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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Is suicide brave, cowardly, or neither? I've chewed on this one off and on for about 15 years.
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It is neither. Usually these people commit suicide because they are ill. A doctor told me that depression and mental illness is almost the same as any other disease and it can be corrected. It usually occurs as a result of a chemical imbalance in their brain. It is usually more difficult because the person, does not know anything is wrong with them so seeking help does not occur to them. The people in their lives do not know they have something wrong with them they just think they are sad. The majority of people think they just have emotional problems. It is no ones fault and you shouldn't always blame the person because they are usually not in their correct state of mind. I know because my Dad had a bout of depression and became a danger to himself and his family. You could tell he was not himself but we managed to get help for him and now he is back to his old self. He has to stay on his medication but as long as he does he will be fine. We were lucky we got help before he harmed himself, he was so sad all the time for no apparent reason. We need to become more informed about mental illness and depression before it happens to one of our loved ones. It is typical of people to just ignore it in our society, and it is esay to just blame the person who killed himself because it allows us to ignore the real problem of mental illness. They think that people who become depressed and are chemically imbalanced are insane people who are locked up with straight jackets. That is not true and it can happen to each and every one of us no matter how happy we are with our lives.
[ 05-23-2003, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]