Suicide

Its a pretty depressing topic. Perhaps it should be moved to ANGST but I'm trying to avoid that by having a somewhat serious discussion about it (mods, if you disagree then feel free, I do not mind).


the reason I bring it up personally is because of a man who recently commited suicide not far from my home. the blood stains are actually still on the street i believe which are just a little bit eerie to be honest. There was a woman involved who got a divorce and took full custody of his children and he felt like he had nothing left and took his life. Now I'm leaving certain bits out here but you get the idea: it crushed his father (my grandfathers best friend) and I imagine his children as well. its all rather chilling and i'm not really sure why its affected me so much, though I have my own personal ideas. The whole thing is rather strange especially since I never knew this man to be frank. **shrugs**

I read something that said that human beings are the only organisms with enough free will to be capable of willingly taking thier own lives. This made me curious - has anyone here ever had suicidal thoughts at any point in thier lives or have you ever known anyone close, family or friend, that has gone through with it? How did it make you feel personally? Obviously you are still alive so if you have come close or have thought of it, how did you deal with it? In your opinion, is it really an extreme cowardly act, or in some cultures is it an honorable way out. How does one deal with depression so strong that they feel that there is nothing in thier life left to live for?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

i think part of whats bothered me about the whole situation really is how a single chain of bad situations can affect one persons life so much. What I find really strange though is how a single event after a person becomes so depressed can either trigger the impulse to do it or cut off that impulse entirely. Its a little horrifying to think that (sometimes) after someone tries suicide once and fails that they'd go for it again and again again. you'd think that they'd discover that maybe god/nature/whatever diety you believe in was maybe trying to throw them a clue that maybe they are needed in this world after all. =\

i think what bothered me the most personally however was actually seeing those congealed blood stains on the street where it happened. have you ever been in or near a place where something has happened (say the death of somebody or something just as powerful) and just felt really eerie being there? Thats kind of how it feels and quite frankly, it weirds me out. :P

There's nowhere I can't reach.