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Originally Posted by dissentowner
No, killing yourself and leaving three kids behind is disrespectful and I have no problem saying it. If you don't see the truth in that there is something wrong with you. I hope he RIP but that doesn't change the fact he is a selfish jerk for leaving those three kids behind by taking the easy way out. Suicide is never the answer, the only outcome is the pain in grief for family and loved ones.
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Although not so eloquently put, I have to agree here.
And I say this as someone who is going through the fallout of losing someone in a very similar manner, just recently as many of you know. This decision may give the depression sufferer immediate relief, but the pain left behind to family, is now likely amplified tenfold to anything they were suffering. No matter what the motivation was, loved ones will blame themselves for not seeing the signs, not doing something to stop them, and not having a chance to say goodbye and make peace in a manner you typically can with an elderly or terminally ill person. Every day at work right now, I have at least one moment where I am fighting back tears thinking of the guy walking past my office making a stupid face, or just calling my a giant, ######, dork uncle in front of my co workers.
I desperately miss my nephew who was my brother. But I am furiously pissed at him for the pain he has brought into the lives of the people that loved him,
especially my folks that raised him and would have done anything, to help him given the chance.
I never understood the definition of suicide being a 'selfish' choice, until a few weeks ago.