Comments on: I have no words.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:09:27 +0000

Yes indeed it is tragic. Thank you for your thoughts. And yes, it brings back things to me that I hadn’t forgotten but weren’t near the surface.

Thanks Gail.

By: Gail Eichinger

Gail Eichinger — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:06:49 +0000

Hi Andy-

oh my, this is so tragic. I am SO sorry that F lost a dear friend and that you, feeling this tragedy are swirling with your own emotional thoughts. Suicide is a delicate subject at best, taboo at worst. I feel so very sad within your words –

Love to you
Gail
peace…..

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:47:25 +0000

It’s true that if the person really wants to be successful, there is really nothing that can be done.

Of course, many people don’t really want to be successful. For many it is just a ‘cry for help’. They want someone else to help them overcome the problems – to be their ‘shining knight in armour on a white horse’. Which is true also of my very, very dear friend, recently.

But as this day wears on, I just can’t stop thinking about it all and that is not good. I need to snap out of this mood, for sure.

By: Pietro

Pietro — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:20:02 +0000

I understand very well how you feel. A friend of mine attempted suicide and was able to end her life, some years ago. She already tried some years before, but none of us, at that time, was able to help her. I remember that when we met, she was the ghost of the girl we knew at high school. When I was told that she ended up her life, it was terrible.
As it is when someone really important says “I cannot and do not want to continue this life”. I know that if one wants to be successfull, there is almost nothing I can do, however I try to help. Also for me, to avoid the moment in which someone tell me the news I do not want to receive.
You are right, no words. Only a big hug, in silence.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:02:25 +0000

No, it’s never easy to deal with.

And I’m glad that you woke up. Not everyone does, unfortunately

By: TSM

TSM — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:58:16 +0000

Death is never easy to deal with. Least of all when it’s unexpected like a suicide. But I do have an unfortunate glimpse into that world. Several years ago I was severely depressed, I had no job, I had no significant other, and everywhere I turned there seemed to be aggression directed at me. So I stopped caring and started taking insane risks. Like simply walking across roads, not really caring whether or not a car hit me. And taking a handful of sleeping tablets with the express aim of ending it all. Fortunately the tablets weren’t strong and just gave me stomach ache, and woke me up that what I was doing was insane.