tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post7164263809855025500..comments2024-01-13T11:05:30.659+00:00Comments on A Passion to Understand: Suicide of an InnocentMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-34245051586470980042010-02-18T13:28:58.355+00:002010-02-18T13:28:58.355+00:00@ Cher: Thank you so much. I am so sad that you w...@ Cher: Thank you so much. I am so sad that you went through the same thing with your brother. Words fail me really as I am so very close to my own brother and remember being literally frozen with fear when he went missing in December. <br /><br />@ RE: hiya. Thank you for your coment. That must been incredibly traumatic for you to see. First seeing a <i>human being</i> do that and then realising it was a friend.<br /><br />@ Gaelikaa: It must be so hard living with someone who is depressed. I feel very sorry for my husband at times.<br /><br />@ Dazediva: Hi! Thanks for popping by and commenting. I'm glad you found the post helpful too.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-28535819048230622532010-02-03T04:40:49.665+00:002010-02-03T04:40:49.665+00:00Hi there,
First time on your blog.
I'm sorry...Hi there, <br />First time on your blog.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear about your friend. You come across like an individual who shares a deep bond with those close to you; and it reflects in your writing. <br /><br />The links, and guidelines you've posted are really useful. I do know of one or two people who could be on the verge of getting depressed; so those sites will come in handy. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing such a personal incident.Dazedivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740129329387961435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-2557824734548970162010-02-01T08:37:23.623+00:002010-02-01T08:37:23.623+00:00Thanks Emm. Great stuff. My husband suffers from...Thanks Emm. Great stuff. My husband suffers from depression so this information is very interesting.<br /><br />I worked in the area of suicide years ago before I settled out here. It doesn't to any harm to referesh you memory on the information side of things.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977676093756206414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-55574601588701591572010-01-31T21:47:45.918+00:002010-01-31T21:47:45.918+00:00excellent post Mandy. suicide is the crossing of a...excellent post Mandy. suicide is the crossing of a line that most of us never recognize. I knew someone who also committed suicide, by jumping into the river. I myself watched as I drove by in a car - a man step off into the river. when I found out that it was the man I knew I felt even more sick inside. I stopped and let the police know and they searched for the body, which they recovered a few miles down river.<br /><br />only later did I discover that the man who committed suicide was the lover of a friend. he told me that his lover had committed suicide and showed me a watch that he wears that the man wore; and left at his house with a note saying goodbye.<br /><br />that is the saddest thing I think I've ever been a silent observer to. it is just as painful to watch, as to be a part of.<br /><br />you are in my thoughts.Mrs Sweetwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974109495626177225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-6297605146395875622010-01-31T20:47:35.774+00:002010-01-31T20:47:35.774+00:00My dear Mandy, what courage and strength it took f...My dear Mandy, what courage and strength it took for you to write about this tragic event. I am so proud of you because often the people who need to hear this are alone with a suicidal person and have few ways of coping. One thing you must try to rest within your heart, is that you could not have stopped this. You made a very poignant point when you wrote, "At the end of the day though, no one pulled that trigger but Angela."<br /><br />You were there for her countless times, but you could not have stopped her from committing this act. We can look at her mother, her husband and the "other woman" but she had a cocktail of issues that made ending her life her way of ending her sorrow. I do not condone it, nor do I judge her.<br /><br />My own brother, who was my only sibling and my beloved friend, shot himself seven years ago. I wrestled with all the questions you have swirling around in your traumatized head. After seven years, I have come to a point of knowing that I will never really know. So I set those thoughts aside and bring him into my mind when I can in a fond remembrance. Other thoughts are compartmentalized. I cannot trade my sanity for his. I was told that traumatic death equals traumatic grief. There is no time-line for you on your grieving process. There will come a day when the pain abates to a degree which allows you peace.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this. It is too much of a closet issue which people fail to discuss. You have raised awareness on this sorrowful issue and perhaps have touched a heart that desperately needed to hear you voice.<br /><br />Feel a warm hug, sweet Mandy. You are a brave young woman and the world is better off for having you in it.Cher Duncombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070334939399949702noreply@blogger.com