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Originally Posted by flip
Like I said though, in the end it was his choice and I don't blame him. Just accept the fact that your friend made an irreversible decision and it was one that your friend made despite your willingness to help. If their life was so horrible maybe they are happier in death than in life.
I guess my point is don't let it get you down. Everyone always says things will get better, well your friend obviously couldn't see that. Everyone says there are other options, well your friend obviously didn't see that. What I'm trying to say is that only people who aren't suicidal say stupid crap like that. Maybe your friend genuinely thought his life wasn't getting any better and wasn't going to. Respect his decision, albeit crappy.
On a side note at least they actually meant to commit suicide. I knew of a guy, about a year after my friend killed himself, who was found naked in his room, wearing all of his hockey medals, with a tie around his neck...and his hand around his junk. Dude was doing auto-erotic asphyxiation and choked himself a little too hard. Try explaining that to a bunch of 16/17 year olds.
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It might be a so called "choice", but it is far from a rational choice. In the case of suicide, the mental illness takes away the ability to be rational.
As far as auto-erotic asphyxiation, that can end up in death. But most of those deaths have nothing to do with sucide. They have all to do with gratification gone all wrong.