Suicide
As a mental health professional I deal with this on a regular basis… mostly people feeling so hopeless that they see no alternatives. It amazes me that our brains even allow us to consider this as a possibility. It also seems as if it not only allows us to consider it but works against us considering the possibilities.
Yesterday we had another completed suicide in the county… only this time it’s different. It’s one of us.
It brings it home. This person told everyone everything was fine and then shot themself. It makes you wonder if we can ever really intervene. I suppose we can only really help those who subconsciously aren’t sure they really want to succeed or are asking for help but are too proud to straight up ask. I don’t know why this is hitting me so hard. Am I just hormonal, depressed, burnt out?
I hard a hard time with a completed suicide last month but was able to get over it because it was such a disgusting, selfish,manipulative and controlling thing to do. That I can wrap my head around. This time it’s different.
It was an identity crisis. My beliefs are that we can get past that. Even with underlying problems… I just don’t know. Did this person feel they had no one in their life they could turn to? Are we as those that help others with their problems really not allowed to seek help for ourselves?
We’re human and we need help too.
Reach out and offer your love to those in your life that you consider strong. They need support too.
*comment: 11/8/08: It helps to know there may have been a logical explaination for the completed suicide. Brain damage from an accident. All the more reason for people to in times of need take the lead and force people to get checked out.