Thinking of suicide…. Ask the 25-year-old who tried to electricute himself. He lived. But both his arms are gone. What about jumping? Ask John. He used to be intelligent, with an engaging sense of humor. That was before he leapt from a building. Now, he’s brain-damaged and will always need care. He staggers and has seizures. He lives in a fog. But, worst of all, he KNOWS he used to be normal. What about pills? Ask the 12-year-old with extensive liver damage from an overdose. Have you ever seen anyone die of liver damage? You turn yellow. It’s a hard way to go. What about a gun? Ask the 24-year-old who shot himself in the head. Now he drags one leg, has a useless arm and has no vision or hearing on one side. He lived through his “foolproof” suicide. You might too. But… Who will clean your blood off the carpet or scrape your brains from the ceiling? Commercial cleaning companies may refuse that job—but SOMEONE has to do it. Who will have to cut you down from where you hung yourself or identify your bloated body after you’ve drowned? Your father? Your mother? Your wife? Your hussband? Your son? The carefully worded “loving” suicide note is of no help. Those who loved you will NEVER completely recover. They’ll feel regret and an unending pain. Suicide is contagious. Look around your family. Look closely at the 4 year old playing with his cars on the rug. Kill yourself tonight, and he may do it ten years from now. You DO have other choices. There are people who can help you through this crisis. Call a hotline. Call a friend. Call your minister or priest. Call a doctor or hospital. Call the police. They will tell you that there’s hope. Maybe you’ll find it in the mail tomorrow. Or in a phone call this weekend. But what you’re seeking could be just a minute, a month, or a day away. You say you don’t want to be stopped? Still want to do it? -Well, then, I may see you in the psychiatric ward later. And we’ll work with whatever you have left. Remember: Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Nothing infuriates me as much as idiots thinking that guilting suicidal people is going to make things better.

Do you understand why many people want to kill themselves? Guilting them like this is going to make it worse. Why don’t you just be straightforward and tell them that they’re selfish fucks who are going to be burdens on their families no matter what they do. “See you in a psych ward.” That’s fucking encouraging, that’s really going to make them want to go on.

You insensitive hypocrites talk about wanting to help people in pain and that nobody is worthless and all anybody needs is some love and then come out with this shit.

Clearly there’s something damaged in there if they think nobody cares about them. Berating them will not fix that. It makes it worse.

Fucking think before you start spouting off your morally superior “advice”. You’re lucky that you can think clearly enough to see all of what you wrote, because lots of us can’t, and that’s why we’re in this position in the first place.