I've known a few people who have committed suicide, and I separate them into two groups.
The first are people whose suicidal states develop as a result of something traumatic happening in their lives, like getting fired or losing a loved one or getting in a huge jam financially. For these people, having some support may be enough to get them through the tough time and eventually get their life back on track. Depending on your situation at the time, maybe you can be the one to provide that support or maybe you can't. If you can't, that's not your fault.
The other group, in my mind, would be people with more long-term mental and emotional problems. All the support in the world won't help these people until they get some professional help, and even that might not be enough. It sounds like your friend was in this group, and whether you had jammed with him or not wouldn't have changed the outcome. Like someone else said, all you can do is be thankful that you were able to provide some good times in what sounds like a fairly dark life.
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