SUICIDE: No Guarantee


The GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE is considered the #1 location for suicides. Since being built there have been over 1300 suicides committed with an average of 20 per year. Recently, a sociologist conducted an interview study of individuals who had attempted suicide from the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE and survived to talk about their experience. In each instance, those being interviewed acknowledged that at about two-thirds of the way down they realized that all of the situations in life that had caused them to take their own life were fixable except for the fact that they were plummeting toward the ocean below.


TRUE STORY:  One afternoon a friend of mine took his own life. We were away from home and were staying at a motel. He was president of a young person's organization. And, this was to be his first board meeting. There were about 50 people in attendance this weekend. There was to be an awards banquet that evening. Everything was cancelled after this occurrence. I knew that my friend would be alone and would need somewhere to go, so I invited his spirit to come to my room as a safe haven. I inadvertently forgot to mention this special invitation to my wife. She is very psychic but doesn't pursue this gift. Anyway that evening as I was fast asleep my friend paid us a visit. Ginger would recount this to me in the morning. She said that my friend had indeed visited us that evening. He was very upset at what he had done and the fact that his family would have to live with his ill fated decision. He paced back and forth in a fit of rage at his stupidity and the fact that he was powerless to change things back. Ginger finally had enough and asked my friend to leave and go towards the light. His spirit did leave the room and I was told by another female friend that he had also visited her that evening. Everyone thinks of suicide at least one time in their life, but it takes perseverance to stick life out till it is truly time to depart. This incidence brings home the fact to me that taking ones life is not the answer. 

Update: I had not seen my friend's family in the past 5 years since this incident occurred. To my surprise, I was reunited with the family when my friend's eldest daughter, all of 17, was admitted to the teen drug/alcohol rehab center where I worked. She attributes a lot of her problems to her father's suicide. 

TRUE STORY:  One of my dearest friend's whom I met through work related their story to me.  They were attending college and had fallen in LOVE with someone they had thought was a remarkable person (I use third person so as to not give away their identity).  But this person was soon into drugs and had passed along their passion for this vice to my friend.  When the relationship ended my friend was handed a gun and a single bullet and informed that they wouldn't be missed.  My friend didn't take that person's advice but maintained their drug habit and went, as far as, to do prostitution to support their fix.  When the cops came upon my friend, who was laying motionless in an alley, they thought they had rolled up on a corpse.  My friend received drug counseling and has been sober for over 20+ years.  When they went back to the counseling facility to re-unite with their counselor, the counselor opened up a cabinet door and on it was a photo of my friend that was taken when the cops came upon my friend's lifeless body in the alley.  Their counselor informed my friend that whenever they had a new client assigned to them they would show that new client the photo and state "If you don't do something about your condition, you could easily wind up like that!" I am very fortunate to have this special friend in my life!

FINAL WORDS FROM ME: When I said there were NO GUARANTEES this is what I meant. No one gave a definitive time period as to how long you would stay in limbo before being re-initiated into another life here on earth (granted there are those who don't believe in reincarnation...I like to believe that what influences us can become a reality if only as it pertains to us). One thing is clear however, more than likely you will be miserable as you reflect upon your ultimate decision. I have read that in some cases the time span is short, sometimes you may have to remain until the date when your life would have naturally lived out its existence here on Earth. And in some instances it can take longer than that (remember time does not exist in the COSMOS/UNIVERSE). 

WORSE YET is the thought of having to be reborn and re-educated in the school system. YUCK!!! And then there is the possibility that the CIRCUMSTANCES will be HARSHER next time around. UGH!!! 

I hope you see my point. I feel that you have now been sufficiently educated to make a knowledgeable decision regarding SUICIDE. The CHOICE is still yours to make and I will support your decision whole heartedly. Hopefully, we can work together to help others in need in this LIFE.. 

One of the best therapies for depression is exercise as it releases endorphin which gives an individual a sense of well being. 

It has also been determined that depression left unattended causes an enzyme to be released at the base of the spine which further enhances the depression mood. Most people are unaware of this phenomenon and hence, by not seeking medical attention find themselves in a downward spiral to the point of suicide. 

INSPIRATION Check out Pink's song F'N PERFECT  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3GkSo3ujSY

For further reference to appropriate self treatment check out DEPRESSION.COM.