, but he was a pretty cool guy and I always looked forward to seeing him and his brother at the LAN party.
A week or two ago I logged into Facebook and saw a group that was in memory of him. I clicked on it and was stunned to see that he had died on Memorial Day weekend. I later asked one of our mutual friends about it and he told me that he had started to develop the early stages of schizophrenia and killed himself. It's very sad, he was only in his 20s.
That was the second time in 6 months that someone died and I didn't find out until sometimes afterwords. In the Fall semester the guy who I sat next to and worked with in my Intro to Databases class just suddenly stopped coming one day. I figured he had to drop the class because of his job, but a week or two later the teacher told us he had died in a car accident. I later found out online that he had crashed into construction equipment that was supposed to be put away hours before the crash, needless to say my option of contstruction workers dropped considerably that day.
A week or two ago I logged into Facebook and saw a group that was in memory of him. I clicked on it and was stunned to see that he had died on Memorial Day weekend. I later asked one of our mutual friends about it and he told me that he had started to develop the early stages of schizophrenia and killed himself. It's very sad, he was only in his 20s.
That was the second time in 6 months that someone died and I didn't find out until sometimes afterwords. In the Fall semester the guy who I sat next to and worked with in my Intro to Databases class just suddenly stopped coming one day. I figured he had to drop the class because of his job, but a week or two later the teacher told us he had died in a car accident. I later found out online that he had crashed into construction equipment that was supposed to be put away hours before the crash, needless to say my option of contstruction workers dropped considerably that day.
I've already decided that if I ever physically degenerate to the point where I need someone else to wipe my ass for me, then it's time to shuffle off this mortal coil and see what lies beyond. Not only quality-of-life issues, but also not wanting to lose one's independence and having to rely upon others for the most basic of tasks.
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