"People don't die from suicide. They die from sadness." Unknown
Suicide is a great tragedy that says, "I gave up on myself", first. Then the domino effect falls onto all those loved ones, family and friends, who blame themselves for not seeing the signs in order to save the life that is now gone forever.
God knows the number of hairs on your head. He knows when any sparrow falls dead to the ground. That means he also knows that what fills up a person with such dread, regret, fear, whatever it is, that leads them to consider that ultimate act of self-murder. And if reflecting on all those who will be devastated at the news once the suicide is over and the victim is gone doesn't stay the hand, perhaps the fact that taking one eternal last step to solve forever what in life is a momentary problem in relative comparison, would.
No matter what it is, it isn't worth leaving behind those who care about the victim to suffer a lifetime of regret without them.
I know people who considered suicide. Some tried it and lived. They used pills, strong opiates and downed them with alcohol. Rather than waking up somewhere else, they awoke on their bedroom floor with a headache. A living sore miracle. Because the milligrams of opiates they took should have taken them out. Especially when they downed a quart of Wild Turkey with them.
But they lived.
God's ultimate PM. As in, I don't think so!
He ended up surviving the morning with the help of over the counter pain killers for the headache. With the help of friends and family, the few that knew what he'd tried and failed, the rest only aware he was asking for support while he got through some things, he now thrives.
"People don't die from suicide. They die from sadness." Unknown
Is suicide a sin? Likely so. Is God a compassionate God so that those who make that ultimate self-sacrifice and stand before him come their day will find that out? Absolutely.
No one this side of Heaven can say God sends suicides to Hell. However, those in this life can say, don't make an eternal irrevocable choice to solve a finite revocable problem. And therein send those that loved the victim into a living hell of regret, despair, and grief thinking they could have stopped it.
Call someone. Call the
*U.S National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255 .
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PM someone you trust and share. Start a journal and unburden yourself without reservation. Let it flow onto the paper and out of your heart and mind. Lighten up in a way that doesn't let life hurt so bad. But don't self-destruct. Don't drink to excess. Don't start acting crazy and taking risks hoping behavior will take you out rather than by a thine own hand exit. Don't die for your problems. The problems win if you do.
And just as a note, the you in my post is impersonal. It is meant to speak to the whole body of the forum. And any one person who may find this post as a member, or in a search engine that links to this thread due to its topic.
God be with anyone who feels life is better off without them. It isn't. It hurts. Until those who miss the suicidal person who goes through with it die in their own right. The guilt, for not seeing it and doing something to stop it, even if that sounds irrational, is still a factor. People who leave their life by their own choice have no idea as they exit their pain and suffering that degree of pain an suffering their passing that way puts on those who love them.
