Suicide

[countrygirl12]

A guy I have known for 15 plus years shot himself a couple of days ago.  It got me to thinking...drugs are bad and there are a lot of people dying from drug over doses.  But there are also a lot of people who are dying from suicide.

[bob1tina]

Yeah that is a hard thing to over come.  My ex-wife her son committed suicide and I helped raise him and I took it really hard.  My girlfriends daughter she just went to a funeral of a friend of her boyfriend and this girls was only 23 but died from a drug over dose, and she has been to a few funerals of her boyfriends friends and he stated he was glad he stopped doing all that crap.

[msmoneybags48]

It depends upon the person.  If it is something that drives you to do such a thing, there are other ways to resolve that matter.  What I don't get is that they take the quick way out and end their lives over something that can be resolved if they talk to someone.  I don't think of suicide as a resolution to solving a problem.  In the case of Ariel Castro, the man who kidnapped those three women in Cleveland, he could not stand to suffer as he made them suffer.  That is the reason why jails and prisons don't allow prisoners to have belts, and he hung himself with a sheet.  He figured that he was going to suffer as long as he was in prison for his crime and could not stand it.  No wonder.

[crisstar]

There are many reasons people commit suicide - and drug use is one of the reasons along with depression and medical and financial issues.

People just don't kill themselves just to kill themselves...there's a reason behind it. Unfortunately, sometimes the surviving family members and friends never know or understand the reasons why their loved one took their lives.

[babyturtles23]

I believe that drugs are bad, BUT they aren't as bad as people make them seem. It also depends on the person and if they abuse them and why they are buying them and using them in the first place. They know what they're getting themselves into. As for suicide, people cope with things in different ways. I've heard people say that others are wimps for killing themselves instead of facing their problems, but having the guts to kill yourself is nothing close to being a wimp. It's sad and I don't know which other way to put it, but at least they're gone from their misery.

[sharonpatri55]

My nephew chose to end his life at the young age of 19 and it has gravely affected the lives of every one in our family. We do not know why he chose suicide, the answer may only come when we leave this life. He is dearly missed.

[mjoseph1]

sorry to hear that i had 2 friends do that in high school i still think about til this day

[marciaenglish]

I just wish people would realize that when things get really bad; as long as there is life, there is hope!

[ancmetro]

     I blame the schools and the societies in which we all live. There should be better mental health programs for all. Personal problems-we all have them. But there is always a way out. Suicide is not one of them.

[luvh8tragedy87]

With some people the mental anguish, the despair that they're in just becomes too much and they don't know how to deal with it. Unfortunately they think things will be better without them. I think all anyone can do that has a friend or family member that's suicidal is just to let them know you're there for them, you love them, try to get them some help, and just be compassionate and understanding.

[inertia4]

It seems that depression is on a rise in this country. And depression can make people do crazy things also. I think we have all been plagued by all the chemicals that have been used for many years in products and our food. And this is contributing to all this disfunction going on.

[Penwoir]

That is very sad. You know, my dad died of cancer 7 years ago and I miss him dearly. He would have loved to see his grandchildren grow up but didn't get the chance. I also worked with someone who died of breast cancer at 28 - that was the biggest shock in the world to me and I took it really hard. What is strange to me though, is that whilst some people are fighting through illness to just get a bit more time in this world, others are ending their own lives without a thought that some would give anything for a bit more time. It makes me sad.

[countrygirl12]

All good points.  The guy who killed himself had cancer.  He had been sick for a while.  I guess he was tired of fighting.  I do not fault anyone for killing themselves.  I can understand how sometimes people get to that low.  I do not think he was being a wimp.  Things had to be really bad for him to have made that decision.

Someone said there is always a way out.  But not really.  I know a guy who a few years ago had been looking for a job for over a year.  He could not find anything anywhere.  He went out one morning and sat in his truck and pulled the trigger.  I am not saying it was the right thing to do.  I am saying sometimes there is not a way out.  People are losing their homes and everything they have because they cannot find work.
Better mental health is not going to solve that.  Unless the hospitals are going to pay their bills.

I also had a cousin commit suicide and unfortunately it was over his wife leaving him.   In this situation things would have gotten better.  And she didn't care one way or the other that he died.  She had another man.

Idk.  I think about things a lot and people need to be more considerate and watch how they treat others.  In real life and even in forums and threads online.  You do not know what people are going thru.  I post from time to time in a couple of places online and I have been told more than once to "go kill myself" because someone didn't agree with what I said. 

[reiddb]

Without Jesus, there is no hope or purpose!

[countrygirl12]

Without Jesus, there is no hope or purpose!

I have known more than one person who was a Christian and they still ended their own life.  Even though a person is a Christian they can have issues with depression, money problems, sickness, and just feel that they can no longer deal with stuff.