I just found out that one of my dad's uncles killed himself in my grandparents house when my dad was in high school. He was the last of the kids at home and so he had to help clean up the mess left from the guy shooting himself in the head. Know I know why my dad has no desire to own a gun or go hunting or anything.
The other suicide I know of was when one of my friend's fathers hung himself in an old granary. He was found by a couple of elementary school kids and he'd been hanging for a couple days.
In both cases, I think the two were mentally ill. The uncle had received electroshock therapy before killing himself and the father had struggled with depression all of his life.
It's tough to know what frame of mind a person would have to be in to commit suicide, since I've never been at that point. I don't know if I'd agree with you Gimp, but it does seem to almost protect a person from dealing with their problems sometimes. It almost always ends in people being scarred for life...which seems pretty selfish to me...but like I said I've never been at the point of depression where death seems better than life.
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