I never once defended suicide or said it's 'ok' in this topic. I've said countless times already that you can disagree with something while empathizing with it. And considering the suicide rate is rapidly growing, now would be a good time to get your head out of your ass and learn the concept of mental illness.
You don't get to talk of empathy when you refuse to empathize yourself. People with mental illness are not the only people in the world with emotions that go through hard times. You treating a someone grieving as bad person because they're hurting does fucking nothing to help the mental health of people. In fact, it's extremely detrimental to suicide survivors and their loved ones. You'd think you would know that with all your 'knowledge' of mental illness and emotion. Get off your high horse.
Again, how far have you personally been from the abyss? Just curious.
Very close. About a full year after my mom's suicide, I just stopped. I stopped going to work. I stopped paying bills. I was days away from being evicted and the only thought going through my mind was to drive to Colorado, spread her ashes and then kill myself. I knew it would hurt my dad, but I felt he was strong enough to make it through it. And yes, right or wrong, that was a selfish thought. I got lucky that a friend of the family found out, somehow, that I was about to be evicted and took me in. Had she not done that, I wouldn't be here today. When the friend of the family took me in, I immediately got myself back on track. There were bumps, and there always will be, but the thought of leeching off somebodies kindness is a feeling I couldn't stand. That's was able to move foward and get my life back on track.
That was a very good answer. Thank you for that :) ---
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