Article on the epidemic of suicide, from The Daily Beast / Newsweek:
Well-written and well-researched, I thought Joiner’s theory of suicide was on the mark, an intersection of three areas that lead someone to a lethal or near-lethal suicide attempt:
1. Loss of belonging / feeling alone or isolated
2. Burden or intense difficulty, either on yourself or someone else
3. Lack of fear of dying
Yep, I’ve got all three, plus the means to do it. Â The only anxiety I still have is being “saved” and continuing to live. Â So I’m doing my homework and making sure I execute it correctly and minimizing the chance of being rescued.
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Acknowledging your existence with this comment. I have found significant value in many of the ideas you’ve shared here. I realize i probably can’t change your mind, so… i guess i wanted you to know that someone was easily able to identify a sense of value in your mind, through a few of your shared writings. I would also guess you already know the value of your own mind, so this isn’t about validation; just good will.
Much appreciation for that, clever. I have pursued and tried to find a sense of belonging in the world for a long, long time. (Nevertheless feeling isolated.)
Once I let me be me, validation was much easier to come by. While I enjoy the positive responses and validation, through no fault certainly of yours or anyone here it has never compensated for my childhood trauma, my life-long abuse by family, abandonment by friends, inability to support myself, regain any semblance of worthwhile quality of life, or rise above my numerous health problems which are concurrent Lyme, celiac, lupus, and renal disease and severe chronic fatigue. (I am a burden mostly to myself but also to the few friends who stuck with me.)
Since I was four years old I’ve thought about suicide, but I took the long road around to check to see what else the world might offer. (I’ve never been afraid to die, only anxious about what not dying and continuing to live would bring about.) After 40 years of perseverance, I’m tapped out and have nothing left to draw on, physically, financially, emotionally, socially, or spiritually.
Peace and good will to you as well.