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Lost an acquaintance to suicide
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:19 am
An acquaintance of mine took his life this week. He was a guy who seemingly had the world at his fingertips: good family, friends, a good job, he was active in the community. He wasn't even 30. My friends and I, while we didn't know him well, are struggling to understand if we could have helped. There were no signs that we could see. Looking back, he always seemed so happy and was always surrounded by tons of people. I guess it goes to show you that you never really know what people are struggling with inside.
To anyone on the board who is struggling with depression, or who is having thoughts of hurting yourself, please, please reach out to someone. You're never beyond the help of family or friends, and your life is precious, and you are loved.
Today would be a great day to tell those in your life you love them, to reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while, or to give a stranger a nice gesture. You never know the impact it could have.
To anyone on the board who is struggling with depression, or who is having thoughts of hurting yourself, please, please reach out to someone. You're never beyond the help of family or friends, and your life is precious, and you are loved.
Today would be a great day to tell those in your life you love them, to reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while, or to give a stranger a nice gesture. You never know the impact it could have.
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Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:20 am to ibldprplgld
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ibldprplgld
I love you bro.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:21 am to ibldprplgld
Sorry for your loss. My wife lost a cousin to suicide almost a year ago, and it's been very hard on everyone.
Absolutely all of this.
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To anyone on the board who is struggling with depression, or who is having thoughts of hurting yourself, please, please reach out to someone. You're never beyond the help of family or friends, and your life is precious, and you are loved.
Today would be a great day to tell those in your life you love them, to reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while, or to give a stranger a nice gesture. You never know the impact it could have.
Absolutely all of this.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:23 am to ibldprplgld
Was this the guy at the Opera House?
Aquaintence of someone who dated him. Apparently truly surprising. Sorry for your loss.
Aquaintence of someone who dated him. Apparently truly surprising. Sorry for your loss.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:23 am to ibldprplgld
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To anyone on the board who is struggling with depression, or who is having thoughts of hurting yourself, please, please reach out to someone
Look, no offense (I don't know you so I'm not presuming to understand your situation), but I get really tired of seeing this shite from people who haven't ever experienced depression or suicidal thoughts. It's not just that easy. Sometimes you talk to people and they don't care or don't take you seriously.
That said, sorry for your loss.
This post was edited on 4/5/18 at 10:24 am
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:35 am to ibldprplgld
Yeah it’s tough, a man who I used to attend a Bible Study group with committed suicide last week. You never know what someone is dealing with mentally.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:36 am to ibldprplgld
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He was a guy who seemingly had the world at his fingertips
Unfortunately this type is very prone
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:40 am to ibldprplgld
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To anyone on the board who is struggling with depression, or who is having thoughts of hurting yourself, please, please reach out to someone. You're never beyond the help of family or friends, and your life is precious, and you are loved. Today would be a great day to tell those in your life you love them, to reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while, or to give a stranger a nice gesture. You never know the impact it could have.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:44 am to ibldprplgld
I am sorry you are going through this, I have gone through the same as one of my best friends has killed himself. It is very common for those friends and family to wonder what they could have done or if they had just reached out. Unfortunately, friends and family are not included in this, in my friend's case, there was apparent and growing psychosis and impossible to really know what was going on in his head, for all we know he was saving everyone and the world by committing suicide.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:49 am to ibldprplgld
Well if you were only an acquaintance I cannot see why you would feel the need to second-guess yourself.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 10:55 am to ibldprplgld
Sorry to hear it. Fortunately, there are a lot of kids in my family so any depressed thought about killing myself would be immediately snuffed out by the thought of how the babies would feel. Honestly, I can't even bear the thought of it.
I think that's what most people should do. Just think about the people you love the most and how they would react, especially if you left a gory scene.
And now, cue the assholes who somehow muster up the self-righteous audacity to actually berate suicide victims.
I think that's what most people should do. Just think about the people you love the most and how they would react, especially if you left a gory scene.
And now, cue the assholes who somehow muster up the self-righteous audacity to actually berate suicide victims.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:06 am to ibldprplgld
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Suicide is a terrible, terrible, horrific experience for the survivors (those left behind after a loved one takes their own life). I hope I and nobody in my family never know the pain a person suffering from severe depression knows but I unfortunately do know the pain a suicide survivor knows and it's not fun.
Please, if you have suicidal thoughts, reach out to someone. Chances are that someone doesn't know you are having those thoughts and would love to help in any way they can. Please, seek help. No shame whatsoever in seeking help.
Suicide is a terrible, terrible, horrific experience for the survivors (those left behind after a loved one takes their own life). I hope I and nobody in my family never know the pain a person suffering from severe depression knows but I unfortunately do know the pain a suicide survivor knows and it's not fun.
Please, if you have suicidal thoughts, reach out to someone. Chances are that someone doesn't know you are having those thoughts and would love to help in any way they can. Please, seek help. No shame whatsoever in seeking help.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:10 am to ibldprplgld
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Today would be a great day to tell those in your life you love them, to reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while, or to give a stranger a nice gesture. You never know the impact it could have.
This is good advice in general but it is most definitely not an effective deterrent of depression/suicide.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:32 am to ibldprplgld
I have to say, this board’s perspective has changed a lot.
A few years ago, more than half of the replies would have been derogatory along the lines of “that weak fricking coward” or “I knew someone who committed suicide and I hate them for it.”
A few years ago, more than half of the replies would have been derogatory along the lines of “that weak fricking coward” or “I knew someone who committed suicide and I hate them for it.”
This post was edited on 4/5/18 at 11:34 am
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:36 am to ibldprplgld
Can't blame yourself as you're not a prophet or an all-seeing oracle who could foresee this happening.
He was obviously very troubled and best thing you can do is help his family cope.
He was obviously very troubled and best thing you can do is help his family cope.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:39 am to ibldprplgld
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To anyone on the board who is struggling with depression, or who is having thoughts of hurting yourself, please, please reach out to someone. You're never beyond the help of family or friends, and your life is precious, and you are loved.
Unfortunately, people today dont reach out because the insane government has things in place that will forever label them and cause them to lose constitutional rights, among other things, if they see someone about depression.
Many many people suffer and dont seek help for short term issues, and it's all because they will be flagged forever.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:43 am to ibldprplgld
Hopefully he was a loner who didn't leave behind family or children to deal with the despair. Only a selfish person would do that. Had a good friend do that last year, made me sad for a while, then pissed me off because he left a wife and kids, then his father had a stroke two months later.
Posted on 4/5/18 at 11:45 am to ibldprplgld
Thanks for posting this
Posted on 4/5/18 at 12:11 pm to ibldprplgld
Depressed people can sometimes feel the most lonely and lost when they are surrounded by people because it can exacerbate their feeling of not really fitting in and having a different view of the world than others. Depression can be a dark and foreboding place.
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