To my
understanding, suicide is a very uncomfortable subject for many
people - understandably so. But I felt it’d be a topic that
would make its way onto these pages sooner or later. After all, I’ve
talked about some rather uncomfortable shit.
Without giving any details for fairness’s sake, I know someone who’s attempted suicide. More than once, in fact. Suicidal thoughts are the worst kind of thought one can have. I know this because I have had those thoughts - but thankfully, it never went past that point.
In case you’re wondering what brought this subject about, I saw a thread on one of the forums I frequent in which someone asked what people would write onto a suicide note. I’ve never given it any deep thought, and I’m happy I haven’t. Either way, if I were to write a suicide note, chances are I’d write something along these lines onto it:
“Dear world, fuck you. Sincerely, me.”
It’d take a tremendously long series of unfortunate events to make me do that, though. I’ve always believed that suicide is a coward’s way out of life. No matter how far down life drags you, you should keep your head up high and fight your way through it. That’s what I’d do.
But then, that’s not being entirely fair to the less strong-willed. They deserve better help than I’d ever be able to give - at least by means of written words on paper.
In any case, I don’t believe in acceptable suicide. I do understand that life gets unbearably difficult sometimes - but as far as I’m concerned, doing your best to survive through it is a much better option than ending it when it does get that difficult. It’s a shame knowing that there have been people who chose the latter.