On 7/13/01 12:29 PM, Donna J. Binkley wrote
> Sorry - but i have no sympathy for people who commit suicide. There's a
> saying that goes "those who commit suicide don't end their pain, they leave
> it on the shoulders of those who they left behind". The only man i ever
> might have married shot himself right in front of me almost 20 years ago,
> his family will never be the same, that night changed the course of my life
> forever.
Undoubtedly the people left behind suffer and I don't know the reason why
your friend committed suicide but I do know that the people who commit
suicide due to clinical depression are unable to believe that there is any
other alternative to the absolute misery they experience for large periods
in their lives.
> No doubt Cobain was a troubled spirit, but reality check, um let's see, i'm
> a millionaire, i'm at the pinnacle of my career, i have everything that most
> people don't even get in their whole lifetime - think i'll OFF MYSELF!!
Reality checks don't work for severely clinically depressed people.
Reasoning doesn't work. They are unable to "snap out of it." Suicide is not
a decision taken lightly and for these people it is not a cry for help. It
is a seeking of oblivion.
> Sorry if this offends anyone, that is not my intention, but i had to speak
> up.
Not offended but saddened that depression is still so poorly understood by
many people.
Rick
