Man Commits Suicide at DLH

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I find it hard to believe you ever seriously contemplated suicide.

Contemplated and attempted.

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Perhaps that was a cavalier thing to say ... but no moreso than to describe a suicidal person's concept of ending their own existence as "the easy way out." Sheesh.

I stand by my comments. It is MUCH harder to acknowledge a problem and accept help. I speak from experience. I even acknowledged to myself at the time that it was the simplest way out of my situation.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It is MUCH harder to acknowledge a problem and accept help. I speak from experience.

My experience was different. For me, once I recognized that I had a problem, seeking help was fairly easy, possibly because I had seen a psychiatrist before so I had experience in telling myself that I had a mental issue that I couldn't handle on my own. What was most difficult for me was recognizing that I had a problem. Not acknowledging it as such, but simply realizing that something was not as it should be.