THOUGHTS & WORDS ON SUICIDE



The following thoughts and words on suicide were written by men and women far wiser than me. 

You don't expect, never anticipate, a suicide of a loved one.

Suicide is a decision certain people have taken early in their lives. They may not know it but it's in them. Then one day something comes along that triggers it. Can be totally trivial, can be drastic. But the intention was always there, and the results are the same.  John LeCarre - A Legacy of Spies

Hopelessness is the most dominant feature of those who commit suicide. - Maurice Lamm

From a book I read - Every time something bad happens, I think about it, think about suicide. You're a suicide that hasn't happened yet.

On his grandfather's suicide, Bruce Feiler wrote - He thought he was doing it to relieve the burden on all of us. Instead, he gave us a burden for the rest of our lives.

People who are planning on killing themselves are perfectly capable of feigning an interest in a future they have no intention of inhabiting.

When you commit suicide, you steal life from those that love you and kill the dreams of your loved ones.

Suicide, you think you want death when all you want is change.

Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse. Suicide eliminates the possibility of life getting better.

Days of death and fire so often begin no differently from those of love and warmth. - Tom Clancy

Suicide is an event of human nature which, whatever may be said and done with respect to it, demands sympathy of every man. - Goethe

Before you diagnose yourself with depression and low self-esteem - first, make sure that you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.

I end with my epitaph that I wrote decades ago:
Life is full of fears
That last but a while.
Life is full of tears
That last 'till you smile.

Contact: fortheheartcries@gmail.com


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  1. Favorite but saddest entry here - You think you want Death, but all you want is Change. I think this holds true to the way my Son felt. If he would have given himself one more minute, just one more, he would have been surrounded by people who loved him. I honestly believe he would still be here today. But something inside him just couldn't wait that one damn minute, nope. It haunts me every single day of my life. He just needed someone to tell him how to "fix it" thats all, thats all.

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