Suicide

Know/knew two guys who did it. I studied with one guy who seemed to be a normal, happy guy. When I was doing my main thesis abroad he suddenly snapped for some reason, locked himself into his apartment and when his friends called the police they found him lying there. It was surreal.

I had a friend do it a few years ago as well. He had deep, mental issues for years but seemed to be feeling better for a few weeks before he did it. I've since heard that it's quite usual for people who suffer from heavy depressions to start feeling a lot better when they've decided that they will commit suicide. All their worries go away and it's quite common for them to visit their friends and loved ones one last time before they commit suicide.

I've not had any mental issues or illness myself, and I really can't see myself ever contemplating something like that.
 
knew a couple people that did, and a bunch that tried including my gf. ive been in bad places where like, i didnt want to have to deal with life, but i've never seen suicide as an option.
suicide isnt ending pain. its ending everything. it doesnt put you in a better place, it puts you in no place. if you arent happy in life, do what you have to until you are.
save up your cash and go on a holiday, buy nice things, move to a completely new place.. do whatever you can to be happy.

killing yourself doesnt fix anything at all imo, just makes life shitty for your loved ones (unless you're homeless with no family, in which case i havent really thought that far into it as it doesnt apply to me...)

either way, there's always someone to talk to and listen to your problems that can help you.
ive never seen suicide as an option and i don't understand why people do.

generally speaking, things get better.
 
Just went through a very messy attempt by one of my best friends. Never seen so much blood in one place.
Please think of those you leave behind.
 
Please think of those you leave behind.

+infinity

Sorry to hear about your experiences guys :/

I too know someone who has attempted suicide at least once, and that person was in a very dark place at that time.
The person thought that it wouldn't leave any scars for the person's family or friends.
I don't know why people with deep depression think that no one would miss them or it wouldn't have any kind of impact towards anyone (actual thoughts of at least that person), but it's not true...

Even thinking about why that person tried to commit suicide makes me so angry.
The person was bullied at school a lot (I had no idea though...) and I knew the bully.
I was about to go beat the bully's face to unidentifyable condition several times, but I didn't want to sink as low as that even if it would be right for the bully.

Luckily the bully's life is completely ruined nowadays, and the person who attempted to commit suicide has a stable life (though still recovering from all the shit gotten put through).

I fucking hate bullying. :puke:
 
Yep. My girlfriend. She's had major bullying issues and mental health problems for a very long time, and is basically in a compound of severe depression, anxiety, body dismorphic disorder and up until recently, was an agoraphobic.

Thankfully she has't made an attempt since early 2011.... but that last one puts the count very close to ten
Add in to that a fair few hospitalisations for serious self harm and you can see why bullying makes me sick.

When the day comes that I have a child, i'm going to make damn sure it knows there is never a reason for bullying, and that if they're ever being bullied, or are struggling for whatever reason, they can always speak up.

Ps Riannan, if you're reading this somehow, be fucking proud of yourself, you've come a damn long way
 
My mom tried to kill herself twice, both times with pills. The first time my step-dad acted fast enough to make her vomit them up, but the second she did when he was not around so she ended up in the hospital for three days detoxing. It's alcohol-related. The bad part is I kind of blame the step-dad for here turning into an alcoholic since my whole life she was never a drinker until the last four years.
 
^lanky_noob keep supporting your girlfriend man ! Life is great, fuck the bullies. Mind if I ask how old she is ?

18, first attempt was around the age of 12 I think...... hooray for bullies beating the shit out of people who are slightly different..... mentally as well as physically
 
I knew three people that committed suicide during my last three years of high school. Two more within a year of graduation. All between the ages of 16-18. Also a teammate from school's dad while we were still in school. It's no wonder I hated that place.

As many difficult times I've had the thought of seriously ending it was never an option. Why should my loved ones have to wonder what they did wrong or wonder what signs they may have missed?

Live life and love it.