littleladybug
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ORIGINAL: GoddessManko I know someone who is probably going to commit suicide one day. No one in his life knows or cares, I'm not sure which, same as Robin Williams. I make no assumptions about this, it simply makes me hypothesize. And yes, he could have been saved. Suicide is usually a cry for help. "Funny when you're dead how people start listening" sticks out in my mind. How many people can genuinely say there is another who completely understands all that they are inside and out? My mother knows me the least of anyone I know. I'm merely being realistic, something was lacking here that was necessary to stop this tragedy. And you're right, they will do whatever they want to do at the end of the day, ergo my point about relying on oneself rather than waiting for others to "save you". The strength to live on is internal. Many people have little understanding of this disease. Which goes to my point of hoping that his death actually opens up the dialogue and allow people, many of whom are otherwise intelligent, to open up their minds to understanding that it's not "cookie cutter", that it's not an issue of "bucking up and snapping out of it". It is a disease that's as "real" as any other, and without a fundamental acceptance of that fact by the general populace, many people will continue to suffer in silence. If you actually read my response, you would have seen that I was responding to your comment about no one in his life caring enough to "stop" this. I never said anything about "completely understanding another person inside and out". I merely stated that one cannot make a judgment like you did without knowledge of the situation. You are "hypothesizing" with no basis, and really, just about to the point of being offensive. Do you honestly think that everyone who has ever killed themselves due to depression didn't WANT to rely on themselves? That they were all just some fragile, selfish beings who basically said, "fuck it, the world sucks, I'm outta here"? Speaking of being "realistic", I'll share a reality with you-- I have known 3 people who have committed suicide. I can honestly say that all three of these people spent MANY years trying to work through it. They ALL wanted to live, or they wouldn't have done that. But, for all of them, there came a time when they felt that all of their options had run out. Was this a rational thought? Of course not....but that's the nature of the disease for some. And, I believe that this is what people need to start understanding. All of these people had loving and caring people around them. There's not too much else you can do after you have someone forcibly taken to the hospital and then put in rehab for 30 days. If the therapy isn't working, or whatever, what else is there? Yes, the "will to live" is internal. However, to chalk it up to someone not understanding that "life isn't fair" is showing a complete ignorance of what this disease can do to a person and the people around them.
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