CarrieLee said:

I should have made sure she got somewhere safe before letting her go.

I'm sure it made an impact on her.

Alcop0p said:

Right, but when you're dead you can't have any regrets and those left behind will get on with their lives. I'm glad for anyone who ever committed suicide that they found the peace which they could not find in this life. Too bad for the survivors that they have to deal with it, but maybe if people wouldn't see death as such a horrible thing the pain wouldn't be so bad. People from other cultures seem to deal with it much better than we do in general.

analbolique said:

That is such a load of bollocks

I'm never glad for anyone who has ever committed suicude EVER

You are glad that someone who obviously has a mental illness (yes suicidal tendancies are classed as a mental illness) is neglected by the health care system and allowed to destroy something that can never be bought back, something that has a ripple effect on whole communities

The problem isn't the view on death, it's the comercialism of modern LIVING

the whole package we as humans are supposed to have that makes death look appealing rather than live as a second class citizen

I feel so strongly about what you have put i can't focus my answer

Right, but when you're dead you can't have any regrets and those left behind will get on with their lives. I'm glad for anyone who ever committed suicide that they found the peace which they could not find in this life. Too bad for the survivors that they have to deal with it, but maybe if people wouldn't see death as such a horrible thing the pain wouldn't be so bad. People from other cultures seem to deal with it much better than we do in general.

the whole package we as humans are supposed to have that makes death look appealing rather than live as a second class citizen

PS:

Ace man, you did the right thing.

Even if she does not call you doesn't mean she's not better today.
She might just feel to ashamed to call you. Or she might not even
care enough to call because of the state she's in at this point in
time. But one day she will, soon as she gets herself back on the
tracks.

analbolique said:

I can't even begin to explain just how sick this makes me. Obviously you have
the right to your own views. And I know, I don't have to read this kind of bs
cuz I'm not forced. But still, your view seems rather one-sided.
Have you ever had someone you love wanting to kill themselves? Have you ever
been the one waiting through the night for the cops to come tell you?

geez.

IstenSzek said:

Why does it make you sick? Because I believe people have the right to decide when they want to end their life? My aunt committed suicide only a few hrs after she had visited us. In the months before she did I had spent many afternoons visiting her in the clinic where she had been admitted and also after she was released.

I think those who are "left behind" are incredibly selfish and only think of their own pain. If that makes you sick I think the problem lies with you and not me.

analbolique said:

That is such a load of bollocks

I'm never glad for anyone who has ever committed suicude EVER

You are glad that someone who obviously has a mental illness (yes suicidal tendancies are classed as a mental illness) is neglected by the health care system and allowed to destroy something that can never be bought back, something that has a ripple effect on whole communities

The problem isn't the view on death, it's the comercialism of modern LIVING

the whole package we as humans are supposed to have that makes death look appealing rather than live as a second class citizen

I feel so strongly about what you have put i can't focus my answer

IstenSzek said:

Why does it make you sick? Because I believe people have the right to decide when they want to end their life? My aunt committed suicide only a few hrs after she had visited us. In the months before she did I had spent many afternoons visiting her in the clinic where she had been admitted and also after she was released.

I think those who are "left behind" are incredibly selfish and only think of their own pain. If that makes you sick I think the problem lies with you and not me.

I was not too far from home when a young woman ran out in front of a speeding car in front of me. Luckily, the driver was able to stop before hitting her. At that point, the woman just stood there in front of the car for what seemed like an eternity before stumbling, dazed, across the road. The car drove away, while the woman collapsed against a fence, sobbing.

No one stopped.

I pulled over to the side of the road and put my hazards on. I got out and went over to the young woman. I asked her if she was okay. She said, “I don’t want to be here anymore…I can’t take anymore…”. I asked her what had happened, but she said she didn’t want to talk about it. She continued to cry. I asked her if she had any family in the city and she said she was from Nova Scotia, but that her sister was in the city. After trying to comfort her for a while, I got out my cell phone and got a therapist’s number for her. I made her promise to call the doctor and her sister. She seemed to have calmed down a little. I drove her to a payphone and gave her a couple of quarters. I gave her my number and told her that I was expecting her to call me today, so that I would know she was alright.

In hindsight, I should have driven her to a hospital, but I did not think of that at the time. I am kicking myself for not doing that.

Alcop0p said:

That's like saying you're not relieved that someone who has any other incurable disease has passed away and there has come an end to their suffering. As much as doctors and therapists can do, sometimes they just can not cure a person.

I think it's a good thing when someone doesn't have to suffer anymore. Sure getting cured is the best option, but sometimes that's simply not possible which doesn't always have to do with the health care system neglecting them.

But I guess anything but the traditional western view on suicide isn't accepted here, so I'll just shut up about it.

analbolique said:

That is such a load of bollocks

I'm never glad for anyone who has ever committed suicude EVER

You are glad that someone who obviously has a mental illness (yes suicidal tendancies are classed as a mental illness) is neglected by the health care system and allowed to destroy something that can never be bought back, something that has a ripple effect on whole communities

The problem isn't the view on death, it's the comercialism of modern LIVING

the whole package we as humans are supposed to have that makes death look appealing rather than live as a second class citizen

I feel so strongly about what you have put i can't focus my answer

Alcop0p said:

But I guess anything but the traditional western view on suicide isn't accepted here, so I'll just shut up about it.

IstenSzek said:

Why does it make you sick? Because I believe people have the right to decide when they want to end their life? My aunt committed suicide only a few hrs after she had visited us. In the months before she did I had spent many afternoons visiting her in the clinic where she had been admitted and also after she was released.

I think those who are "left behind" are incredibly selfish and only think of their own pain. If that makes you sick I think the problem lies with you and not me.

Maybe you could drive by the area again. SHe still may be there.

sag10 said:

I know her first name and that she works in the area. I don't know how I could track her down, though.

I got out my cell phone and got a therapist’s number for her. I made her promise to call the doctor

you could check to see if she called the therapist ace?

See update in my first post.