I know 2 people committed suicide.One was my grandfather he was tired of being sick.an A dear friend that was depressed.

Amaxx said:

Speaking from my own life experience as well. Live & Learn.

a couple of my brotehrs friends 15 years ago.

my cousin 2 years ago.

MoniGram said:

Just finished watching the bridge that documentary about suicide I was initially talking about. Really powerfull stuff heres a clip from the last few minutes be warned this is shocking.

1 person that i knew for a brief amount of time.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

[Snip - luv4u]

I know a girl that tried in college and was rescued by paramedics and went into a coma and then came out of it. I know that now she is , married and has children, but I have not seen her since.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

Oh please!

I've been Baker Acted twice in my lifetime. Not my most shining moments.

rasplicious said:

It's only natural to have every kind of thought possible. The mind is trying to understand and trying to relieve itself of something it cannot fathom. I feel what you're going through. It took me at least a year for the thoughts to settle. Not only did I feel my own pain (I was not terribly close to my friend, but knew him very well as an artist and colleague), but I felt the pain of everyone who was close to him. I'm horrified by how this person's act changed the course of his children's lives forever.

Stay with the peace...there is comfort to be had, wisdom and compassion.

I've tried to take my own life more than once... the first time seriously and was very close to successful (thankfully I'll never know how close)

It's a very tough subject but something that needs to be talked about as depression is SOOOOO much more common than people dare to admit

rolling said:

Amazing film, is it not? I actually knew someone who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge. (not the man I mentioned above but another one...although both were film graduates from the same school, go figure)

I spoke to the director of The Bridge when I worked for the SF International Film Festival. He wanted to show the film to teenagers, then backed out to avoid controversy. Seems like he was still trying to understand his own work and how people would respond to it. They showed it at the festival and people were sitting in the aisles, it was packed!

grimnt said:

I agree, it is very healthy to talk about it. My friend knew I had a serious meditation practice and he opened up to me about his problem with depression once. He said he would consider meditating. Then we drifted apart, and I've never forgotten that conversation.

I hope you don't get to that point again, but if you do, please remember there are people in this world who love you very, very much.

I had a friend in the army, who hung himself in his mother's kitchen, as payback for not supporting him in fighting against his father, who abused him sexually.

ArielB said:

whoa, somebody read a suicide note by a teenager in a class I help teach, and the kid wrote that his mother and father were to blame. Harsh!

grimnt said:

I don't know anyone who committed suicide.

A very heavy and dark subject.

I first heard about the fact there is such a thing as killing yourself in my 2nd month at my high school. At the time, I was 17 and in 10th grade.
Our Health class had class in the closest gym rather than the classroom because we had to address the fact someone had taken their life. We spent the whole class figuring out why people resort to that and how it can be prevented.

The whole time I was in that high school, there were at least 5-6 people who committed suicide. Only one case did I actually know the person who did. Every time we heard it over the announcements, we'd get a hand-out in homeroom saying to come to the guidance office if you have any concerns, etc. I personally got annoyed when I knew none of those people. This makes me sound like a bad person, I know, but my attitude was "if I didn't know the person, why should I care?"

The one person I knew that committed suicide, it hit a lot of my friends really hard. They got the news towards the end of the day in gym and they were all in tears about it. I heard about it on the local 6 o'clock news. She was in our biology class that year. We had a test coming up the day after and I thought regardless we'd have it... we didn't. I only knew her a little bit and I was a bit affected by it, but not as much as most.

How I feel about the whole issue personally...
I'd be lying if I said I never thought about it. The reason I gave for why one would resort to the drastic measure of that is PRESSURE. Between academic obligations, parents and such, who wouldn't blow up every once in a while? God knows I have. I'm not a straight A student, but when I do less than my best, I got told off for it.

The last time I was so low that the idea came to mind (I'd only gotten that low 2-3 times over the past 5 years or so)... I'd just gotten back to college after winter break. I had the dorm to myself because my roommate moved out. I was thrilled to have my own room. But when I got settled in, the loneliness I felt nearly killed me. I couldn't stand it. I felt like I didn't matter and I refrained from getting in touch with people who could have helped me (friends/family) because I didnt want to bother them with my BS.
In the end, I decided to listen to Sign o' the Times Disc I and it helped me feel not so alone.

The day after, I heard about Heath Ledger and it put things into perspective for me. Scared me a little because even though I'd never have the courage to take it that far, that could have been me.

The trick with the idea of suicide is this: its easy to consider it, but to actually do it is something all its own. And the one thing that I always remember about it: SUICIDE IS PERMANENT, THERE IS NO DO-OVERS.
It can't be used for a temporary escape from reality. Once its done, its done and that scares the hell out of me.

One thing I'd like to mention, though. As a result of the first suicide at my high school, I wrote somewhat of a memoir/teen angst story about why a student would resort to such a thing and what ultimately saved him in the end. It's also one of my best fictional works and I haven't even posted it on the web yet like I had almost all of my other works.

grimnt said:

I feel you little fairy , more than you can imagine