The Bridge
Coming from somebody who has been to Hell and back, and back again, I can empathise with those who commit suicide. As a scientist, I attempted suicide with an accurately calculated dose of medication. For some bizarre reason my body fought it and woke up. I still wish I hadn't woken up. I'd do it again if it wasn't for the fact I'd hurt those I'd leave behind. The fallout from a suicide attempt is even more heartbreaking that the pain you feel beforehand. The fact that everyone HATES you for it. Hates you for not being able to cope any more. Nobody stops to think that maybe the pain and the suffering you are feeling is worse and completely unfathomable even in comparison to the pain you'll leave behind.
To quote quite possibly the most amazingly understanding woman on this planet, an elderly lady in the Eric Steele documentary 'The Bridge', on the subject of her extremely close friend (as if he were her own son),
'Now I'm sad, Now I miss him. When I got the news it was almost like a release - that he wasn't going to be dissapointed or unhappy any more. ..I don't know why people kill themselves. But it's a small step to empathise. Maybe there's a certain kind of release from pain, by pain. maybe he just wanted to fly sometime..' - most moving quote ever, from a woman, who, if I met her, would shake her by the hand. He jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge to his death after suffering from severe depression for years. If only every person had her outlook when suicide happens. That sometimes it needs to be appreciated that the person was just sufferiing too much and perhaps it's better for them to not be suffering any more.
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Bathory, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 9:38,
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