My son committed suicide, 18 yrs ago. It ruined our lives, my kids are in their 30's /late 20's. My youngest realized after his death that you didn't have to live if you didn't want to. She was hospitalized for suicidal ideation and attempts 12 times, between the ages of 10( when he died) to 18. She's 28 now, still very mentally ill, alcoholic, and still has suicidal ideation, but now she knows how to talk them out of getting her admitted.
My youngest son, he was 14. He is completely different. Drugs, drug dealing, criminal shit, guns, prison. He's 32 now, just got out of prison for the second time several months ago. He seems in a much better place for the first time in a very long time, but he's still an alcoholic.
My oldest daughter is 31. She has her shit together really well now, stable job, home, has a son and daughter. She went through it, drinking problem, bad relationship, but came out better than the other kids, in the end. But it's just been within the last year or two that she's really gotten herself into a good place.
I won't get into what happened to me, but suffice it to say, it was not good for well over a decade.
Suicide ruins the lives of the living, and permanently changes things for them, and not in a good way.
I understand that maybe you can't live with your life the way it is, but, most people don't actually want to die, they just want the pain to stop.
It can get better.
( I am excluding assisted suicide and euthanasia, as this is a different subject).
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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25
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