An uncle
A cousin
A brother-in-law
A dear friend of my husband.
Lives extinguished in a flash, at their own hand.
It's hard to understand.
It's hard to imagine pain so severe that ending ones own life seemed like the only solution.
Was it thought out over a long period of time or was it a spur of the moment kind of thing?
What despair is so intense that this seems like the only option?
Some contributors could have been:
Depression. Loneliness. Isolation. Addiction. Hopelessness.
Could we have done more?
Should we have done more?
Those left behind are left to suffer and wonder...
Why?
There are no easy answers.
Only questions that will never be answered.
At least not now.
But, maybe someday.
Suicide: Some things we know, some things we do not.
read it here.
A cousin
A brother-in-law
A dear friend of my husband.
Lives extinguished in a flash, at their own hand.
It's hard to understand.
It's hard to imagine pain so severe that ending ones own life seemed like the only solution.
Was it thought out over a long period of time or was it a spur of the moment kind of thing?
What despair is so intense that this seems like the only option?
Some contributors could have been:
Depression. Loneliness. Isolation. Addiction. Hopelessness.
Could we have done more?
Should we have done more?
Those left behind are left to suffer and wonder...
Why?
There are no easy answers.
Only questions that will never be answered.
At least not now.
But, maybe someday.
Suicide: Some things we know, some things we do not.
read it here.
1 comment:
This is a hard subject, and the repercussions of suicide are long-lasting and difficult. I don't have answers, but do know, as one touched personally, that there are not any easy answers. Thanks for broaching a difficult topic, Vonnie.
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