Hello. I am new. I lost my cousin Richard J.Garber II on May 2, 2011 due to suicide. He played a huge role in my life. He was more like my brother. He left us all behind to pick up the pieces. Pieces which we will never ever fully get back. Our family is completely ripped apart. It was crappy before but now its worse. Some lost their jobs. Others who were close now are no longer speaking. Everyone is blaming everyone. I suppose t
hat is how is supposed to work or does work. He left behind three children, all under 10. Youngest being three. They will never remember him like we do. They will mostly remember him through stories and photos. Our hearts are forever broken and lives forever changed. Suicide is such a final solution.
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a solution to nothing. I’m sorry
People that take their own lives don’t understand how final of a decision suicide really is. I am sorry for your loss, and will never understand what you are going through. I have lost someone from suicide recently and know it’s awful and life altering. I wish you and your family the best.
My story is simple. Nothing complicated. January 04/2010. I had been prescribed the drug Zoloft for 3 years for social anxiety. Asked to be prescribed this drug because I often used alcohol in my youth to feel relaxed in large group or party situations. Without my Doctors supervision or concent, I didn’t want to take this drug any longer. Warned by advertisements about possible suicidal thoughts for discontinued use, I payed no attention. I’m not suicidel nor have EVER been. Within ten days of discontinuing the drug without medical supervision I slit my left wrist, my left arm from elbow to wrist. And slit my own throat. I fell off the bed at my own mothers home. Hearing the thump she opened the door. I literally BEGGED her to close the door and let me be. The room, the bed and my entire self covered in blood. After 20 min. she called 911. The human body contains 8 units of blood. I had lost 5. No recolection of anything. I was pronounced brain dead for 20 min. The Harvey Team was called in the hospital to collect my organs for donation. I would NOT survive. But here I am. Only by the grace of God. I will always have the scares as a reminder. Wanna take your life? Eternity in HELL? You will never experience anything on Earth as horrifying as spending your life in eternal damnation. You can’t even imagine the suffering!!!