A friend of mine from my hometown who was in the military killed himself yesterday. His brother also committed suicide a few years ago after he willfully sold bad heroine to kill this other kid. My grandfather shot himself 4 years ago and one of my skydive buddies also intentionally did it this year as well.
Unfortunately for some reason in my life, I've known way to many people who have done this to themselves and I'm wondering if this is a common thing for other people. I feel that I am old enough now to understand, and cope with, the trials that life throws. I just can't understand why anyone would feel so shut off from the world that they feel the only way out is death.
I suppose I'm not really asking anything or for any responses, and this is more of a just a rant. Modern philosophy tells us that it is human nature to think about death and to think about killing ones self, but if anyone reading this is has any serious inclination to do this, talk to someone about it. Yeah, its hard to talk about it, especially because it may be one of the hardest things you may ever discuss with someone but do it anyway. I feel if any of these individuals would have talked over their problems that they could have been convinced that life is way more special than a lot of us realize. Were all guilty of taking our lives for granted at least at some point, but we need to appreciate it much more.
thanks,
Zach
