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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Quite a story, I sympathize. I would let the guy let himself go, personally.
By "selfish" I mean those who off themselves leaving behind questions, problems and years of anguish and wondering for many, many loved ones. In some cases (i.e. losing a family to a vehicle accident) I can sympathize, those depressed to those levels, sure. But for those who go off with too many people relying on them or leave behind questions and a mess... and as much as I do sympathize with them, I do think its selfish.
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At first I did agree with this. If he was willing to throw himself over the railing...he must really want to die. Why shouldn't he get what he wants.
But after learning more about the illness of depression, I came to believe he does not really want to die.
Early on his wife called the police to come to the house as he was sitting in the basement in the middle of the night with a loaded rifle. One key for me is he didn't do it that night. They took away the guns, and hospitalized him right after that incident.
If there was ever to come a situation where we were alone and he asked me to help him do it; and I don't believe it is outside the realm of possibility; I would not, legal difficulties aside. No matter how much he would tell me he is in pain and needed to die, wanted to die; I believe that deep inside the man I know is still in there, fighting for his life.
