It is only the third day after Robin Williams death and I am already disheartened with how quickly our society has turned to judgement about the situation. Like this author I too am a survivor of suicide - how I hate the word survivor and how I have grown to hate the word suicide. The guilt for survivors of suicide is far reaching and the stigma of having a family member die from suicide never ever goes away. This same stigma follows those with depression who are too embarrassed to admit they need help. Our societys judgment is to blame. Cant we just be kind to each other? None of us has the right to judge - only God just the right I know in the deepest part of my heart that God is not judging any soul who found suicide the only answer - instead he is holding those in the palm of his hand and in his loving embrace. This article says it so much better than I have... My favorite part is below but the whole article is wonderful! Be kind to each other, please.. Suicide is a decision made out of desperation, hopelessness, isolation and loneliness. The black hole that is clinical depression is all-consuming. Feeling like a burden to loved ones, feeling like there is no way out, feeling trapped and feeling isolated are all common among people who suffer from depression. People who say that suicide is selfish always reference the survivors. Its selfish to leave children, spouses and other family members behind, so they say. Theyre not thinking about the survivors, or so they would have us believe. What they dont know is that those very loved ones are the reason many people hang on for just one more day. They do think about the survivors, probably up until the very last moment in many cases. But the soul-crushing depression that envelops them leaves them feeling like there is no alternative. Like the only way to get out is to opt out. And that is a devastating thought to endure. Until youve stared down that level of depression, until youve lost your soul to a sea of emptiness and darkness... you dont get to make those judgments. You might not understand it, and you are certainly entitled to your own feelings, but making those judgments and spreading that kind of negativity wont help the next person. In fact, it will only hurt others.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:44:44 +0000
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