Had a buddy step in front of a train. Wish I could have talked to him a few minutes before.
Had a buddy step in front of a train. Wish I could have talked to him a few minutes before.
It’s amazing to me what some people go through and still can do life, and what some don’t go through and can’t hold it together. We are all different.
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"Keep your powder dry, Boys!" ~ George Washington
"If I understood everything I said I'd be a genius." ~ 'Unknown'
"Just remember son, there is always someone, somewhere who's got it worse than you do" Dad, 1986-????
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"They are who we thought they were"
You can dress a fat chick up, but you cant fix stupid
A girl I went to high school with killed herself when we were in the 11th or 12th grade. I remember afterwards we had to have some class discussions and such. I don’t remember the exact numbers but basically women have a much higher rate of failed suicide attempts whereas men were typically successful the first attempt ( successful may be a poor word choice but not sure what else to use). The grief counselor they brought in to lead the discussions basically said that most time with women it was more for attention/a cry for help and most recovered to a better mental state afterwards
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What about the terminally ill that don't want to go thru the pain and suffering, fruitily of treatments ,money spent on a lost cause and loss of control?
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I've had more friends and acquaintances than I care to discuss take their lives. I have a son that tried. I am thankful for everyone that takes a stand to try to prevent this.
A co-worker does a lot of work in post-traumatic-event counseling. He has had the opportunity to interview a lot of people that tried... and failed... to commit suicide. A telling thing is that EVERY person interviewed that tried by jumping from a bridge and survived said the same thing... They regretted it as soon as they were over the side.
"Only accurate rifles are interesting " - Col. Townsend Whelen
Job well done, in my opinion....and Lord I pray if anybody I love finds themselves in that position there is someone there to save them.
Some of what is expressed here doesn't surprise me at all, and I'm with you, bet they'd change their tune quick if they had to deal with it themselves. Here's a thought that might resonate with some of you, who do you think has to foot the bill to recover the jumpers body?
\"Free your mind, your ass will follow\"
I am taking my dog in tomorrow for his final solution. I would be fine with being solutioned if I were hooked up to some machine keeping me alive. Hell, they could sell tickets to be the one to pull the cord for all I would care...
Tough news Jab. Been through it too many times. Sorry man.
I’m sorry! Been there twice. It sucks. Cry like a baby sucks
On topic,
I had an uncle die due to gun shot, no one really knew what he was going through. It’s selfish as hell, but he was not in his right mind and we don’t believe he would have put us through that misery purposely.
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It is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I read something that once someone decides that they are going to take their life they usually attempt it within two minutes of making that decision. To try to reason why someone would do it is impossible because if you think it is irrational then you don’t have the thought process that they have. A rational person would never make that decision.
I've unfortunately been been acquaintances with several people that committed suicide...several hung themselves, one jumped off the Cooper River Bridge, one shot himself. Although I was nothing more than class mates or connected by mutual friends, each one had an impact on a lot of people I do consider friends and the conversations that occurred after the deaths saved other lives. I saw a kid put a gun to his head and pull the trigger in high school...it's been 30 years and I can still remember it like yesterday and I am sure all that were present that morning remember it as well.
This was a very hard thread to read.
More family and friends than I care to recall have taken their lives. Every one of them meant to do it because it was done in ways there was no coming back from.
If there is anything that can dissuade anyone from suicide remember someone that loves you will find your body, and someone you love has to clean up your mess and this will be their final memory of you. That person would much rather talk to you than find pieces of you scattered around their living space for months and years.
It's taken me decade(s) to even get to a point of where I can get to a place to consider forgiveness.
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