Suicide is NOT the answer.

[SocialServicesFighter]

Just need to get this out.

Back in 1999 a friend of mine from school, got into trouble with drugs and the law.
I saw him on a wednesday afternoon and he offered me out for a drink on the friday night for a catch up as we hadn't seen each other for about a year, but I said no.
On the saturday night, he hung himself.

I found out yesterday, that TWO MORE school friends have hung themselves back in 2004.
Similar drug related incidents mixed with depression.


Suicide and depression does not just effect the victim, it hits those around them too.
To this day, 12 years after my first friend died, I still wish I'd bought him that drink. Maybe things would have been different.

Last night I couldn't sleep and at one point ended up heaving up my guts into the toilet.

All 3 of my friends would have turned 30 this year, it's a f***ing shame they went down that road.
In truth, I'm broken hearted.


Please please please read this if you are suffering with depression and think about what your doing before doing it.

Suicide is not the answer, to take something beautiful and destroy it, just by thinking you 'can't go on anymore'.
I love all of my friends. Now I'm mourning 3 of them.

Please.

[Ezel]

Thank you for posting about your friends.  Having been suicidal over the years I didn't think how it would affect those closest to me as I thought they would have been better off without me.

[SocialServicesFighter]

Wondering whether people will be better off without you is the big question in the mind of anyone who is suicidal.
Usually a person who is that depressed, chooses the negative option.

Well, I'll say again, no, they won't be better off if you commit suicide.
I personally am certainly not feeling better after hearing about my mates.

Found another old aquaintance on facebook and it was through him I found out what happened 5 years ago.
I'm truly upset that my friends had reached that point.
Now it's too late to do anything and I would definately have tried if I had known at the time.

My first mate who killed himself in 1999, his mum is now a Suicide Bereavment Councillor for the local area's council office. So you can imagine how hard it hit her.

I haven't seen those other two particular mates since 1998 and though they both died in 2004, I still feel a great loss finding out what happened.

Though people can find it difficult to understand your problems, it doesn't mean they don't love you or care for you.

[Griffin]

My personal experience is that suicide is definitely not the answer.

I agree that the suicidal mindset is that "Everyone will be better off without me" but anyone thinking this must realise that this is a symptom of their depression.

My wife took her life in 2004 leaving me and two teenagers.Not a day goes by when we don`t feel the effect of her choice.

Suicide is an emotional nuclear bomb that affects all who are exposed to it.